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US 4,810,549 AGranted
Plush textured multicolored flock transfer
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorsLouis B. Abrams, Gerhard A. Arzberger
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Abstract
Plush textured multicolored flock transfers are obtained which have the appearance of a direct flocked article and the manufacturing and application advantages of a flock transfer. The method of manufacture includes applying sequentially to an adhesive coated base sheet different colored flocks which can be greater than 0.3 mm long through predetermined areas of masked screens.
Claims18
A multicolor flock transfer comprising:
- (a) a base sheet having a surface area coated with a release adhesive;
- (b) precolored flock of at least two different colors that are longer than 0.3 mm having ends adhering to said surface area in the form of predetermined color patterns of a design;
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- (c) a binding adhesive applied to other ends of said precolored flock, whereby said predetermined color patterns of said design of said multicolor flock is adapted to be transferred onto a product.
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A method of making a multicolored flock design on a product comprising:
- (a) printing a release adhesive upon a base sheet;
- (b) sequentially flocking different precolored flock through open sections of different barriers into said release adhesive to result in a plurality of single color patterns arranged to form a predetermined flock design;
- (c) applying a binding adhesive to free ends of said flock to form a transfer of said flock design;
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- (d) transferring said flock design from said base sheet to vividly form said flock design on a surface of a product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.