Patent ID: 7229587

Claim:
An apparatus for facilitating the creation of holes in a blow-molded container, comprising: a mold comprising first and second mold portions that, when located adjacent each other along a seam, at least partially enclose a reservoir cavity against which a wall of the blow-molded container is blown during blow molding; wherein said first and second mold portions have respective first and second gaps therein that, when said first and second mold portions are located adjacent each other, form a hole in said mold that intersects the seam; a first punch that, when in a first position, is disposed within the first gap; and a second punch that, when in a first position, is disposed within the second gap; wherein, when said first and second mold portions are located adjacent each other, said first punch is located adjacent said second punch such that, when said first and second punches are in a second position, at least part of each of said punches is extended past the wall of the blow molded container and inside the reservoir cavity such that said punches collectively create one hole in the wall of the blow molded container.