Patent ID: 9610726
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B29C

Claim:
1. A method of thermoforming, comprising: placing an in-lay piece into a primary mold, the in-lay piece having a plurality of pin receivers retractably engaged by a plurality of retractable pins in the primary mold; forming a heated substrate into the primary mold, wherein the heated substrate forms around at least all exposed edges not in a positioning portion of the in-lay piece not in contact with the primary mold, wherein the plurality of retractable pins are being received into the plurality of pin receivers on the in-lay piece placed within the primary mold cavity during the forming; cooling the heated substrate; retracting the plurality of retractable pins; and removing a primary carrier part from the primary mold, the primary carrier part comprising the in-lay piece molded into the heated substrate.