Patent ID: 6733870
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: B05D,B29C,B29D,B29K,B32B,C08J,Y10T

Abstract:
A shaped exterior automotive body part having a contoured decorative surface, comprising a decorative coextruded multilayer polymeric sheet having a clear coat/color coat exterior automotive finish, the multilayer coextruded sheet comprising (1) an optically clear outer layer formed of a coextruded thermoplastic and thermoformable weatherable polymeric material, (2) a pigmented base layer adhered to the inner surface of the clear outer layer and formed of a coextruded thermoplastic and thermoformable polymeric material with pigments dispersed therein to provide a layer of color visible through the outer layer of the automotive body part, and (3) a coextruded backing layer comprising a continuous and self-supporting thermoformable polymeric material bonded to the base layer and having contoured surface regions formed by having heat formed the coextruded multilayer sheet to form a finished contoured shape of the automotive body part, the decorative multilayer sheet having regions thereof which have been subjected to elongation during thermoforming to provide the outer component of the finished contoured automotive body part which includes an exterior automotive finish capable of meeting exterior automotive paint specifications, including a distinctness-of-image value of at least 60 and a 20Â° gloss of at least 75.