Article with protected printing and method of manufacture
OwnerJames E. Gargusinventor
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Abstract
Manufactured articles are disclosed having graphics that are reverse-printed onto a surface of a transparent polymeric sheet or web that is subsequently adhesively attached to a substrate with the reverse-printed surface placed in facing engagement with the substrate so that the graphics are clearly viewable and readable in a non-reverse format to an observer viewing the substrate. The substrate can be any material useful in the production of signage, packaging or other products, provided that the reverse-printed surface of the polymeric sheet or web can be adhesively attached to the substrate.
Claims35
An article comprising an outside wall comprising:
- a transparent polymeric sheet having a back surface;
- graphics reverse printed on the back surface;
- a substrate having a front surface;
- the back surface being attached in facing engagement to the front surface so that the graphics are disposed between the sheet and the substrate and are visible through the sheet.
A method for making an article comprising a substrate with an outwardly facing wall surface, a substantially transparent polymeric sheet attached to the wall surface, and graphics reverse printed on a reverse surface of the sheet between the sheet and wall surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a transparent polymeric sheet having a reverse surface;
- reverse printing graphics on the reverse surface of the sheet;
- providing a substrate having a desired size and an outwardly facing wall surface;
- and
- attaching the reverse surface of the sheet to the outwardly facing wall surface of the substrate so that the graphics are visible through the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.