ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,959, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CpK Interior Products (Port Hope, Canada).

"Dual cast slush mold system, methods, and apparatuses" was invented by Bruce Arthur Giroux (Port Hope, Canada) and Gregory James Farrar (Roblin, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses of manufacturing an automotive interior trim panel are provided. The method includes providing a mold having a negative side and a positive side, heating the mold using a first heater and a second heater, coupling the mold to a first powder box containing a first polymeric powder, molding a first polymer layer on the first side of the mol...