Cold foil temporary tattoo and process for making the same
AssigneeTMI Acquisition, Inc.
InventorsChris Huff, Mitchell S. Pisik
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Abstract
Described herein is/are cold foil adhesive methods for manufacturing temporary tattoo laminate devices, wherein the tattoos incorporate metallic foil and other decorative components. The methods provide a surprisingly rapid and efficient method for creating tattoo laminate devices which provide crisp, clear multi-color images temporary tattoos for the skin. The methods described herein provide a way to produce, in an offset printing press or flexographic printing press, numerous tattoo laminate devices at very high speeds, with unlimited colors, and crisp, clear images.
Claims21
A method for producing a temporary foil tattoo, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a base sheet;
- (b) applying ink to the base sheet, to form a first ink layer;
- (c) applying cold foil adhesive to the first ink layer, to form a first adhesive layer;
- (d) applying cold foil to the first adhesive layer, to form a foil layer;
- (e) applying ink to the cold foil layer to form a second ink layer;
- (f) applying a second adhesive to the second ink layer, to form a second adhesive layer for contacting a substrate to which the temporary tattoo may be applied;
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- (g) applying a protective liner sheet to the second adhesive layer.
A method for producing a temporary foil tattoo, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a base sheet having a release coating;
- (b) applying ink to the base sheet, to form a first ink layer;
- (c) applying cold foil adhesive to the first ink layer, to form a first adhesive layer;
- (d) applying cold foil to the first adhesive layer, to form a foil layer;
- (e) applying ink to the cold foil layer to form a second ink layer;
- applying a second adhesive to the second ink layer, to form a second adhesive layer for contacting a substrate to which the temporary tattoo may be applied;
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- (g) applying a protective liner sheet to the second adhesive layer;
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- wherein steps (b), (c), (d) and/or (e) are performed by a print unit in an offset printing press or in a flexographic printing press.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.