Patent ID: 7311793
Filing Date: 2007-12-25
Classification: B29C,B29K,B44C,B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making a laminate adapted for use to decorate a substrate, the method comprising the steps of: providing a layer of pre-mask material comprising a cover layer and a layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive firmly adhered to one surface of the cover layer; providing a supply of decorative film tape comprising a length of decorative film having opposite parallel edges and opposite first and second major surfaces, the decorative film tape further including a layer of adhesive along the second major surface of the decorative film; providing a sheet of release liner having opposite first and second major surfaces, with the first major surface of the release liner adapted to be releasably adhered to by the removable adhesive on the cover layer and by the layer of adhesive on the decorative film; using a computer operated tape applicator to sequentially apply to the first major surface of the release liner a plurality of parallel discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape by adhering the adhesive on the first lengths of the decorative film tape to the first major surface of the release liner; cutting the applied parallel discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape to form display lengths of the decorative film tape from the discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape with the display lengths of the decorative film tape having end portions and to form scrap portions of the discrete first lengths between the end portions of adjacent display lengths of the decorative film tape, which end portions of adjacent display lengths of the decorative film tape are at predetermined positions for intersections along the discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape; removing the scrap portions of the discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape from the release liner; using the computer operated applicator to sequentially apply to the first major surface of the release liner a plurality of parallel discrete second lengths of the decorative film tape extending transverse to the display lengths formed from the parallel discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape and extending over the end portions of the display lengths formed from the parallel discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape; cutting the applied discrete second lengths of the decorative film tape to from display lengths of the second lengths of the decorative film tape along the discrete second lengths of the decorative film tape with the display lengths of the decorative film tape having end portions and to form scrap portions of the discrete lengths between the end portions, the end portions of the display lengths formed from the second lengths of decorative film tape being at the predetermined positions for intersections along the discrete first lengths of the decorative film tape with the end surfaces on the end portions of the display lengths of the decorative film tape formed from the first and second lengths of the decorative film tape at each of the predetermined locations for intersections closely spaced from each other; removing the scrap portions of the discrete second lengths of the decorative film tape to provide a plurality of display lengths of decorative film tape in a predetermined decorative pattern; and adhering the layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive on the layer of pre-mask material to the first major surfaces of the plurality of display lengths of decorative film tape in the predetermined decorative pattern and to portions of the release liner between the display lengths of decorative film tape to form the laminate.