Sunshade and method of preparing a canopy
OwnerYen-Lin Tsaiinventor
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Abstract
A sunshade includes a support frame and a canopy connected to the support frame and including a light-transmissible fabric sheet of undyed yarns that has opposite inner and outer surfaces, an ink layer formed on one of the inner and outer surfaces of the light-transmissible fabric sheet using dye-sublimation printing techniques, and an opaque enamel coating coated on the other of the inner and outer surfaces of the light-transmissible fabric sheet. The undyed yarns are woven and cross one another to form fabric pores thereamong. The opaque enamel coating fills the fabric pores. A method of preparing a canopy is disclosed.
Claims13
A sunshade comprising:
- a support frame;
- and
- a canopy connected to said support frame and including a light-transmissible fabric sheet of undyed yarns that has opposite inner and outer surfaces, an ink layer directly formed on one of said inner and outer surfaces of said light-transmissible fabric sheet using dye-sublimation printing techniques, and an opaque enamel coating coated on the other of said inner and outer surfaces of said light-transmissible fabric sheet;
- wherein said undyed yarns are woven and cross one another to form fabric pores thereamong, said opaque enamel coating filling said fabric pores;
- and
- wherein said ink layer includes a pigment and is free of an adhesive resin.
A method of preparing a canopy, comprising:
- providing a light-transmissible fabric sheet of undyed yarns, the light-transmissible fabric sheet having opposite inner and outer surfaces, the undyed yarns being woven and crossing one another to form fabric pores thereamong;
- directly printing an ink layer on one of the inner and outer surfaces of the light-transmissible fabric sheet using dye-sublimation printing techniques, the ink layer including a pigment, and being free of an adhesive resin;
- coating an enamel composition on the other of the inner and outer surfaces of the light-transmissible fabric sheet to form an opaque enamel coating on the light-transmissible fabric sheet;
- and
- drying the opaque enamel coating.
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