Molding tools and method with grip-enhancing structure

A press-molding method using a press-molding apparatus to form a press-molded trim component that has an edge and an edge portion adjacent to the edge, comprising the steps:

• a) introducing at least one material layer into a space between a first molding surface of a first mold tool and a second molding surface of a second mold tool of the press-molding apparatus;
• b) moving the first and second mold tools relatively toward one another into a closed position wherein the first and second molding surfaces are juxtaposed facing one another with a mold cavity formed and bounded therebetween, thereby press-molding the at least one material layer in the mold cavity to form the press-molded trim component, wherein the mold cavity terminates and is bounded at a mold cavity end where the first and second mold tools meet one another, with the edge portion of the trim component received in an end portion of the mold cavity that terminates at and extends from the mold cavity end;
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• c) during the press-molding in the step b), holding the edge portion of the trim component to prevent or counteract retraction of the edge of the trim component away from the mold cavity end, by exerting on the edge portion of the trim component, with a grip-enhancing structure provided on a selected portion of the first molding surface of the first mold tool bounding the end portion of the mold cavity, an increased grip in comparison to an adjacent portion of the first molding surface adjacent to the grip-enhancing structure.