Patent ID: 7998383

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an emblem and a part with the emblem integrally molded thereto, the method comprising: printing indicia on a surface of a film; attaching the film with the indicia thereon to a substrate; plastically deforming the substrate and the film attached thereto by applying heat and pressure to the substrate, wherein a deformed film portion with the indicia thereon is provided with a three-dimensional configuration matching that of the plastically deformed substrate and wherein the three-dimensional configuration of the deformed film also matches that of the part; removing the deformed film portion with the indicia thereon from the deformed substrate after it has been provided with the three dimensional configuration such that only the deformed film portion with the indicia thereon has no backing substrate; cutting the indicia of the deformed film portion with the indicia thereon from other portions of the deformed film portion to obtain an emblem film; inserting the emblem film into a mold; and injecting a melted resin into the mold to form the part, wherein the emblem film is integrally formed with the part and the indicia is viewable on the part.