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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020

Filed:

Nov. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd., Bolton, CA;

Inventor:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/14 (2006.01); B29C 49/30 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 49/42 (2006.01); B29B 11/08 (2006.01); B29C 45/27 (2006.01); B29C 45/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 49/4242 (2013.01); B29B 11/08 (2013.01); B29B 11/14 (2013.01); B29C 45/2708 (2013.01); B29C 45/2711 (2013.01); B29C 49/30 (2013.01); B29C 49/4289 (2013.01); B29B 2911/14486 (2013.01); B29B 2911/14493 (2013.01); B29C 45/2673 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7158 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein, amongst other things, is a method for converting a design of an original preform that is blow moldable to form a container into a converted preform having less molding material that is blow moldable to form the same container. The method includes retaining a neck finish and body of the original preform on the converted preform. The method further includes replacing the original base of the original preform with a converted base having an outer base surface that joins with an outer body surface of the body at an base split-line of the original base and that fits offset within an outer body surface of the original base, whereby the converted preform has a reduced total length, disregarding any gate vestige that may be formed thereon, relative to a total length of the original preform.


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