Patent ID: 7510768

Claim:
A thermoplastic article having one or more decorative materials embedded therein obtained by applying heat and pressure to one or more laminates wherein at least one of said laminates comprises, in order, (1) an upper sheet material; (2) one or more decorative materials; and (3) a lower sheet material; wherein the upper and lower sheet materials are formed from a polyester-containing composition comprising: (1) 1 to 100 weight % of a polyester comprising: (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising: i) from about 70 to 100 mole % of terephthalic acid residues; ii) 0 to about 30 mole % of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 20 carbon atoms; and iii) 0 to about 10 mole % of an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues having up to 16 carbon atoms; and (b) a glycol component comprising: i) about 1 to about 99 mole % of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; ii) about 1 to about 99 mole % of 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues; and iii) substantially no ethylene glycol residues, wherein the total mole % of the dicarboxylic acid component is 100 mole %, and the total mole % of the glycol component is 100 mole %; and wherein the inherent viscosity of the polyester is from about 0.5 to 1.2 dL/g as determined in 60/40 (wt/wt) phenol/tetrachloroethane at a concentration of 0.5 g/100 ml at 25Â° C.; and wherein the polyester has a Tg of from about 110 to 200Â° C.; and (2) 99 to 0 weight % of an aromatic polycarbonate; wherein the total combined weight percentage of the polyester and the polycarbonate in the polyester-containing composition equals 100 weight %.