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US 2001/0041254 A1Published application
Molded article and process for preparing same
AssigneeUniversity of Massachusetts
InventorsThomas M. Ellison, Stephen P. McCarthy, Arthur K. Delusky, Qing Guan
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Abstract
A molded article including a plastic layer and an outer film over the plastic layer forming a composite laminate with the plastic layer and a process for preparing same. The outer film has an inner surface adjacent and bonded to the plastic layer and an outer surface opposed to the inner surface. The molded article also includes a reinforcing material adhered to the inner surface of the outer film layer and preferably at least partly embedded in the inner surface of the outer film layer.
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A molded plastic article, which comprises:
- a plastic layer;
- an outer film layer over said plastic layer and forming a composite laminate therewith, said outer film layer having an inner surface adjacent and bonded to said plastic layer and an outer surface opposed to said inner surface;
- a reinforcing material adhered to the inner surface of said outer film layer;
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- a colored, decorative layer with color uniformity on the outer surface of said outer film layer.
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The process which comprises:
- providing a composite laminate having an outer film layer with an inner surface and an outer surface opposed to said inner surface, an inner plastic layer bonded to said inner surface, and a colored, decorative layer on said outer surface;
- reinforcing the inner surface of the outer film layer with a reinforcing material between the outer film layer and the inner plastic layer;
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- molding a plastic article from said reinforced composite laminate, wherein in the colored, decorative layer maintains color uniformity in said molded article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.