Patent ID: 8241727
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B42D,B43M,B44C,B44F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A blank for producing a decorated three-dimensional article, said blank comprising: a substantially flat substrate formed of light-transmitting synthetic resin material having a thickness and presenting a pair of opposed faces; a sheet of stock having a thickness and secured to one face of said substrate, said sheet of stock having image portions imprinted thereon, with the image portions appearing through the thickness of said substrate, the thickness of said substrate being substantially greater than the thickness of said stock; and at least one laser-cut line of weakness on the surface of said stock remote from said image portions to define a bend area, said line of weakness located such that certain image portions lie on opposite sides of the line of weakness, so that bending of the substrate and stock about said bend area causes said certain image portions to lie in different planes.