Bottle with extended neck finish and method of making same

A method for making a container, the method comprising:

• providing a preform including a closed body, a neck located between the closed body and an open end, an outwardly extending first collar located at a first position along the neck, and an outwardly extending second collar located at a second position along the neck, the first collar located between the closed body and the second collar;
• providing a mold having a coextensive body receiving portion and neck receiving portion, the neck receiving portion including a circumferential recess and a neck cavity each having a height, the circumferential recess extending upwardly from the body receiving portion, the neck cavity extending upwardly from the circumferential recess, and the height of the neck cavity generally corresponding to the distance between the first and second positions;
• closing the mold about the preform while an exterior of the neck is held by a gripper such that the closed body of the preform is received with the body receiving portion of the closed mold, a first portion of the neck extending upwardly from the first collar is engaged within the neck cavity of the closed mold, and the first collar is seated in the circumferential recess of the neck receiving portion of the closed mold, wherein a width of the neck cavity and circumferential recess of the closed mold are substantially the same as the width of the first neck portion and collar, respectively;
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• inflating the closed body of preform into conformity with walls of the body receiving portion of the closed mold.

A method for making a container from a preform, the method comprising:

• providing a preform including a closed body, a neck located between the closed body and an open end, and a first and second outwardly extending collar, the first collar located between the closed body and the second collar;
• providing a mold having a coextensive body receiving portion and neck receiving portion, the neck receiving portion including a circumferential recess extending upwardly from the body receiving portion, a neck cavity extending upwardly from the circumferential recess, and a circumferential seat, the neck cavity located between the circumferential recess and the circumferential seat;
• closing the mold about the preform while an exterior of the neck is held by a gripper such that the closed body of the preform is received with the body receiving portion of the closed mold, a first portion of the neck extending upwardly from the collar is engaged within the neck cavity of the closed mold, and the first collar is seated in the circumferential recess of the neck receiving portion of the closed mold, wherein the width of the neck cavity of the closed mold is less than the width of each of the circumferential seat and the circumferential recess of the closed mold, and wherein the width of the neck cavity and circumferential recess of the closed mold are substantially the same as the width of the first neck portion and collar, respectively;
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• inflating the closed body of preform into conformity with walls of the body receiving portion of the closed mold.