Patent ID: 7727436

Claim:
A method of providing an article with a thermoformed coating, said method comprising: a) forming a composite by applying to a substrate a composition, said composition comprising a polyester, an alkyl-etherified melamine formaldehyde compound and, based on the combined weight of the polyester and alkyl-etherified melamine formaldehyde compound, from about 1 to about 15% of a thermally activatable catalyst; b) heating said composite to a temperature of from about 49° to about 77° C. for about 2 to about 60 seconds so as to partially cure said composition and provide a laminate; c) thermoforming said laminate to said article; and d) heating said laminate to a temperature of at least 83° C. for at least 30 seconds so as to cure said laminate, thereby providing said thermoformed coating.