Patent ID: 8550806

Claim:
A mold and container closure, in combination, comprising: the mold comprising: a first mold half and a second mold half, one of the first and second mold halves being selectively movable relative to the other between a mold open configuration and a mold closed configuration; a molding cavity formed at least in one of the first and second mold halves; and a core selectively positionable within the molding cavity; and a container closure, the container closure being formed by the cooperation of the molding cavity and the core upon injection of suitable material into the cavity, the container closure engaging the core upon removal of the container closure from the molding cavity; wherein the first mold half and the second mold half are configured to remain in a mold closed configuration during both a) molding of the container closure in the molding cavity and b) subsequent removal of the container closure from the molding cavity.