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US 12,109,837 B2Granted
Decorative transfer methods and apparatus
AssigneeIron Orchid Designs, LLC
InventorsJosie G. Celio, Sally O. Griswold
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Abstract
Apparatus and methods for transferring a pigment-based decorative design onto a surface without using a plastic film or adhesive.
Claims13
A decorative transfer apparatus, comprising:
- a carrier sheet;
- and
- a decorative transfer on one side of the carrier sheet;
- the decorative transfer formed from a pigment-based material that is applied to said side of the carrier sheet and then cured after being applied to the carrier sheet;
- the pigment-based material comprising a material that reactivates after it is cured by only requiring contact with an uncured transfer medium on an intended transfer surface, and wherein the decorative transfer is thereby transferred to the intended transfer surface when the decorative transfer contacts the uncured transfer medium on the intended transfer surface.
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In a decorative transfer having a carrier sheet, an improvement comprising:
- the carrier sheet comprising a translucent material;
- and
- the decorative transfer on one side of the carrier sheet;
- the decorative transfer formed from a pigment-based material that is applied to said side of the carrier sheet and then cured after being applied to the carrier sheet;
- the pigment-based material comprising a mixture of pigment, whiting, water, and gum Arabic, that reactivates after it is cured by only requiring contact with an uncured transfer medium on an intended transfer surface, and wherein the decorative transfer is thereby transferred to the intended transfer surface when the decorative transfer contacts the uncured transfer medium on the intended transfer surface.
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A method for applying a decorative design to an intended surface, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a decorative transfer comprising:
- a carrier sheet;
- and
- a decorative transfer on one side of the carrier sheet;
- the decorative transfer formed from a pigment-based material that is applied to said side of the carrier sheet and then cured after being applied to the carrier sheet;
- the pigment-based material comprising a material that reactivates after it is cured by only requiring contact with an uncured transfer medium on an intended transfer surface, and wherein the decorative transfer is thereby transferred to the intended transfer surface when the decorative transfer contacts the uncured transfer medium on the intended transfer surface;
- (b) applying a transfer medium to an intended transfer surface;
- (c) before the transfer medium cures, placing the side of the carrier sheet with the decorative transfer against the intended transfer surface such that the decorative transfer contacts the transfer medium, wherein the material forming the decorative transfer is reactivated by contact with the transfer medium;
- (d) allowing the reactivated decorative transfer and transfer medium to dry sufficiently that the carrier sheet can be removed without lifting the decorative transfer off of the transfer medium;
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- (e) dampening the carrier sheet and removing the carrier sheet from the intended transfer surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.