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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
May. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M Ellison, Charlotte, NC (US);
Brian M Keith, Waxhaw, NC (US);
Assignee:
Rexam Industries Corp., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ; B32B / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29428 ; 264 465 ; 264259 ; 264266 ; 264267 ; 264511 ; 264513 ; 156221 ; 156222 ;
Abstract
Automobile body parts having contoured, decorative outer surfaces are molded. The automobile body parts include a molded polymer substrate and a decorative surfacing film adhered to one side of the substrate. The decorative surfacing film includes a substantially molecularly unoriented cast polymer film formed from a weatherable polymer. Also a method for making sets of such automobile body parts for assembly into automobile bodies is taught.