Patent ID: 7862318

Claim:
A tool for forming a container, the tool comprising: a cavity for receiving a blank, and for at least partially defining a shape of the container formed from the blank; a core operatively associated with the cavity, the core being operable to move within the cavity to at least partially form the blank into the container; at least one articulated section movably received in the cavity, the articulated section being for initially gripping a portion of the blank to hold the blank as the core is further moved into the cavity to form the blank into the container, the articulated section contacts a bottom wall of the container formed from the blank and grips at least one sidewall of the container formed from the blank, and the articulated section has a bottom portion and at least one upstanding sidewall portion extending upward from the bottom portion, the bottom portion being for contact with the bottom wall of the container and the sidewall portion being for contact with the at least one sidewall of the container; and an injection cavity for receiving liquid resin and directing liquid resin around at least a portion of the perimeter of the blank.