Patent ID: 8828296

Claim:
A method of making an eyeglass frame comprising a frame front and/or a pair of temples, wherein each of the frame front and temples independently comprises a top layer and a patterned layer having the shape of a frame front and/or a pair of temples, and wherein the patterned layer comprises a laminate and a design pattern printed on a surface of the laminate by transfer printing, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a mold having a cavity, wherein the shape of the cavity corresponds to the shape of the frame front and/or the temples; b) setting the patterned layer for the frame front and/or the temples in the mold; and c) injecting a melt of a first polymer composition into the cavity to form the top layer, wherein the transfer printing is thermal transfer printing, dye diffusion transfer printing or dye sublimation transfer printing, and wherein the method further comprises the step of coating the patterned layer with a lamination agent before the injecting step.