Methods of making molded articles

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING MOLDED ARTICLES, WITH INDICIA THAT CAN BE TRANSILLUMINATED BY A LIGHT SOURCE, WHICH COMPRISES MOLDING A FIRST SHOT WITH PARTS THAT ARE THIN BUT THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY WITHSTAND THE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES TO WHICH THEY WILL BE SUBJECTED DURING THE MOLDING OF A SECOND SHOT INTO BONDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PARTS OF SAID FIRST SHOT, SAID PARTS OF SAID FIRST SHOT BEING MOLDED WITH SUPPORTING PADS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INDICIA THAT PROJECT FORWARDLY FROM THE FRONT FACES OF SAID SUPPORTING PADS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INDICIA BEING OF THE CLOSED TYPE, SAID FIRST SHOT BEING MOLDED FROM A PLASTIC MATERIAL THAT IS LIGHT-TRANSMISSIVE, SAID FIRST SHOT BEINGMOLDED TO HAVE A PART THAT HOLDS AND SUPPORTS SAID SUPPORTING PADS BUT THAT PERMITS SAID PADS TO BE DISPLACED RELATIVE TO IT, DISPLACING SAID SUPPORTING PADS AND SAID INDICIA THEREON RELATIVE TO SAID PART OF SAID FIRST SHOT TO GENERALLY DEFINE A RIME FOR SAID ARTICLE WHEREIN THE REAR FACES OF SAID SUPPORTING PADS DEFINE THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM AND WHEREIN THE FRONT FACES OF SAID INDICIA DEFINE THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM, MOLDING SECOND SHOT MATERIAL INTO BONDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING PADS AND SAID INDICIA THEREON AND INTO THE ISLANDS OF SAID CLOSED INDICIA, SAID SECOND SHOT MATERIAL BEING MOLDED SO IT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE INNER AND OUTER PERIPHERIES OF SAID RIM, SAID SECOND SHOT BEING MOLDED OF A MATERIAL WHICH IS DARKER IN COLOR THAN THE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST SHOT, SAID SECOND SHOT MATERIAL BEING MOLDED TO FORM A RUNNER AT SAID INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM THAT UNDERLIES SAID ISLANDS OF SAID CLOSED INDICIA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CUTTING-AWAY SAID RUNNER, WHEREBY SAID INDICIA ON SAID SUPPORTING PADS CAN B E READILY TRANS-ILLUMINATED BY LIGHT PASSING THROUGH SAID RIM.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING MOLDED ARTICLES, WITH INDICIA THAT CAN BE TRANSILLUMINATED BY A LIGHT SOURCE, WHICH COMPRISES MOLDING A FIRST SHOT WITH PARTS THAT ARE THIN BUT THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY WITHSTAND THE PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES TO WHICH THEY WILL BE SUBJECTED DURING THE MOLDING OF A SECOND SHOT INTO BONDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID PARTS OF SAID FIRST SHOT, SAID PARTS OF SAID FIRST SHOT BEING MOLDED WITH SUPPORTING PADS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL INDICIA THAT PROJECT FORWARDLY FROM THE FRONT FACES OF SAID SUPPORTING PADS, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INDICIA BEING OF THE CLOSED TYPE, SAID FIRST SHOT BEING MOLDED FROM A PLASTIC MATERIAL THAT IS LIGHT-TRANSMISSIVE, SAID FIRST SHOT BEINGMOLDED TO HAVE A PART THAT HOLDS AND SUPPORTS SAID SUPPORTING PADS BUT THAT PERMITS SAID PADS TO BE DISPLACED RELATIVE TO IT, DISPLACING SAID SUPPORTING PADS AND SAID INDICIA THEREON RELATIVE TO SAID PART OF SAID FIRST SHOT TO GENERALLY DEFINE A RIME FOR SAID ARTICLE WHEREIN THE REAR FACES OF SAID SUPPORTING PADS DEFINE THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM AND WHEREIN THE FRONT FACES OF SAID INDICIA DEFINE THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM, MOLDING SECOND SHOT MATERIAL INTO BONDING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID SUPPORTING PADS AND SAID INDICIA THEREON AND INTO THE ISLANDS OF SAID CLOSED INDICIA, SAID SECOND SHOT MATERIAL BEING MOLDED SO IT CONSTITUTES PART OF THE INNER AND OUTER PERIPHERIES OF SAID RIM, SAID SECOND SHOT BEING MOLDED OF A MATERIAL WHICH IS DARKER IN COLOR THAN THE MATERIAL OF SAID FIRST SHOT, SAID SECOND SHOT MATERIAL BEING MOLDED TO FORM A RUNNER AT SAID INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID RIM THAT UNDERLIES SAID ISLANDS OF SAID CLOSED INDICIA, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CUTTING-AWAY SAID RUNNER, WHEREBY SAID INDICIA ON SAID SUPPORTING PADS CAN B E READILY TRANS-ILLUMINATED BY LIGHT PASSING THROUGH SAID RIM.