Patent ID: 6210776
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
A panel comprising a substantially imperforate substrate and a print pattern adhered to said substrate, said print pattern being printed onto only part of said substrate and comprising at least three superimposed layers including a dark layer, a color layer, and a white layer, said color layer comprising a single color layer or a four color printing process layer, said dark layer, said color layer, and said white layer being configured and disposed such that a cross-section taken through said panel comprises two outer edges of said substrate and alternate printed portions of said substrate and unprinted portions of said substrate, each said printed portion having two outer edges, and wherein within said cross-section of said panel said color layer has two outer boundaries, one of said two outer boundaries being located on one of said printed portions and the other of said two outer boundaries being located on another of said printed portions, there being a plurality of said printed portions between said one printed portion and said another printed portion, and each of said plurality of said printed portions being constructed and arranged such that they each include a part of said dark layer and a part of said color layer and a part of said white layer, said plurality of said printed portions each including two outer edges of said part of said dark layer and two outer edges of said part of said color layer and two outer edges of said part of said white layer, and wherein within each of said plurality of said printed portions said part of said white layer is located between said part of said color layer and said part of said dark layer, and wherein the width between said two outer edges of each of said plurality of said printed portions is less than one centimeter, and wherein said two outer edges of said part of said color layer are within said two outer edges of said part of said dark layer, and wherein said two outer edges of said part of said white layer are spaced within said two outer edges of said part of said color layer, the width of said part of said white layer between said two outer edges of said part of said white layer being less than the width of said part of said color layer between said two outer edges of saidpart of said color layer, and said color layer is transparent or translucent.