Patent ID: 8431056

Claim:
A method for forming a plastic article using a male mold and a female mold, the method comprising: providing an uninterrupted film with a hard-coating layer; transporting the uninterrupted film between the female and male molds, with a predetermined area of the film attached to an inner surface of a cavity of the female mold; closing the male and female molds to a first position where a first parting surface of the male mold does not contact a second parting surface of the female mold; injecting molten resin into the cavity to form a base of the plastic article; during injecting, further closing the male and female mold to a second position where the first parting surface of the male mold contacts the second parting surface of the female mold, and cutting the predetermined area of the film from the uninterrupted film; stopping injecting; cooling; and opening the female and male molds to retrieve the plastic article.