Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polymer sealed in-mold decoration and method of manufacture
- Patent Title (中): 聚合物密封模内装饰及制造方法
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Application No.: US14191301Application Date: 2014-02-26
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Publication No.: US09399337B2Publication Date: 2016-07-26
- Inventor: Timonthy P. Curnutt
- Applicant: Distinctive Plastics, Inc.
- Assignee: CURNUTT PRODUCTS, LLC
- Current Assignee: CURNUTT PRODUCTS, LLC
- Agent Gary L. Eastman, Esq.
- Main IPC: B32B27/06
- IPC: B32B27/06

Abstract:
An injection molded product formed from an inner layer, or substrate, to which an aesthetic IMD layer is bonded during a first injection molding process, leaving a portion of the substrate exposed about the perimeter(s) of the substrate. A transparent outer layer, or overmold, is then injection molded over the top of the IMD layer and substrate, bonding substantially to the IMD layer and to the substrate where it remains exposed following the first injection molding. The process of forming a product through the disclosed two-step injection molding process creates a customizable, aesthetic product with an aesthetic IMD layer completely encapsulated between the substrate and a clear overmold in such a way to protect the IMD layer from the environment in which the product is used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140242378A1 POLYMER SEALED IN-MOLD DECORATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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