Patent ID: 8658075

Claim:
A method of molding a container closure, comprising: positioning a first mold half and a second mold half relative to each other into a mold closed configuration, at least one of the first mold half and the second mold half defining a molding cavity; maintaining the mold halves in the mold closed configuration and thereafter, in order: a. positioning a core having at least one radially external feature therearound within the molding cavity; b. injecting the molding material into the molding cavity, allowing the molding material to flow around the at least one radially external feature, to form a container closure with a corresponding at least one radially internal feature; c. withdrawing the core along with the container closure attached to the core via engagement of the at least one radially external feature on the core and the at least one radially internal feature in the container closure from the molding cavity while the mold halves remain in the mold closed configuration; and d. stripping the container closure from the core while the mold halves remain in the mold closed configuration.