Patent ID: 8018655

Claim:
A method of making a product having a three-dimensional surface, comprising: providing a base material; providing an adhesive layer and positioning the adhesive layer relative to the base material; providing a three-dimensional sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having a convex lens layer having an array of identical semi-spherical convex lenses each having a focal distance and a special effect layer disposed on the sheet at a selected distance from the convex lenses equal to the focal length of the lenses; positioning the three-dimensional sheet relative to the base material based on a registration of an image on the three-dimensional sheet; securing the bottom surface of the three-dimensional sheet to the base material using the adhesive layer, wherein securing the bottom surface of the three-dimensional sheet to the base material comprises tip mounting the three-dimensional sheet to the base material, placing the three-dimensional sheet and base material on a conveyor having a plurality of rollers positioned thereabove, and feeding the three-dimensional sheet and base material along the conveyor underneath the plurality of rollers to secure the three-dimensional sheet to the base material.