Patent ID: 8187403
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: B42D,B43M,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a decorated article comprising the steps of: forming a planar composite blank including a substrate having a thickness, opposed surfaces, and formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin material, with a sheet of paper stock having a thickness and initially imprinted with an image, and thereupon affixed to one face of the substrate so that the imprinted image is visible through the substrate, the thickness of said substrate being greater than the thickness of said paper stock and the image imprinted thereon, with at least one laser-formed line of weakness on the surface of said paper stock remote from said image to define a bend area; heating said composite at least along said bend area; bending said heated composite blank about a forming mandrel, with said line of weakness adjacent the mandrel to provide a three-dimensional article having opposed upper and lower edges, with said bend area accommodating such bending, said image appearing through the thickness of said substrate; and securing a base to the lower edge of said three-dimensional article.