Patent ID: 7651652
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B29C

Abstract:
1. The method of manufacturing a print pad having a print pad body and a base comprising the steps of forming a male mold of said print pad body, using said male mold to form a female mold using an injection molding process, wherein said female mold has an outwardly extending radial flange, and a rearward open end, positioning said female mold with an open end thereof extending upwardly, filling said female mold with a liquid polymer that will harden to form said print pad body wherein said female mold is filled until it overflows said upwardly extending open end, providing a base having a rearwardly extending cavity, a forward surface and at least one hole extending from said forward surface to said cavity, said rearwardly extending cavity being open to the ambient positioning said forward surface of said base against said open end wherein excess liquid in said female mold will flow through said hole and into said cavity, allowing said liquid to contract and harden, to form said print pad body to said upper surface, and removing said print pad body from said female mold.