Flocked stretchable design or transfer
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorLouis Brown Abrams
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Abstract
The present invention describes a flocked stretchable design and a process for producing a flocked stretchable design or transfer. The design, when configured as a transfer, includes a carrier layer, a release adhesive applied to the carrier layer, a plurality of flock fibers releasably attached to the release adhesive, an elastic film and a first adhesive layer bonded to the flock fibers and the elastic film, and a second, discontinuously distributed, adhesive layer bonded to the other side of the elastic film. The design, when direct flocked, does not include the carrier and the release adhesive. The present invention also includes methods of producing both the designs.
Claims28
A design, comprising:
- a plurality of flock fibers;
- an elastic film having a first side and a second side;
- a first adhesive layer bonded to the first side of the elastic film and to the plurality of flock fibers;
- and
- a second, discontinuously distributed, adhesive layer bonded to the second side of the elastic film.
A method of producing an design, comprising:
- contacting flock with a first permanent adhesive layer;
- contacting the first permanent adhesive layer with an elastic layer;
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- contacting the elastic layer with a second permanent adhesive layer, the second permanent adhesive layer being discontinuously distributed over the contacting surface of the elastic layer.
A design, comprising:
- a plurality of flock fibers;
- an elastic film having a first side and a second side;
- a first adhesive layer bonded to the first side of the elastic film and to the plurality of flock fibers;
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- a second adhesive layer bonded to the second side of the elastic film, wherein at least one of the following is true:
- (i) the elastic film has a modulus of elasticity of less than about 11.25 lb/ft and more than about 0.5 lb/ft, (ii) the elastic film has an elongation of at least about 200%, and (iii) the elastic film has a recovery of at least about 75% after being stretched to 100% of its original length and allowed to retract freely.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.