Patent ID: 8563122

Claim:
A thermoplastic architectural composite laminate material, comprising: a) a light transmissive skin having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface, wherein the light transmissive skin comprises at least one of polyethylene terephthalate and glycol-modified polyethylene terephthalate and is a substantially transparent thermoplastic sheet having a thickness from 0.001 inches (25.4 μm) to about 0.062 inches (1.57 mm); b) a foamed polyvinyl chloride thermoplastic backing; c) an ink image which is digitally printed between the light transmissive skin and the thermoplastic backing such that the ink image is visible through the outer surface, wherein the ink image is either reverse printed on the inner surface of the light transmissive skin or forward printed on the thermoplastic backing; and d) a single adhesive layer between the light transmissive skin and the thermoplastic backing, said single adhesive layer being a hot melt polyurethane, wherein the adhesive layer bonds the light transmissive skin, the ink image and the thermoplastic backing into the thermoplastic architectural composite laminate material having a flatwise tensile strength from about 200 psi (13.8 bar) to about 1000 psi (68.95 bar) as measured by ASTM C-297.