Mold for manufacturing a skin covered foamed plastic article

A mold for manufacturing a skin covered foamed plastic article comprising a pad member covered by a skin cover, comprising:

• a lower mold having a molding surface over which the skin cover is to be placed;
• an upper mold to be assembled with the lower mold to form a cavity between the upper mold and the lower mold over the molding surface of the lower mold into which liquid foam resin to become the pad member is to be poured;
• a middle mold to be placed between the upper mold and the lower mold and attached to the upper mold, the middle mold being movable upwards together with the upper mold when the upper mold is lifted upwards in order to be disassembled from the lower mold, wherein the skin covered foamed plastic article is taken out from the lower mold by lifting the upper mold and the middle mold upwards;
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• a protrusion for making a hole in the skin covered foamed plastic article to be manufactured, to be attached to the molding surface of the lower mold, which is freely detachable from the lower mold when the upper mold is disassembled from the lower mold to remove the skin covered foamed plastic article.