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A method is provided for manufacturing a painted plastic component having a badge, emblem or other ornamentation, such as air bag covers having a badge, or wherein the component is the badge itself. The method includes providing a painted film sheet and a one-piece thermoplastic elastomeric structur

A method is provided for manufacturing a painted plastic component having a badge, emblem or other ornamentation, such as air bag covers having a badge, or wherein the component is the badge itself. The method includes providing a painted film sheet and a one-piece thermoplastic elastomeric structural carrier. A bottom contact surface of the film sheet bonds with a front contact surface of the structural carrier by diffusion between the contact surfaces thereof within a mold cavity of an injection mold separate from the mold cavity of a vacuum mold which is utilized to vacuum-mold the film sheet to form the desired painted plastic component.

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A method is provided for manufacturing a painted plastic component having a badge, emblem or other ornamentation, such as air bag covers having a badge, or wherein the component is the badge itself. The method includes providing a painted film sheet and a one-piece thermoplastic elastomeric structur

A method is provided for manufacturing a painted plastic component having a badge, emblem or other ornamentation, such as air bag covers having a badge, or wherein the component is the badge itself. The method includes providing a painted film sheet and a one-piece thermoplastic elastomeric structural carrier. A bottom contact surface of the film sheet bonds with a front contact surface of the structural carrier by diffusion between the contact surfaces thereof within a mold cavity of an injection mold separate from the mold cavity of a vacuum mold which is utilized to vacuum-mold the film sheet to form the desired painted plastic component. ovably securing the first hinged door to the second hinged door so as to maintain the first and second hinged doors in the molding position; (d) rotating the third and fourth hinged doors into substantially the molding position; (e) moving the at least one locking mechanism into its locked position; and (f) pouring moldable concrete into the molding cavity. 15. The method according to claim 14 wherein first hinged door defines a hole and the second hinged door defines a second hole, wherein the step of removably securing the first hinged door to the second hinged door comprises providing a safety latch having a first and second parallel rods and a connecting section, and placing the first rod in the first hole and the second rod in the second hole. 16. A block form for forming retaining wall blocks comprising: (a) a supporting structure; (b) a substantially horizontal bottom surface coupled to the supporting structure; (c) four hinged doors having a molding position in which the four hinged doors form a molding cavity between the four hinged doors and the bottom surface, each hinged door having a top and a bottom, wherein the bottom of each hinged door has two hinge arms hingedly connected to the supporting structure, and wherein a first hinged door of the four hinged doors is adjacent and substantially perpendicular to a second hinged door of the four hinged doors; (d) a first protrusion coupled to the first hinged door, the first protrusion having a substantially planar first prying surface; and (e) a second protrusion coupled to the second hinged door, the second protrusion having a substantially planar second prying surface wherein the first and second prying surfaces form a gap of between 0.1 inches and 2.0 inches when the first and second hinged doors are in the molding position. 17. The block form according to claim 16 wherein the gap between the first and second prying surfaces is between 0.5 and 1.5 inches. 18. The block form according to claim 16 wherein the first and second substantially planar prying surfaces are substantially parallel to the first hinged door and substantially perpendicular to the second hinged door. 19. The block form according to claim 18 wherein the first protrusion further comprises an angled guide surface wherein the angle between the angled guide surface and the first planar prying surface, such angle going through the first protrusion, is between 110 degrees and 160 degrees. 20. The block form according to claim 19 wherein the angle between the angled guide surface and the first planar prying surface, such angle passing through the first protrusion is between 130 degrees and 140 degrees.