System and method for forming images on a plastic implement
OwnerScott Moncrieff, Michael D. Wardinventors
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Abstract
A system and method for taking orders for, and on-demand manufacturing of, personalized plastic event/party plates that may either be saved and reused or disposed of and recycled. In any given order, any number of plates may have a single unique high resolution photograph, or every plate may have a unique and different photograph. The images are preprinted on plastic film and are molded into the plate to become a permanent feature of the plate.
Claims10
A method of producing a plate with an image, the method comprising:
- forming a plate;
- printing a digital image onto a transparent film to form an appliqué;
- and
- molding the appliqué to a base of the plate to produce the plate with the image.
A method of producing a plastic implement with an image, the method comprising:
- providing the plastic implement;
- printing a digital image onto a transparent film to form an appliqué;
- and
- molding the appliqué to a base of the plastic implement to produce the plastic implement with the image.
An image-bearing plastic implement comprising:
- a plastic implement formed by an injection molding process;
- an appliqué having an image, the appliqué being fixedly applied to a base of the plastic image by an application process;
- wherein the fixed application of the appliqué to the base of the plastic implement forms the image-bearing plastic implement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.