Polymer Sealed In-Mold Decoration and Method of Manufacture

A polymer sealed in-mold decoration comprising:

• an in-mold decoration layer;
• a first molded layer attached to said in-mold decoration layer with an exposed external portion of said first molded layer extending past said in mold-decoration, formed by a first injection of a substrate material onto and past said in-mold decoration layer;
• a second molded layer attached to said in-mold decoration layer and said exposed external portion of said first molded layer, formed by an injection of an overmold material onto said in-mold decoration layer and said exposed external portion of said first molded layer;
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• wherein said in-mold decoration layer is attached to said first molded layer and said second molded layer and is sealed between said first molded layer and said second molded layer.

A polymer sealed in-mold decoration comprising:

• an in-mold decoration having an in-mold decoration surface area;
• a substrate having a substrate surface area larger than said substrate surface area and an external perimeter, said substrate is bonded to said in-mold decoration, thereby forming an exposed external portion of said substrate extending between said in-mold decoration and said external perimeter of said substrate;
• an overmold bonded to said in-mold decoration and said exposed external portion of said substrate;
• wherein said in-mold decoration is bonded to said substrate and said overmold and is sealed between said substrate and said overmold.