Abstract: The present invention provides a laminate structure. The laminate structure includes a peripheral edge, an internal edge or both. Trim can be provided at the edges.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric-laminated plastic part comprising of a surface fabric laminated to a plastic substrate. The part typically includes one or more edges having a portion of the fabric being flush with a portion of the substrate at those edges. The invention also provides a novel process of forming a part with the one or more flush edges.

Abstract: In an injection molding process for making thermoplastic articles an in-runner static mixer is positioned near the gate to a mold cavity to mix molten thermoplastic such that said thermoplastic exiting the in-runner static mixer is more homogeneous with respect to temperature than that entering the in-runner static mixer. Passing the more homogeneously mixed molten thermoplastic through the gate to the mold cavity and allowing said cavity to fill and thermoplastic to cool, will result in an article aesthetically superior to one made by a process where no in-runner static mixing device is employed.