Patent ID: 8535595

Claim:
A method for producing a decorated injection molded article having an embossed pattern, the decorated injection molded article comprising a decorative sheet comprising a surface layer comprising an acryl resin film, the surface layer forming both a front surface part and a side surface part of the injection molded article, the embossed pattern being provided on the surface layer on both said front surface part and said side surface part, a printing layer provided on an inside of the surface layer, and an adhesive layer provided on an inside of the printing layer, and an injected resin layer formed in an inside of the decorative sheet, the method comprising: a step of subjecting the surface layer of the decorative sheet, at both said front surface part and said side surface part, to emboss processing at a temperature of 150° C. to 260° C. to form a concavo-convex pattern at both said front surface part and said side surface part, a step of vacuum-molding the decorative sheet at a temperature of 90 to 110° C. so that the surface layer faces to an injection molding die side, and a step of injecting a resin to the decorative sheet vacuum-molded, to form the injected resin layer, wherein a temperature of the surface layer of the decorative sheet is maintained lower than a temperature of the resin being injected.