Patent ID: 7160496

Claim:
A method of making an article of manufacture comprising: introducing particles into a mold, said particles providing a composition comprising about 80.0 wt. % to about 99.9 wt. % thermoplastic polymer and about 0.1 wt. % to about 20.0 wt. % metal material, based on the total weight of the composition; and slush molding the composition by rotating the mold while induction heating at a temperature and for a time sufficient to fuse said particles to form a slush molded article comprising metal material within a thermoplastic polymer matrix; wherein the particles comprise powder formed by: introducing said thermoplastic polymer into a melt mixer; melt mixing said thermoplastic polymer to form a melted thermoplastic polymer; processing said melted thermoplastic polymer to form pellets; and cryogenically pulverizing said pellets to form said powder.