US 11,938,666 B2
Side shot system, method, and tote manufactured therefrom
Jacob H. Whitta, Findlay, OH (US); and Eric Hummel, Findlay, OH (US)
Assigned to CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC, Sycamore, OH (US)
Filed by CREATIVE PLASTIC CONCEPTS, LLC, Sycamore, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/085,460.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/928,019, filed on Oct. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0129399 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 45/27 (2006.01); B29C 45/76 (2006.01); B29C 45/78 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B65D 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/2708 (2013.01) [B29C 45/7653 (2013.01); B29C 45/78 (2013.01); B65D 1/22 (2013.01); B29C 2045/2716 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76531 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76561 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76658 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76702 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76859 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76869 (2013.01); B29L 2031/712 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a storage container with an injection molding process, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mold having a top wall, a bottom wall, and a plurality of side surfaces, the plurality of side surfaces includes a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface, the mold includes two sections, wherein the mold is in a closed position, a cavity is formed between the two sections, the mold further includes a plurality of injectors directed into the cavity when the mold is in the closed position, the plurality of injectors including a first pair of injectors disposed through the first side surface and a second pair of injectors disposed through the second side surface;
providing a molten material;
positioning the plurality of injectors along the plurality of side surfaces at a desired height and a desired lateral position to achieve a balanced fill of the cavity;
injecting the molten material through the plurality of injectors disposed through the plurality of side surfaces of the mold into the cavity and not through the bottom wall; and
removing the manufactured storage container from the mold.