Patent ID: 6180195
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,B60R,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
An automobile body comprising a set of interconnected molded polymer articles, each of said molded articles of said set comprising a molded polymer substrate having a contoured three-dimensional surface and a preformed decorative sheet material adhered to and conforming to said contoured three-dimensional surface, said decorative sheet material comprising a molecularly unoriented polymer film layer formed of an alloy of an acrylic polymer and polyvinylidene fluoride and a bonding layer formed from a polymer different from said molecularly unoriented polymer film, said bonding layer being adhered to one side of said molecularly unoriented polymer film and adhered to said contoured three-dimensional surface of said substrate, wherein said molecularly unoriented polymer film is the same for every article in said set, and wherein said bonding layer in each of said articles is formed of a polymer preselected to adhere to the particular polymer of each of said molded polymer substrates.