Patent ID: 6652983
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y10T

Abstract:
An article produced by the process of:positioning a decorating sheet in an injection mold; closing the injection mold; injecting molten resin into the injection mold; cooling and solidifying the molten resin into a solid body such that a fist portion of the decorating sheet is integrally bonded to the solid body and a second portion of the decorating sheet, that is co-extensive with the first portion, is not bonded to the solid body; and then removing the second portion of the decorating sheet from the fist portion of the decorating sheet while maintaining the fist portion of the decorating sheet bonded to the solid body, wherein the decorating sheet has a peel strength of at least 1 kgf/inch width in accordance with ASTM D903, or wherein when the peel strength of the decorating sheet is being determined in accordance with ASTM D903 by peeling a test decorating sheet from an interface with a test solidified body of the resin, the test decorating sheet breaks at the interface before the peel strength can be determined.