Patent ID: 7922272

Claim:
A method of applying and accurately positioning at least one graphic image on a large contoured surface, comprising the steps of: connecting a flexible-rail positioning system with an attached paint application system that uses ultraviolet curable paints to a portion of the surface to be painted, the paint application system being controlled by an imaging software program; identifying reference marks on the portion of the surface to be painted; aligning the paint application system to the reference marks on the portion of the surface to be painted; aligning a selected segment of the graphic image to be applied to the reference marks on the portion of the surface to be painted; applying the selected segment of the graphic image by moving the paint application system along the portion of the surface to be painted using a flexible rail; and, detaching the flexible-rail positioning system after the selected segment of the graphic image is applied, and moving the flexible-rail positioning system to another portion of the surface to apply a new selected segment of the graphic image, wherein the imaging software program tracks the selected segments already applied and positions new selected segments based on the selected segments already applied to form a mosaicked graphic image on the surface to be painted.