Abstract: An automotive trim strip for application to the side of a motor vehicle having an expanded pressure sensitive tape on the rear surface thereof to effect adhesion of the trim strip to the motor vehicle. The pressure sensitive tape is provided with laterally spaced, longitudinally extending slits which are laterally expanded to widen the lateral dimension of the tape to reduce the cost and weight thereof and to provide longitudinally extending apertures therein which accommodate undulations in the mounting surface thereby to facilitate bonding of the trim strip to the motor vehicle.

Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method of decorating an extruded plastic strip which is used for ornamental purposes. In the method of the invention, a plastic strip is passed through a pair of rollers which emboss the face thereof to be decorated with a raised design. The entire decorative face is then covered with a release agent from the top surface of the raised design. A coloring material is then applied to the entire decorative surface. Excess coloring and the release agent are thereafter washed, peeled, or otherwise removed from the strip. The design is then highlighted by the coloring material thereupon.

Abstract: Contoured end structures are disclosed for trim strips of the character particularly suited for mounting on an automobile to provide protective and decorative interior or exterior trim for the vehicle. The end structures have various configurations and are produced by removing a portion of the trim strip material between side portions thereof to define V-shaped notches or recesses and then deforming the remaining portions of the trim strip adjacent the recess to close the recess and bring laterally opposite edges thereof into juxtapositional relationship. The juxtaposed edges are then bonded by heat sealing to complete the forming operation.

Abstract: Contoured end structures are disclosed for trim strips of the character particularly suited for mounting on an automobile to provide protective and decorative interior or exterior trim for the vehicle. The end structures have various configurations and are produced by removing a portion of the trim strip material between side portions thereof to define V-shaped notches or recesses and then deforming the remaining portions of the trim strip adjacent the recess to close the recess and bring laterally opposite edges thereof into juxtapositional relationship. The juxtaposed edges are then bonded by heat sealing to complete the forming operation.

Abstract: A decorative molding having its body and under surface formed of a thermoplastic material which is bondable dielectrically with compatible materials carries bonded to such under surface a longitudinally extending composite fabric tape of a width less than that of the molding, the tape having on its underside a heat reactive adhesive compatible with and bondable to materials with which the body itself is incompatible.