Decorative laminated sheet, structure including the decorative laminated sheet, and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

• preparing a decorative laminated sheet comprising, in the following order:
• a surface layer having a thickness in the range of from 1 to 100 μm and comprising an acrylic resin, polyurethane, fluorine resin or polyvinyl chloride,
• a design layer, and
• an adhesive layer having a thickness in the range of from 15 to 1000 μm and containing either an unblended propylene homopolymer or a blend of propylene homopolymer and a rubbery copolymer, wherein the blend has approximately 95 mass % or more of propylene units, and
• the adhesive layer is configured of a material having a tensile modulus in the range of from approximately 350 N/mm2 to approximately 1000 N/mm2, the adhesive layer has a melting point of approximately 100° C. or more and the decorative laminated sheet has a pencil hardness of 2B or more, and either
• (a) applying the decorative laminated sheet to a substrate through vacuum-pressure molding, and forming a structure that integrates the decorative laminated sheet with the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a polyolefin-based resin, or
• (b) extruding or injection molding in a mold a thermoplastic material on the decorative laminated sheet, and forming a structure that integrates the decorative laminated sheet and the thermoplastic material, wherein the thermoplastic material comprises a polyolefin-based resin.