Patent ID: 8080124

Claim:
A production method of a molded article comprising the steps of: preparing a decorative sheet including a base member formed from a resin material, having first and second principal surfaces opposite to each other, a decoration layer provided on the first principal surface of the base member and having a pattern area representing a predetermined pattern, and a member provided in a location corresponding to the pattern area and overlapping only a portion of, but not an entire surface of, the first principal surface or the second principal surface of the base member and having a higher coefficient of thermal conductivity than a coefficient of thermal conductivity of the base member; preparing a molded article body; heating the decorative sheet; and joining the decorative sheet which is heated to a surface of the molded article body in a condition in which a temperature of only a portion of the decorative sheet corresponding to the member is less than a temperature of another portion of the decorative sheet; wherein the member is provided on a side of the second principal surface of the base member.