Art reproduction and method
OwnerEugene Louis Barattoinventor
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Abstract
An art reproduction composite having a textured colored sheet having a thermoplastic layer and a color layer laminated to a substrate with an adhesive and optionally including a reinforcing layer. The invention also relates to a method of making art reproductions.
Claims20
An art reproduction comprising a substrate, a textured colored sheet comprising a color layer and a flexible thermoplastic layer, and a flexible adhesive disposed between the substrate and the sheet, wherein the color layer of the sheet is exposed, and the thermoplastic layer of the sheet is laminated to the substrate, and wherein said reproduction has sufficient elongation so that when it is stretched, the adhesive and thermoplastic sheet elongate with the substrate to the breaking point of the substrate, and the reproduction does not crack.
A method for making an art reproduction comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a mold having relief characteristics and a vacuum outlet attached to a vacuum pump;
- (b) providing a thermoplastic film having a first major surface and a second major surface;
- (c) printing the first major surface of the thermoplastic film with inks to form a colored thermoplastic sheet having an image corresponding to the relief characteristics of the mold;
- (c) positioning the colored thermoplastic sheet in contact with the mold so that the image is in registration with the corresponding relief on the mold;
- (d) heating the sheet sufficiently to soften the thermoplastic film so that the colored sheet is drawn into mold relief to form a textured colored thermoplastic sheet;
- (e) applying sufficient vacuum to draw the film into the mold relief.
A method of making an art reproduction comprising the steps of:
- (a) printing a thermoplastic film with a colored image to form a colored sheet having a printed side and an unprinted side;
- (b) placing a porous substrate having a textured surface on a vacuum table;
- (c) positioning the colored sheet over the porous substrate with the unprinted side of the sheet on the substrate;
- (d) optionally applying sufficient vacuum to hold the sheet in place;
- (e) heating the colored sheet sufficiently to soften the thermoplastic film;
- (f) applying sufficient vacuum to draw the colored sheet material onto the textured surface of the substrate to form the reproduction having a textured colored sheet and a substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.