Patent ID: 6471813
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A method of making a decorative cushion comprising the steps of:providing an elastomer having the physical properties of flexibility and compressibility in the range of flexibilities and compressibility's of stable elastomer block polymer gels; providing a film for encapsulating said elastomer, said film having physical properties of flexibility to enable uninhibited flexure and compression of said elastomer by a user, said film having an exterior side and an interior side; printing a decorative pattern on the film interior side by contacting the film interior side with a printed paper and heating the film and paper in order to transfer ink, disposed on the paper, onto the film interior side; disposing the film in a mold with the film exterior side facing the mold; applying the elastomer to the film interior side to form an elastic cushion; encapsulating the elastomer by wrapping and sealing portions of the film, extending outside of the mold, to a back side of the elastomer.