US Patent Issued to Crocs on Nov. 4 for "Methods and apparatus for injection and manufacture of molded components with vacuum assist" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,178, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Crocs Inc. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Methods and apparatus for injection and manufacture of molded components with vacuum assist" was invented by Stefano Ferniani (Padua, Italy) and Luca Faggin (Padua, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding process according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes injecting a first molding material into a mold cavity of a mold, the mold cavity formed by at least a mold cavity portion of a first platen and a second platen when the first platen is in contact with the second platen; opening the mold by separating the first and second platens; placin...