Patent ID: 6811848
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: B32B,B44C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An assemblage of at least three laminates, each of said laminates includinga graphic portion having first and second opposite ends spaced in a first direction along the graphic part, front and rear major surfaces, and a peripheral edge, a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive along the rear surface of the graphic portion, a separate polymeric cover sheet having opposite outer and inner major surfaces and overlaying the graphic portion, and a layer of removable pressure-sensitive adhesive having opposite front and rear major surfaces, said layer of removable pressure-sensitive adhesive being coextensive with and having its rear surface firmly adhered to the inner major surface of the cover sheet and having its front surface removably adhered to the front surface of the graphic portion; said cover sheets each having a first irregular visually distinctive mating edge adjacent the first end of the graphic portion adhered to the cover sheet, and at least one of said cover sheets having a second irregular visually distinctive mating edge adjacent the second end of the graphic portion adhered to said one of said cover sheets, the mating edges of said cover sheets being engageable edge-to-edge only in predetennined relative orientations of said graphic portions that form with the graphic portions a graphic having a predetermined shape; said graphic portions having parts extending past each other in said first direction when said graphic portions are in said predetermined relative orientations; and said mating edges on said cover sheets extend at least 0.05 inch or 0.13 cm past the adjacent peripheral edges of said graphic portions to protect the graphic portions and provide a predetermined spacing between said graphic portions when said mating edges of said cover sheets are in said edge-to-edge engagement; so that with said mating edges on said cover sheets in engagement said graphic portions in one of said predetermined relative orientations can be adhered to a substrate by the layers of pressure sensitive adhesive on the graphic portions to form said graphic on the substrate.