Patent ID: 7833453

Claim:
Process for producing an injected article to which a flocked decoration is applied, comprising the steps of: forming a flocked substrate by covering a surface of a temporary substrate ( 1 ) with a temporary adhesive ( 2 ) that keeps flock fibers ( 3 ) in place with the temporary adhesive keeping the flock fibers ( 3 ) positioned transversely to the surface of the temporary substrate; positioning the flocked substrate in an injection mold comprised of i) a first part perforated by an polymer injection opening, and ii) a second part onto which the temporary substrate of the flocked substrate is positioned and so that free ends of the flock fibers face the first part; closing the injection mold; and injecting a melted polymer ( 12 ) through the polymer injection opening of the closed mold and towards the free ends of the flock fibers thereby producing the injected article with the polymer deposited on the flocked substrate; and removing the injected article from the mold and peeling off the temporary substrate ( 1 ) and the temporary adhesive ( 2 ) from the injected article so that the injected article has the flock fibers attached thereto.