The Standard Products Company

Peter V Paulus

Norman C Jackson

Theodore Loew

Aaron J Ungerer

The carrier for a windlace, garnish molding and the like is made from a wire which is bent back and forth to form a continuous strip having straight lateral portions joined by reentrantly bent portions thereby to form alternately directed loops. The laterally extending portions are joined by a flexible plastic material which forms longitudinally extending ribs above and below the laterally extending wire portions. The carrier is covered by a rubber or plastic material and is formed to any desired cross-section.

Windlace carrier

The instant invention relates to a method of decorating an extruded plastic strip which is used for ornamental purposes. In the method of the invention, a plastic strip is passed through a pair of rollers which emboss the face thereof to be decorated with a raised design. The entire decorative face is then covered with a release agent from the top surface of the raised design. A coloring material is then applied to the entire decorative surface. Excess coloring and the release agent are thereafter washed, peeled, or otherwise removed from the strip. The design is then highlighted by the coloring material thereupon.

Method of decorating an embossed plastic strip

A trim strip of U-section for a marginal edge of an automotive body panel or the like comprises a flexible but relatively stiff core member of U-section formed of metal and having a plurality of longitudinally spaced transverse slots to permit the strip to deform in conformance to the contour of the panel edge. A flexible plastic decorative covering is secured to the core in overlying relation but is outspaced therefrom except along oppositely spaced marginal edges. In a modification a core member of wire mesh is used.

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Ypsilanti, MI, United States of America

Peter V Paulus