Molded product incorporating a label, and razor handle comprising such a molded product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10093052-B2
Application number	US-200913319898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 27, 2009
Priority date	May 27, 2009
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A molded product that includes a first molded part, a second molded part, and a label having a rear side provided on the first molded part, a front side opposite to the rear side, the front side having a peripheral border. The second molded part has an overlapping portion which overlaps the front side of the label only on the peripheral border.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A molded product comprising:
a first molded part,
a second molded part, and
a thin plastic foil label having a rear side provided on the first molded part, a front side opposite to the rear side, the front side being mostly exposed to an external environment, the front side having a peripheral border, and
wherein the second molded part has an overlapping portion which overlaps the front side of the label only on the peripheral border, and prevents delamination of the label,
wherein the overlapping portion has a thickness which is less than 1 mm, so that the overlapping portion and the front side of the label not covered by the second molded part together exhibits an even surface, and
wherein the first molded part includes openings forming anchoring areas for the second molded part, the second molded part molded into the openings of the first molded part, the opening being fully filled with material of the second molded part, the first molded part and the second molded part being both chemically and mechanically bonded in the anchoring areas.

2. The molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the front side of the label has a front side surface, and wherein the overlapping portion has an overlapping surface comprising between 0.3% and 3% of the front side surface.

3. The molded product according to claim 1 , the label has a substantially constant thickness wherein the thickness of the label is comprised between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm.

4. The molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the first molded part comprises a rigid material and wherein the second molded part comprises an elastomeric material.

5. A razor handle comprising a molded product according to claim 1 .

6. A razor comprising:
a razor handle according to claim 5 , and
a razor head which comprises at least one blade and which is attached to the razor handle.

Assignees

• Hopfner Guillaume
• Karagiannis Athanasios
• Bic Violex Sa

Inventors

• Hopfner Guillaume
• Karagiannis Athanasios

Classifications

• B29C45/1671 Primary

  with an insert · CPC title

• B26B21/528

  Manufacture of razor handles · CPC title

• B29C2045/14918

  in-mould-labelling · CPC title

• B26B21/522

  Ergonomic details, e.g. shape, ribs or rubber parts · CPC title

• B29C45/1676

  using a soft material and a rigid material, e.g. making articles with a sealing part · CPC title