Device for sublimating a decoration on the surface of an object of any shape

An apparatus for transferring ink decoration by sublimation to an outer surface of an object, the apparatus comprising;

• first and second elastic membranes each having border portions which are adapted to be sealed to one another after an object is placed therebetween, each of said first and second membranes including a tongue extending from said border portions, said tongues being adapted to being sealed to one another after an object has been placed between said first and second membranes to thereby define a port through which air can be withdrawn from between said first and second membranes, and a pair of inkers positioned between said first and second membranes, said inkers being of a size to engage an object disposed therebetween on generally opposite sides of the object, whereby said border portions of said first and second membranes are weldable to one another to thereby form an evacuation pouch after the object has been placed therebetween and between said pair of inkers.