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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:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Gregg S. Evans, Windsor, CA;
Inventor:
Gregg S. Evans, Windsor, CA;
Assignee:
Intertec Systems, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C044/06 ; B29C045/14 ; B29C051/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of molding a composite structure of a polymeric preformed skin with tightly radiused features and a polymeric foam body is provided. The method includes providing a mold cavity having a first edge; placing the preformed skin in the mold cavity with a preformed first edge of the preformed skin adjacent to the first edge of the mold cavity; heating the preformed skin adjacent the first edge; exposing the first edge to a vacuum to reform the preformed skin first edge to be adjacent the mold cavity first edge and injecting a foam polymeric material into the mold.