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US 9,849,652 B2Granted
Flexible heat sealable decorative articles and method for making the same
AssigneeHigh Voltage Graphics, Inc.
InventorLouis Brown Abrams
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Abstract
Various flexible heat sealable decorative articles and methods of making the same are described. The flexible heat sealable decorative articles are lightweight and can be combined with other decorative elements, such as metalized films. Various decorative are mixed or combined with one another to form highly attractive flexible heat sealable decorative articles.
Claims24
A decorative article, comprising:
- an adhesive layer;
- and
- a metalized flexible polymeric layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises polyurethane, wherein the adhesive layer has a color, wherein the adhesive layer is adhered to the metalized flexible polymeric layer, wherein the metalized flexible polymeric layer has one or more voids, wherein the metalized flexible polymeric layer is positioned on a decorative surface to be visible to a viewer;
- and a portion of the adhesive layer is visible, within the one or more voids, to the viewer.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a decorative article intermediate comprising a flexible polyurethane layer having a metallic appearance;
- registering the flexible polyurethane layer with a laser etching system;
- and
- etching the flexible polyurethane layer by contacting the flexible polyurethane layer with a laser beam generated by the laser system, wherein the contacting of the laser beam with the flexible polyurethane layer forms one or more voids in the flexible polyurethane layer, wherein in one of (i) and (ii) is true:
- (i) wherein the decorative article intermediate comprises an adhesive layer adhered to the flexible polymeric polyurethane layer and wherein the adhesive layer is visible within the one or more voids;
- or
- (ii) further comprising:
- contacting the flexible polymeric polyurethane layer having one or more voids with an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is visible within the one or more voids.
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A decorative article, comprising:
- an adhesive layer;
- and
- a flexible metalized polyurethane layer, wherein the adhesive layer is adhered to the flexible metalized polyurethane layer having one or more voids, wherein the flexible metalized polyurethane layer is positioned on a decorative surface to be visible to a viewer, and wherein a portion of the adhesive within the one or more voids is visible to a viewer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.