Patent ID: 8668979
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B29C,B41M,G03H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A decorative holographic-style substrate for a product intended for rugged use, comprising: a substrate comprising an extruded polymeric primary film of a polymer having a melt temperature of at least about 175° C. and having embossed images extruded therein from a master film to form in the extruded polymeric primary film holographic-style prismatic images that are defractive optical elements of prismal etching and jagged etch cuts with a plurality of differing depth characteristics that reflect light at differing angles; the substrate further comprising a backing applied to the surface of the substrate that is opposite to the face of the extruded polymeric primary film that has the embossed images, and the substrate is further comprised as a revealed substrate that has the master film removed from the primary polymeric primary film; the backing of the revealed substrate is intended to be bonded to the external portion of a product component, whereby the embossed images with prismatic surfaces of the extruded polymeric primary film are visible on a face of the extruded polymeric primary film and provide three-dimensional decorative characteristics to product components to which the revealed substrate is applied; said extruded polymeric primary film is a sublimation dye-receptive polymer that accepts dye sublimation printing; and a sublimation dye pattern on the embossed images at the face of the extruded polymeric primary film that has the embossed images with prismatic surfaces, and wherein both (i) the embossed images, including their hololgraphic-style prismatic images and (ii) the dye pattern are simultaneously visible at identical locations of the substrate.