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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Bruce M. Mueller, Bozeman, MT (US);
Ben Nejad, Evansville, IN (US);
Dieter F. Lay, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Inventors:
Bruce M. Mueller, Bozeman, MT (US);
Ben Nejad, Evansville, IN (US);
Dieter F. Lay, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Assignee:
Seaquist Closures Foreign, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A molded article is produced by a method of compression molding employing a specially shaped billet of thermoplastic material which is positioned at a predetermined location in a predetermined orientation with respect to the mold cavity surfaces of a mold part. In a preferred embodiment, the billet has a generally egg shape and is located adjacent a mold surface defining a small mold cavity region between two larger cavity regions.