Patent ID: 8663416
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B44C,D06P,D06Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring an image to a substrate, the method comprising cutting partially into a heat transfer material to define a shape with cuts made into the heat transfer material, wherein the heat transfer material comprises a transferable portion directly overlying a release layer that is directly on a base sheet, wherein the cuts are made into the heat transfer material through the transferable portion while leaving the release layer and base sheet uncut, wherein the transferable portion comprises a top layer on a color layer on a tie layer, wherein the tie layer overlies the release layer, and wherein the top layer is exposed on the heat transfer material; removing the transferable portion of the heat transfer material from the base sheet in an area surrounding the shape; positioning the heat transfer material adjacent the substrate such that the transferable portion defined by the shape contacts the substrate; applying heat and pressure to the base sheet over the heat transfer material defined by the shape at a transfer temperature such that the transferable portion defined by the shape of the heat transfer material is transferred to the substrate, wherein the color layer is cross-linked so as to not appreciably melt and flow at the transfer temperature; and thereafter, removing the base sheet leaving the tie layer exposed and overlying the color layer on the substrate.