Patent ID: 7669390

Claim:
A method of molding and assembling containers having container bodies defining openings in communication with interior chambers for receiving a substance therein, and resealable members for sealing the openings and substances received in the containers, comprising the following steps: (a) molding a container body in a first mold cavity; (b) molding a resealable member in a second mold cavity; (c) assembling at least one of the container body and resealable member to the other at container body and resealable member temperatures greater than an ambient temperature, and upon removal of at least one of the container body and resealable member from the respective mold cavity, said assembling further including at least one of: (i) transferring the resealable member from the second mold cavity into engagement with the container body which is located at least partially within the first mold cavity, assembling the resealable member to the container body, and forming a substantially sterile, sealed container body and resealable member assembly; (ii) transferring the container body from the first mold cavity into engagement with the resealable member which is located at least partially within the second mold cavity, assembling the container body to the resealable member, and forming a substantially sterile, sealed container body and resealable member assembly; and (iii) assembling at least one of the container body and resealable member to the other immediately after the removal of at least one of the container body and resealable member from the respective mold cavity with each of the container body and resealable member at a bactericidal temperature, and forming a substantially sterile, sealed container body and resealable member assembly.