ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,906, issued on July 1, was assigned to CPK Interior Products Inc. (Port Hope, Canada).

"Resin-based compositions for slush molding and composite parts manufactured therefrom" was invented by Gregory James Farrar (Roblin, Canada) and Murali Mohan Reddy (Belleville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite part manufactured via a dual cast slush molding technique includes a skin layer having a first side and an opposite second side and a foam layer formed in situ on the second side of the skin layer. The first side of the skin layer defines a Class A surface. The skin layer and the foam layer each comprise a polymer of the same...