Methods of making a molded indiciabearing article

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A MOLDED, INDICIA-BEARING ARTICLE WHEREIN THE INDICIA ARE FREE OF SHADOWS WHEN TRANSILLUMINATED THAT COMPRISES FORMING A "FIRST SHOT" WITH A PLURALITY OF INDICIA IN RELIEF THEREON, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INDICIA BEING A "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID INDICIA PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM A FACE ON SAID "FIRST SHOT," FORMING SAID "FIRST SHOT" WITH A RECESS THAT IS IN REGISTER WITH AND IS DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF A PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA WHICH MUST PASS LIGHT WHEN SAID ARTICLE IS TRANS-ILLUMINATED, SAID RECESS BEING FRUSTO-CONICAL IN CONFIGURATION AND HAVING ITS SMALLEST CROSS SECTION ADJACENT THE REAR OF SAID INDICIA AND HAVING ITS LARGEST CROSS SECTION DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF AND SPACED AWAY FROM SAID INDICIA, SAID RECESS EXTENDING FORWARD TO AND OPENING TO SAID FACE OF SAID "FIRST SHOT" AND OPENING INTO THE "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND OPENING TO THE SPACE EXTERNAL OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, WHEREBY SAID RECESS PLACES SAID "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SPACE EXTERNAL OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID "FIRST SHOT" BEING LIGHT-TRANSMISSIVE, APPLYING "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL TO SAID FACE OF SAID "FIRST SHOT" TO BOND TO PORTIONS OF SAID FACE EXTERNAL OF SAID INDICIA AND TO BOND TO THE EXPOSED SIDES OF SAID INDICIA AND TO FILL SAID RECESS AND THEREBY PASS UNDER SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND TO FILL SAID "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL THAT PASSES UNDER SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA UNDERLYING AND BEING CAPABLE OF CASTING A SHADOW UPON SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND REMOVING THE "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL IN SAID RECESS TO RENDER SAID MOLDED, INDICIA-BEARING ARTICLE SHADOW-FREE, SAID "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL BEING LIGHT-OPAQUE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A MOLDED, INDICIA-BEARING ARTICLE WHEREIN THE INDICIA ARE FREE OF SHADOWS WHEN TRANSILLUMINATED THAT COMPRISES FORMING A "FIRST SHOT" WITH A PLURALITY OF INDICIA IN RELIEF THEREON, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INDICIA BEING A "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID INDICIA PROJECTING FORWARDLY FROM A FACE ON SAID "FIRST SHOT," FORMING SAID "FIRST SHOT" WITH A RECESS THAT IS IN REGISTER WITH AND IS DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF A PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA WHICH MUST PASS LIGHT WHEN SAID ARTICLE IS TRANS-ILLUMINATED, SAID RECESS BEING FRUSTO-CONICAL IN CONFIGURATION AND HAVING ITS SMALLEST CROSS SECTION ADJACENT THE REAR OF SAID INDICIA AND HAVING ITS LARGEST CROSS SECTION DISPOSED REARWARDLY OF AND SPACED AWAY FROM SAID INDICIA, SAID RECESS EXTENDING FORWARD TO AND OPENING TO SAID FACE OF SAID "FIRST SHOT" AND OPENING INTO THE "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND OPENING TO THE SPACE EXTERNAL OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, WHEREBY SAID RECESS PLACES SAID "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID SPACE EXTERNAL OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID "FIRST SHOT" BEING LIGHT-TRANSMISSIVE, APPLYING "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL TO SAID FACE OF SAID "FIRST SHOT" TO BOND TO PORTIONS OF SAID FACE EXTERNAL OF SAID INDICIA AND TO BOND TO THE EXPOSED SIDES OF SAID INDICIA AND TO FILL SAID RECESS AND THEREBY PASS UNDER SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND TO FILL SAID "ISLAND" OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA, SAID "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL THAT PASSES UNDER SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA UNDERLYING AND BEING CAPABLE OF CASTING A SHADOW UPON SAID PART OF SAID "CLOSED" INDICIA AND REMOVING THE "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL IN SAID RECESS TO RENDER SAID MOLDED, INDICIA-BEARING ARTICLE SHADOW-FREE, SAID "SECOND SHOT" MATERIAL BEING LIGHT-OPAQUE.