Image/advertising apparatus and method

An advertising system adapted for use in connection with a plurality of stowage bin doors on a mobile platform, the system comprising:

• a first stowage bin door having a first portion of an advertising mural, said first portion of said advertising mural including a color stable image formed on a first strippable laminate panel associated with said first stowage bin door;
• a second stowage bin door having a second portion of said advertising mural, and disposed laterally adjacent and contiguous with said first stowage bin door, and having a color image formed on a second, strippable laminate panel associated with said second stowage bin door;
• each of said first and second strippable laminate Danels including:
• an ink layer that forms the image;
• an adhesive layer that releasably couples said first and second laminate panels to said first and second stowage bin doors;
• a first film layer disposed adjacent to said ink layer;
• a second film layer disposed adjacent to said ink layer;
• a third film layer disposed between said second film layer and said adhesive layer;
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• said first and second portions of said advertising mural cooperate to form at least a contiguous portion of said advertising mural.

An advertising system for use with an interior area of an aircraft, comprising:

• a first panel viewable from within a cabin area of said aircraft, said first panel having a first portion of an advertising mural presented on a first, strippable laminate surface portion removably secured to said first panel;
• a second panel also viewable from within said cabin area and disposed contiguous to said first panel, and having a second, strippable laminate surface portion including a second portion of said advertising mural, wherein said second, strippable laminate surface portion is removably formed to said second panel;
• each of said first and second laminate panels including:
• an ink layer that forms the image;
• an embossing resin layer;
• a first film layer disposed adjacent to said ink layer;
• a second film layer disposed between said ink layer and an embossing resin layer;
• a third film layer disposed between said embossing resin layer and said adhesive layer;
• said first and second panels configured to present said strippable, laminate surface portions of said advertising mural in a manner such that a contiguous portion of said advertising mural is presented to an occupant of said aircraft;
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• said first and second strippable laminate surface portions quickly removable from their respective panels so that a different plurality of strippable laminate surface portions comprising a different mural can be installed within said aircraft.

A method for presenting an enlarged image within an interior area of an aircraft through the use of laterally aligned stowage bin doors on the aircraft, the method comprising:

• dividing said enlarged image into at least first and second portions;
• forming said first portion as a first image on a first laminate panel of a first one of the stowage bin doors, said first laminate panel strippable from said first stowage bin door;
• forming said second portion of said enlarged image as a second image on a second laminate panel of a second one of said stowage bins, the second laminate panel is strippable from said second stowage bin door;
• forming each of said first and second laminate Danels as a composite of a plurality of layers, the layers including an ink layer that forms the image, an embossing resin layer, a first film layer disposed adjacent to said ink layer, a second film layer disposed between said ink layer and said embossing resin layer and a third film layer disposed between said embossing resin layer and an adhesive layer;
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• securing said stowage bin doors to laterally adjacent and contiguous stowage bins on said aircraft such that said stowage bin doors collectively provide said images in a manner that forms at least a contiguous portion of said advertising mural.