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US 8,475,905 B2Granted
Sublimation dye printed textile
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorLouis Brown Abrams
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an unstitched design having the appearance of being stitched or embroidered. A stitched design is digitally imaged, and the digital image used to control dye sublimation printing of a representation of the image onto a desired surface. In one configuration, the surface is a woven textile.
Claims61
An article, comprising:
- (a) a woven polyester textile having first and second opposing sides, the first side comprising dye sublimation particles to provide a desired image;
- wherein the woven polyester textile is textured to create an appearance that the desired image is embroidered in the absence of embroidery in the woven polyester textile and wherein the texture is defined by at least the following features:
- (A1) shiny yarn fibers;
- (A2) a weave in an irregular pattern;
- and
- (A3) a float within a yarn pattern defining at least one of a twill and satin weave type;
- (b) a backing adhesive positioned on the second side, wherein an adhesive bond strength of the woven polyester textile to the backing adhesive of at least about 10 lbs (as measured on a standard peel test machine);
- and
- (c) flock bordering the woven polyester textile, wherein at least one of the following is true:
- (i) the flock is adhered to the woven polyester textile and (ii) the flock and woven polyester textile are adhered to a common substrate.
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An article, comprising:
- (a) a woven polyester textile having first and second opposing sides, the first side comprising dye sublimation particles to provide a desired image;
- wherein the woven polyester textile is textured to create an appearance that the desired image is embroidered in the absence of embroidery in the woven polyester textile and wherein the texture is defined by at least the following features:
- (A1) shiny polyester floss yarn fibers;
- (A2) a float within a yarn pattern defining a twill weave type;
- and
- (A3) a weave woven in an irregular pattern;
- (b) a backing adhesive positioned on the second side, wherein an adhesive bond strength of the woven polyester textile to the backing adhesive of at least about 10 lbs (as measured on a standard peel test machine);
- (c) flock bordering the woven polyester textile;
- and
- (d) an adhesive backing contacting the flock and backing adhesive.
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An article, comprising:
- (a) a woven polyester textile having first and second opposing sides, the first side comprising dye sublimation particles to provide a desired image;
- wherein the woven polyester textile is textured to create an appearance that the desired image is embroidered in the absence of embroidery in the woven polyester textile and wherein the texture is defined by at least the following features:
- (A1) shiny polyester yarn fibers;
- (A2) a float within a yarn pattern defining a satin weave type;
- and
- (A3) a filling yarn inlaid into a base fabric of the woven polyester textile;
- (b) a backing adhesive positioned on the second side, wherein an adhesive bond strength of the woven polyester textile to the backing adhesive of at least about 10 lbs (as measured on a standard peel test machine);
- (c) flock bordering the woven polyester textile;
- and
- (d) an adhesive backing contacting the flock and backing adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.