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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2002
Applicant:
Robert J. Smith, Edinboro, PA (US);
Inventor:
Robert J. Smith, Edinboro, PA (US);
Assignee:
Erie County Plastics, Corry, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D039/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An injection molded container closure with a continuous internal projection, in particular a rib having a length-to-width ratio of at least one and one-half, is formed with a mold cavity between a pair of mold halves. One mold half includes a core forming the interior of the closed annular structure of the container closure, wherein the core is separated into a movable core portion and a remaining core portion at a separating line defined at the internal rib for forming the same.