Patent ID: 7526841

Claim:
An indented female blow-molded connector comprising: a hollow molded object having an upper wall and a plurality of second walls interconnected to form a cavity, the upper wall and second walls each have having an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface is separated from the exterior surface by a thickness of the respective upper wall or second wall, the interior surfaces define the cavity in the hollow molded object, the cavity to contains a fluid, a portion of the exterior surface of the upper wall surrounds an opening having a length; inside walls extending substantially perpendicular to the portion of the exterior surface and defining the opening; at least one rib extending from one of the inside walls, the at least one rib facing inwardly and that at least one rib extends completely across the length of the opening and a flex section extends between the exterior surface of the upper wall at the edge of the opening and the at least one rib and the flex section has a dimension, the dimension is the length between the exterior surface at the edge of the opening and the at least one rib; a bottom joined to the inside walls; and the dimension, which is the length between the exterior surface at the edge of the opening and the at least one rib, is greater than the thickness of the upper wall for allowing a male mold component to be removed from the hollow molded object without damaging the at least one rib.