Decorative label
AssigneeAdvantage Molding and Decorating, Inc.
InventorsPenny Froh, Edgar A. Tecun
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Abstract
A method is provided for using a pad printing device to decorate a base surface with an image. Initially the form of the image is printed on the base surface using a base coat material which has a sufficiently high adhesion with the base surface. An ink image is then printed in registry with the base coat image using an ink which has a sufficiently high adhesion to the base coat material. The image is then printed in registry with the ink image using a top coat material which has a sufficiently high adhesion to the ink. Because each layer of material has a sufficiently high adhesion to the adjacent material, the resulting decorative label has a high adhesion to the base surface.
Claims9
A decorative label disposed on a base surface and illustrating a preselected image, the decorative label comprising:
- b) a base coat image printed in the form of the preselected image on the base surface using a base coat material;
- d) an ink image printed over the base coat image, the ink image being in the form of the preselected image and being in substantial registry with the base coat image;
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- c) a top coat image printed over the ink image using a top coat material, the top coat image being in the form of the preselected image and being in substantial registry with the ink image.
A decorative label disposed on a base surface of pheneylene oxide polymeric material and illustrating a preselected image, the decorative label comprising:
- b) a base layer of acrylate polymer material printed in the form of the preselected image on the base surface;
- d) a middle layer of acetate based ink printed in the form of the preselected image and being in substantial registry with the base coat image;
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- c) a top layer of acrylate polymer material printed in the form of the preselected image and being in substantial registry with the ink image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.