Patent ID: 6544368
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A method of making a decorative cushion comprising the steps of:providing an elastomer having physical properties of elastomeric block polymer gels; providing a film for encapsulating said elastomer, said film having physical properties of flexibility to enable uninhibited flexure and compression of said elastomer by a user, said film having an exterior side and an interior side; printing a decorative pattern on the film interior side, said printing comprising contacting the film interior side with a printed paper and heating the film and paper in order to transfer ink, disposed on paper, onto the film; disposing the film in a mold with the film exterior side facing the mold; applying the elastomer to the film interior side to form an elastic cushion; encapsulating the elastomer by wrapping and sealing portions of the film, extending outside of the mold, to a back side of the elastomer.