A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising: a first translucent component comprising a full panel of the plastic glazing; a second translucent component molded onto the first translucent component, wherein the second translucent component is a colored thermoplastic polymer, wherein the plastic glazing is of one-piece molded plastic construction, wherein at least one of the first translucent component and the second translucent component comprises one or more aerodynamic features, wherein the one or more aerodynamic features are each configured to reduce one or more of: a turbulence, a drag force, and a lift force.

A dual shot molded article of cutlery that includes a working end molded from a first material and a molded handle opposite the working end. The article is designed with one or more features that facilitate the efficient and effective manufacture of such products by an overmolding or coreback molding process.

A lighted dryer assembly for a vehicle wash system including a housing portion, having a head portion, a body portion, and an outlet portion. The head portion includes an air inlet portion for drawing air into the head portion and an outlet for passing the air to the body portion. The outlet portion has a plurality of exit nozzles that are configured to emit high velocity air therefrom for removing water from an exterior surface of a vehicle while disposed in a vehicle treatment area. The body portion includes an upper portion where air is received from the head portion and a lower portion disposed remote from the upper portion. A light source is disposed within the housing portion and configured to emit light that can be seen by a vehicle disposed in the vehicle treatment area.

To provide a vehicle exterior decorating member capable of providing a sufficient gradation effect to an observer, and having enhanced design characteristics, and to provide a method for manufacturing the same. A vehicle exterior decorating member includes a base member made of a colored translucent body having a front surface and a back surface including a surface having unevenness, and a light non-transmissive layer formed on a back surface side of the base member. The base member includes a general portion where a thickness is constant at greater than or equal to 2.5 mm and smaller than or equal to 4.0 mm, and a gradually changing portion where a thickness gradually changes. The gradually changing portion includes a maximum deviation portion where a difference in thickness between the general portion and the gradually changing portion becomes a maximum, and has (A) and/or (B). (A) Difference between a visible light transmissivity at the maximum deviation portion and a visible light transmissivity at the general portion is greater than or equal to 5%. (B) Assuming an L value of a Lab color system defined in JIS Z 8729, a difference between an L value at the maximum deviation portion and an L value at the general portion is greater than or equal to two.

An apparatus and method for making a three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material using a linear solidification device is shown and described. The apparatus includes a solidification substrate assembly that is tiltable about a tilting axis to peel a solidification substrate from a recently formed object surface and to level the solidification substrate assembly and squeeze out accumulated solidifiable material between the solidification substrate and the recently formed object surface. Intelligent peeling and leveling may also be provided by providing a tilting parameter database that is used to adjust tilting parameters based on object geometry and/or solidifiable material properties.

An injection molded closure article comprising a composition blend of: (a) at least one substantially linear polyolefin elastomer component which has a melt index of, for example, from 0.5 dg/min to 40 dg/min and a density of, for example, from 0.850 g/cc to 0.910 g/cc; and (b) at least one neutralized ethylene acid copolymer resin component which has a melt index of, for example, from 0.5 dg/min to 25 dg/min, and is at least partially neutralized at a range of from 20% to 70% neutralization; a molded closure article produced from the above composition blend, wherein the molded closure article has a high gloss, low haze, high impact resistance, and high chemical resistance; and a process of manufacturing the above molded closure article.

The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic resin composition, a method of preparing the same, and a molded article manufactured using the same. The thermoplastic resin composition includes graft copolymer (A) including a polymer seed including 51 to 77 % by weight of an alkyl (meth)acrylate and 23 to 49% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, a rubber core surrounding the polymer seed and including 78 to 90% by weight of an alkyl acrylate and 10 to 22% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, and a graft shell surrounding the rubber core and including 65 to 80% by weight of an aromatic vinyl compound, 14 to 25% by weight of a vinyl cyanide compound, and 3 to 15% by weight of an alkyl acrylate; and a non-graft copolymer (B) including an alkyl (meth)acrylate, an alkyl-substituted styrene-based compound, and a vinyl cyanide compound.

The current inventive technology described methods and apparatus for the production of a helium-free balloon having customizable reflective features.

A shaping device that shapes a stereoscopic three-dimensional object including a light reflecting material head, a plurality of coloring material heads, a clear material head, and a controller; where the three-dimensional object includes a light reflecting region and a coloring region; the coloring region includes an inner region and an outer region; and when a ratio of the coloring material with respect to a sum of materials for shaping used when forming each region of the coloring region is defined as a coloring material ratio, the controller causes the plurality of coloring material heads and the clear material head to eject the material for shaping so that the coloring material ratio in the outer region becomes greater than the coloring material ratio in the inner region.

The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.