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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2016
Kenneth S. Anderson, Rexburg, ID (US);
Klint S. Anderson, Rexburg, ID (US);
Chad Strombeck, Ramsey, MI (US);
Kenneth S. Anderson, Rexburg, ID (US);
Klint S. Anderson, Rexburg, ID (US);
Chad Strombeck, Ramsey, MI (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of and fixture for molding a product with an embedded ring. A system for molding a ring into a product including a rotational molding mold with an opening formed in the rotational molding mold sized to fit a ring. A fixture is removably couplable to the ring, wherein the ring and the fixture when coupled are removably couplable in the opening. The fixture is removed from the ring after the ring is molded into a product. A method of manufacturing a product with an embedded ring includes: coupling a ring to a fixture; clamping the fixture and the ring in an opening in a mold top; clamping the mold top to a mold bottom; rotomolding a product; unclamping the fixture from the mold top; uncoupling the fixture from the ring; unclamping the mold top and the mold bottom; and removing the product from the mold.