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US 4,961,896 AGranted
Method of making simulated fabric
AssigneeCadillac Products, Inc.
InventorJames P. Constantino
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Abstract
A simulated fabric is produced by heating a substrate having a layer of flocked material so that both the substrate and the flocked material are softened, and applying the surface of a mold, having a finely detailed simulated fabric pattern on it, to the flocked material to plastically deform the flock to a thickness less than the original thickness such that it acquires substantially the same pattern as on the mold surface.
Claims12
A method for manufacturing a simulated fabric, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substrate having a layer of flocked material applied thereto, said layer of flocked material having a predetermined thickness;
- (b) contacting said flocked material with a surface of a mold, said mold surface including a predetermined finely detailed simulated fabric pattern formed thereon;
- (c) heating said substrate and said layer of flocked material to one or more predetermined temperatures to soften said substrate and said layer of flocked material;
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- (d) applying one or more predetermined amounts of pressure to said substrate and said layer of flocked material for one or more predetermined amounts of time, to cause a portion of said layer of flocked material to plastically deform to a predetermined thickness less than said thickness of said layer of flocked material and thereby acquire substantially the same pattern as said pattern on said mold surface.
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