Manufacture Of An Article Having A Decorative Covering Overlying An Injection Molded Substrate Having A Cellular Structure
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Aug 14, 2014
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A method of forming an article is provided, comprising providing a decorative covering; providing an injection molded substrate, the substrate formed of at least one thermoplastic polymer, the thermoplastic polymer having a cellular structure formed by a gas expelled into the thermoplastic polymer by a chemical blowing agent mixed with the thermoplastic polymer during injection molding, wherein an upper surface of the substrate includes surface defects including surface voids; applying a hot-melt adhesive to at least one of an lower surface of the decorative covering and the upper surface of the substrate; bonding the decorative covering and the injection molded foamed substrate with the adhesive; and wherein the adhesive is applied such that presence of the surface voids in the upper surface of the substrate do not appear on an upper surface of the skin layer after the decorative article is formed.
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