Patent ID: 7850893

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 having an outer surface with a pocket therein, and a mold cavity, (b) providing an RFID assembly that includes an RFID inlay, with an RFID tag, encapsulated within a plastic housing of a predetermined plastic material, said plastic housing having a peripheral array of flexible resilient fingers extending radially outwardly from said plastic housing for mounting said housing within said pocket in said mold core, (c) mounting said RFID assembly within said pocket of said mold core by releasably engaging said fingers with a periphery of said pocket, wherein said pocket is sufficiently deep to receive substantially the entire height of said RFID assembly, (d) inserting said mold core into said mold cavity, and (e) molding a container preform of said predetermined plastic material in said mold cavity around said mold core and said RFID assembly.