Heat shrinkable decorative covering material for vehicle panels

Details Heat shrinkable decorative covering material for vehicle panels Heat shrinkable decorative covering material for vehicle panels

1974-07-08

1976-01-27

Lesmes, George F.

Stock material or miscellaneous articles

Structurally defined web or sheet

Including fastener for attaching to external surface

296 31P, 296137R, 428100, 428156, 428192, 428253, 428346, 428351, B32B 306, B62D 2700, B60J 700

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039353532

ABSTRACT:
A decorative covering material and a process for applying said covering material to vehicle panels such as the roof panel of automobiles to enhance the exterior appearance thereof. The decorative covering material comprises a heat-softenable plastic sheet incorporating a coating of a heat-activatable adhesive over substantially the entire undersurface thereof and which sheet is pretrimmed to a preselected shape and size, and incorporates fastening strips along at least a portion of the terminal edges thereof for securing the decorative material over the panel to prevent movement thereof relative to the panel surface. The decorative covering material is further characterized as embodying, in the inner central area thereof, a contour and wherein the plastic material incorporates a residual memory whereupon a shrinkage of the covering materials occurs during a heating thereof to form a smooth and taut covering layer over the exterior surface of a panel to which it is applied. In its method aspects, the present invention encompasses the process of fabricating the pretrimmed and precontoured covering material and its installation over vehicle panels and the like.

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