ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,069, issued on April 14, was assigned to MICHMAR DESIGNS INC. (Windsor, Canada).

"Molding and slide apparatus system" was invented by Marc Lecours (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel mold and slide apparatus system comprises at least a first mold member and a second mold member that together define an internal cavitation. A slide apparatus is mounted on the first mold member for moving an insert member into and out of an internal cavitation in the first mold member. The slide apparatus comprises a main body having a drive cylinder defining a drive-cylinder axis and a carrier cylinder defining a carrier-cylinder a...