Silicone fishing lure skirt with foil or holographic film and method of making the same
OwnerMichael T. Shelton, Daryl W. Greene +1inventors
InventorsMichael T. Shelton, Daryl W. Greene, Van Truong
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Abstract
An elastomer fishing lure skirt comprising a silicone based elastomer substrate having a rough side wherein the substrate is separated into a plurality of filaments. The lure skirt further comprises an adhesive such as Chemlock 697, RTV adhesive, Lock Tight, or combinations thereof. The lure skirt further comprises a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate polyester film having a metalized foil, colored foil, holographic film, or combinations thereof bonded to its surface. Additionally, the lure skirt includes a means for semi-permanently binding the filaments together to form said lure skirt.
Claims5
A process for laminating a sheet of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate polyester film (hereinafter boPET film) to a silicone based elastomer substrate comprising the steps of:
- providing a sheet of silicone based elastomer substrate;
- providing an adhesive;
- wherein said adhesive is an RTV adhesive;
- providing a sheet of boPET film;
- wherein said sheet of boPET film being coated with a material selected from the group consisting of:
- metalized foil, colored foil, holographic film, or combinations thereof;
- roughing up the surface of said sheet of silicone elastomer;
- coating said roughed up sheet of silicone elastomer with said adhesive;
- pressing said sheet of boPET film onto said coated sheet of roughed up silicone elastomer;
- heat curing said sheet of boPET film to said coated sheet of roughed up silicone elastomer while under pressure to form a lamination wherein said boPET film has a thickness of .25 mm to 0.46 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.