Emblem adhesive removal methods
AssigneeCintas Corporate Services, Inc.
InventorsManuel Figueroa, Susan Lillard, Christopher R. Ventura
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Abstract
An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.
Claims26
A method of associating an emblem assembly with a substrate wherein the substrate is a textile substrate having interwoven strands of material defining openings therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:
- interposing an adhesive assembly having a first layer of adhesive between a back face of an emblem and the substrate;
- covering the back face of the emblem and a correspondingly sized and dimensioned portion of the substrate with the adhesive assembly;
- interposing an adhesive retention layer as a component of the adhesive assembly between the back face of the emblem and the substrate to substantially cover the back face of the emblem, wherein the first layer of adhesive is in contact with the adhesive retention layer;
- wherein the adhesive assembly is confined within a perimeter of the emblem and contacts both the emblem and the substrate;
- adhering the emblem to the substrate in a wash-durable manner with the first layer of adhesive;
- interposing at least a portion of the first layer of adhesive into the openings as part of the adhering step;
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- after the adhering step, removing the emblem assembly from the substrate inclusive of the layer of adhesive such that substantially none of the first layer of adhesive is visible on the substrate after the removing step.
A method of associating an emblem assembly with a textile substrate having interwoven strands of material defining openings therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:
- interposing an adhesive assembly having a first layer of adhesive between a back face of an emblem and the substrate to substantially cover the back face of the emblem;
- interposing an adhesive retention layer as a component of the adhesive assembly between the back face of the emblem and the substrate wherein the first layer of adhesive is in contact with the adhesive retention layer;
- interposing a barrier layer as a component of the adhesive assembly between the back face of the emblem and the substrate to inhibit migration of residue from the emblem onto the substrate;
- wherein the adhesive assembly is confined within a perimeter of the emblem and contacts both the emblem and the textile substrate;
- adhering the emblem to the substrate in a wash-durable manner with the first layer of adhesive, wherein at least a portion of the first layer of adhesive enters the opening;
- washing the substrate and emblem assembly multiple times after the adhering step;
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- after the washing step, removing the emblem assembly from the substrate inclusive of the layer of adhesive such that substantially none of the first layer of adhesive is visible on the substrate after the removing step.
A method of associating an emblem assembly with a textile substrate having interwoven strands of material defining openings therebetween, the method comprising the steps of:
- interposing an adhesive assembly having a first layer of adhesive between a back face of an emblem and the substrate to substantially cover the back face of the emblem;
- interposing an adhesive retention layer as a component of the adhesive assembly between the back face of the emblem and the substrate wherein the first layer of adhesive is in contact with the adhesive retention layer;
- embedding the adhesive retention layer into the first layer of adhesive;
- interposing a barrier layer as a component of the adhesive assembly between the back face of the emblem and the substrate to inhibit migration of residue from the emblem onto the substrate;
- interposing a second layer of adhesive as a component of the adhesive assembly between the barrier layer and the emblem;
- interposing a third layer of adhesive as a component of the adhesive assembly between the barrier layer and the adhesive retention layer;
- wherein the adhesive assembly is confined within a perimeter of the emblem and contacts both the emblem and the textile substrate;
- adhering the emblem to the substrate in a wash-durable manner with the first layer of adhesive wherein at least a portion of the first layer of adhesive enters the openings;
- washing the substrate and emblem assembly multiple times after the adhering step;
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- after the washing step, removing the emblem assembly from the substrate inclusive of the adhesive assembly such that substantially none of the adhesive assembly is visible on the substrate after the removing step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.