Patent ID: 7875227

Claim:
A method of molding an RFID tag into a container, which includes the steps of: (a) providing a mold that includes a mold core and a mold cavity, (b) providing an RFID assembly that includes: a base having a peripheral wall, an RFID inlay, including an RFID tag, disposed within said peripheral wall, and a disk having a periphery internally engaging said peripheral wall to capture said inlay between said base and said disk within said peripheral wall, one of said base and said disk having an annular array of external flexible resilient fingers for releasably securing said assembly to a support structure, (c) mounting said RFID assembly to said mold core by releasably fastening said fingers around a projection on said mold core, (d) inserting said mold core into said mold cavity, and (e) molding a container preform in said mold cavity around said mold core and said RFID assembly.