Patent ID: 7052761

Claim:
A dimensionally stable thermoformable laminate produced by continuous lamination without distortion of any layers of the laminate, the laminate comprising: a first polymer film having a first side and a second side; a dimensionally stable web carrier removably attached to a side of the first polymer film, the web carrier having a bonding force with the first polymer film to provide dimensional stability to the laminate for lamination and embossing; a print layer on an opposite side of the first polymer film, the print layer having a print pattern; a second polymer film proximate to the print layer; the first and second polymer films being laminated together; a texture from the embossing which extends through the web carrier into one of the first or second polymer films and which is retained by one of the first or second polymer films after thermoforming; the print pattern being substantially free from distortion after lamination and embossing as a result of removable attachment of the web carrier to the first polymer film, the web carrier being removable from the first polymer film without distortion of the print pattern, the bonding force of the web carrier sufficient to prevent deformation of the first or second polymer films and distortion of the print pattern.