Patent ID: 6309497
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B41M,B44C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for transferring a reflective protective overcoat onto an imaged transparency, the method comprising the steps of:providing an imaged transparency, the imaged transparency comprising an image surface supported on a transparent substrate;providing a laminar transfer sheet, the laminar transfer sheet comprising a transferable reflective protective overcoat releasably carried on a carrier web, the transferable reflective protective overcoat having a reflective opaque area corresponding at least with the extents of the image surface, the reflective protective overcoat comprising at least a durable layer, the reflective protective overcoat capable of being made bondable to the image surface upon activation of the laminar transfer sheet;bringing the laminar transfer sheet and the image surface of the imaged transparency into substantial interfacial association such that the opaque area blanketwise covers the extents of the image surface and the durable layer is interposed between the carrier web and the image surface of the imaged transparency;activating the laminar transfer sheet to effectuate substantially interfacial bonding of the reflective protective overcoat to the image surface of the imaged transparency; andremoving the carrier web from the laminar transfer sheet such that the reflective protective overcoat is released from the carrier web and remains substantially interfacially bonded to the image surface of the imaged transparency, whereby the image surface is protected and made viewable as a reflected image.