Patent ID: 7641458

Claim:
A system for providing a labeling region on a vehicular body panel, the system comprising: a mold comprising a first portion and a second portion which together define a cavity configured to form a body panel of a vehicle during a molding process, the first portion comprising a first surface and the second portion comprising a second surface spaced from and facing the first surface, the second portion further comprising a receptacle adjacent to the second surface; a first insert comprising a third surface and at least one protrusion extending from the third surface, the first insert being configured to be selectively retained by the receptacle with a magnetic field, wherein, when the first insert is selectively retained by the receptacle, the third surface of the first insert is positioned within the cavity facing the first surface of the first portion of the mold and spaced from the second surface of the second portion of the mold, and the at least one protrusion extends toward the first surface of the first portion of the mold, such that the first insert is configured to form a labeling region as a recess, with at least one aperture therein, on a body panel formed in the mold during the molding process; and a second insert comprising a substantially flat fourth surface, the second insert being devoid of protrusions extending from the fourth surface, the second insert being configured to be selectively retained by the receptacle with a magnetic field, wherein, when the second insert is selectively retained by the receptacle, the fourth surface of the second insert is positioned in the cavity facing the first surface of the first portion of the mold and spaced from the second surface of the second portion of the mold, such that the second insert is configured to form a substantially flat and recessed alternate labeling region, devoid of apertures, on a second body panel formed in the mold during the molding process once the first insert has been selectively released from the receptacle.