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US 4,049,479 AGranted
Method of installing decals on vertically ribbed trailer bodies
OwnerStephen J. Sikerinventor
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A method of installing decals on vertically ribbed trailer bodies in which a decal having a self adhesive surface is first affixed as a flat or planar, undistorted sheet to the outer flat surfaces of the ribs on the trailer body so that the decal contacts only the outer surfaces of the ribs and is spaced from the outer surface of the trailer body at the locations between the ribs, slitting the decal vertically along a line spaced longitudinally from an outside corner of one of said ribs, similarly slitting said decal along a line spaced from an outside corner of a rib adjacent said first named rib to provide an intermediate decal portion which is cut off from the rib portions of the decal affixed to the ribs and which is of a length corresponding to the distance between the flanges of the two adjacent ribs, and affixing the cut off intermediate portion of the decal to the outer surface of the trailer body intermediate said ribs and the rib portions of the decal to the outer and side walls of each rib, leaving the flange portions thereof exposed.
Method of applying graphics to a ribbed wall of a trailer body comprising, positioning an undistorted flexible sheet bearing said graphics in a selected location relative to said trailer wall and fixing said flexible sheet in said location by securing a portion of the same to the outer surface of a trailer rib, cutting said sheet to provide a portion which is folded over and affixed to a side wall of said rib, folding over and affixing to another rib side wall another portion of said sheet, cutting said sheet to provide a separate intermediate portion free of the sheet portion affixed to said rib, and securing the itnermediate portion of the sheet to that portion of the trailer wall which lies between the flange portions of adjacent ribs.
Method of applying graphics to a ribbed wall of a trailer body comprising, positioning an undistorted flexible sheet bearing said graphics in a selected location relative to said trailer wall and affixing said flexible sheet in said location by securing a portion of the same to the outer surface of a trailer rib, cutting said sheet to provide a first portion which is folded over and affixed to a side wall of said rib and a second portion which is to be affixed to the intermediate section of the trailer wall lying between adjacent ribs, cutting said sheet a second time to free said second portion of said sheet from that part of the sheet which is to be affixed to the next adjacent rib, and affixing the thus freed second portion to that section of the trailer wall lying between said ribs.
Method of installing an undistorted decal having a pressure sensitive adhesive backing to a side wall of a trailer having vertically extending reinforcing ribs, comprising, placing the decal in the desired position relative to the trailer wall surface, securing the decal to at least some of the outer wall surfaces of the ribs underlying the decal while maintaining the decal in substantially flat, planar form so that those portions of the decal which lie between adjacent ribs are spaced from the surface of the trailer wall, slitting said decal vertically along a line adjacent an outer corner of one of said ribs and at a distance from said corner approximately equal to the width of the rib flange, similarly slitting said decal along a vertical line adjacent a rib corner of an adjacent rib, securing the panel portion of the decal freed by said second slit to the intermediate portion of the trailer side wall lying between the flanges of adjacent ribs, and repeating the said steps with respect to additional ribs on the trailer wall until the entire decal has been so installed as to provide the complete graphic.
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