Patent ID: 7497677

Claim:
A mold member cooperable with at least one other mold member for forming a mold capable of receiving fluidized material into the mold for molding objects from said material, the mold member comprising: a plate having an opening therein defining a mold insert receptacle; a mold insert adapted for insertion into the mold insert receptacle, the mold insert comprising a frame and plural mold insert components, at least some of the mold insert components having a cavity therein for receiving fluidized material to mold at least a portion of an object, the mold insert components being adapted for releasable attachment to the frame to form the mold insert; a support plate having a central opening and ledges located for engaging the mold insert at a peripheral edge thereof for supporting the mold insert; and partitions capable of being received in the mold insert receptacle for dividing the mold insert receptacle into sections, and at least one of the partitions having a ledge adapted to support the mold insert.