Patent ID: 6277232
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B41M,B42D,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a plastic card comprising the steps of:a. providing a sheet of lenticular lens material having a front side and a back side, the front side having an array of identical spherically curved surfaces embossed thereon, the back side being flat;b. coating the back side of the sheet of lenticular lens material with a vinyl resin base;c. printing over the vinyl resin base on the back side of the sheet of lenticular lens material with a filmed image;d. coating the back side of the sheet of lenticular lens material with an adhesive after the printing;e. providing a sheet of plastic having a front surface and a rear surface;f. printing the rear surface of the sheet of plastic;g. providing a sheet of clear PVC overlay film;h. laminating magnetic material onto the sheet of clear PVC overlay film;i. assembling and collating the sheet of lenticular lens material, the sheet of plastic and the sheet of clear PVC overlay film with laminated magnetic material so that the sheet of plastic is oriented in the middle of the three sheets; andj. laminating the assembled, collated sheets of lenticular lens material, plastic and clear PVC overlay film laminated with magnetic material using a platen press laminator.