Patent ID: 6093446
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B41M,B44D

Abstract:
A method of decorating a surface of an item that has an area adapted to display a design, comprising the steps of:(a) spreading a quantity of a viscous surface preparatory composition onto the area so as to cover the area with a viscous preparatory layer wherein said surface preparatory composition has an initial first state that allows it to be spread onto the surface of the item as the viscous preparatory layer and wherein said surface preparatory composition is curable to a final state that forms a stable layer adhered to the surface;(b) providing a pattern sheet with the pattern formed thereon in a medium that will transfer onto said surface preparatory composition when in the initial state;(c) contacting said preparatory layer with said pattern sheet and the pattern sheet thereon for a sufficient time to allow said medium to transfer onto said preparatory layer where a transferred pattern transfers onto said preparatory layer;(d) removing said pattern sheet from contact with said viscous preparatory layer after the transferred pattern has been transferred thereon yet before said preparatory layer has cured into the final state; and(e) curing said preparatory layer into the final state thereby fixing the transferred pattern.