DECORATIVE MOLDED ARTICLE, AND ITS MANUFACTURE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the strength, and at the same time, form a decorative molded article of which the quality regarding a pattern is not reduced, and increase the elongation of the rear surface of a sheet material at the time of a heat-molding by forming a decoration of a colored section being colored to the inside of the rear surface side of the base section, and applying a colored primer layer on the rear surface of the base section. SOLUTION: Between two pressure disks 11 and 12, an article to be pressed wherein the printing surface side of a transfer sheet 3 is joined to the rear surface side of a sheet material 2, is set, and the article to be pressed is heated for a set period of time while being pinched by making the pressure disks 11 and 12 come closer, and then, the pressure disks 11 and 12 are separated, and the article is cooled and the sheet material 2 and the transfer sheet 3 are separated, and a decorated sheet material 2A is obtained. The heating is performed at a temperature and for a period of time by which a sublimation ink printed on the transfer sheet 3 can be sublimated, and the sublimated component can be infiltrated to the inside of the rear surface side of the sheet material 2. By this constitution, the decoration comprises a colored section which is colored to the inside of the rear surface side of the base section, and an article wherein a colored primer layer is applied on the rear surface of the base section can be obtained.