Patent ID: 7906054

Claim:
A process for the production of a decorated injection molded article using at least one decorative element which is formed by a transfer layer of a transfer film and provides a decoration for the injection molded article, the process comprising the steps of: providing a transfer film having at least a carrier film, a release layer arranged on the carrier film and a transfer layer arranged on the side of the release layer that is remote from the carrier film, the transfer layer forming a first decorative element having a first side and a second side; stamping the transfer film on to a thermoplastic auxiliary film web in such a way that the transfer layer is mechanically fixedly joined to the auxiliary film web; shaping the auxiliary film web inclusive of the transfer film by three-dimensional deep-drawing the auxiliary film web inclusive of the transfer film; arranging the auxiliary film web inclusive of the transfer film in a first injection molding mold; filling the first injection molding mold with a first plastic injection material in such a way that, on its side remote from the transfer film, the auxiliary film web is at least partially covered with the first plastic injection material; hardening the first plastic injection material to afford a first plastic material; taking the first plastic material inclusive of the transfer film joined thereto out of the first injection molding mold; removing the carrier film inclusive of the release layer from the transfer layer; arranging the first plastic material decorated with the transfer layer in that way in a second injection molding mold; and at least partially over-injecting at least the still uncovered side of the transfer layer, which corresponds to the first side of the first decorative element, with a second plastic injection material.