Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Thermal transfer donor – Multiple colors transferable
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-04
2004-03-09
Hess, B. Hamilton (Department: 1774)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Thermal transfer donor
Multiple colors transferable
C428S032790, C428S201000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06703089
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to bleed-resistant dry-transfer wallcoverings. More particularly, it relates to a plurality of such wallcoverings designed together to provide the user the ability to decorate with high quality and easily varied designs having a common theme.
2. Description of Related Art
It is often desirable to provide a high quality hand-painted design on the wall of a room or related interior surface. For example, people often hire artists to paint a design or mural onto the walls of a child's room or infant's nursery. Unfortunately, not everybody can afford the expense of hiring an artist. Often times, sophisticated decorating with paint is labor intensive, requiring time and artistic skill that is beyond the average consumer. Hence, many people have turned to appliqués for providing themed decorative scenes on their walls.
Appliqués have enjoyed moderate success. Traditionally, appliqués have been available to provide a border around the perimeter of a room, for example near the ceiling or above the wainscot. There are at least two principal drawbacks to current appliqués. The first is that they do not provide the same high quality hand-painted appearance as a painted design. Second, existing appliqués result in a thick decorated layer that must be removed prior to redecorating and cannot easily be painted over without leaving the outline of the past art.
Traditionally, appliqués are cut into 4-6 color sheets, making design limited. Frequently one color is applied wet and must be allowed to dry before the next color is applied, making appliqué application very cumbersome and time consuming. Color application for existing appliqués is thick and typically limited to displaying only coarse elements.
Some transfer appliqués are made via a screen printing process. Screen printed appliqués allow a limited number of colors for the design (i.e. up to 4-6 colors). They also have limited resolution which limits the intricacy of the design, and do not control color transparency, but result in a thick opaque color deposit that is within the application skill level of most do-it-yourself consumers.
Higher quality appliqués are also available which are made via an offset printing process. However, these appliqués must be removed from a wall prior to redecorating because they cannot be painted over. Existing appliqués cannot be painted over because the ink typically used in them, particularly the red ink, Red 2B, bleeds through the paint within a day to several weeks of being painted over and stains the wall, in addition, these appliqués often have a thick vinyl, paper or other polymer support layer which would appear unsightly through a coat of paint. The necessary removal of a permanently adhered appliqué is a difficult and cumbersome task.
There is a need in the art for a high quality appliqué providing the appearance (detail and resolution) of a hand-painted design that can simply be painted over when it is time to redecorate. Preferably, such an appliqué will be of the dry-transfer kind, and not a wet-transfer appliqué which is used in the art but frequently stains the wall with water or glue marks. Preferably, the dry-transfer appliqué will use inks that will not bleed through a coat of paint when redecorating. Also, such an appliqué preferably will be very thin or have negligible thickness such that it will not be visible to an observer through a coat of paint. In addition, there is a need to expand the appeal of dry-transfer wallcoverings beyond the traditional border concept such that appliqué are used for overall themed decoration of a room or living space. Preferably, such an improved dry-transfer appliqué will allow a typical do-it-yourself consumer to arrange and coordinate elements into more intricate and appealing designs to suit his or her particular application.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A dry-transfer appliqué is provided having an ink design layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The ink design layer has at least three color ink layers. Each of the color ink layers has a color pigment that is bleed-resistant.
An appliqué assemblage is also provided having a plurality of dry-transfer appliqués. Each of the appliqués has a unique appliqué design that is consistent with a particular decorative theme. Each of the appliqués has an ink design layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer. The ink design layer has at least three color ink layers. Each of the color ink layer has a color pigment that is bleed-resistant.
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DeProspero David A.
Lozinski Theresa
Hess B. Hamilton
Imperial Home Decor Group Management, Inc.
Pearne & Gordon LLP
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