USRE23741E

USRE23741E - Flock

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Publication number: USRE23741E
Authority: US
Publication date: 1953-11-17

Description

Nov. 17, 1953 c, SUMMERS Re 23,741

PROCESS OF PRODUCING FLOCKED DESIGNS Original Filed April 9, 1949 ADHESIVE I 2 M pmmmmmuw WWW! I f F|G 3 BACKING BACK lNG MATERIAL MATERIAL 5558553 FLOCK e FLOOR 2 F I G- 3 P GOALESCED ADHESIVE aacxme 1 MATEFHAL ADHESIVE UNIT STRIPPEO FROM eacxme mvrznm.

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' FLOOK WWMMHMWMHWMHMIJWM/T coALEscEo, ADHESIVE OBJECT FIG. 8 6" DECORATIVE PATTERN hesive was originally stencilled onto the base sheet in the shape desired, there obtained a flocked finish segment in the decorative shape desired.

EXAMPLE H Larger, composite designs To form a larger, composite decorative piece of flocked finish, a larger piece of silicone rubber base is used. This base may be stencilled with adhesive over the shape of the desired design, or it may be precut to the shape of the desired design. For simplicity in applying the adhesive, it is preferred to use, a piece of rubber cut in the desired shape, so that the entire piece may be coated with the adhesive. On such a coated sheet, one or several oi the smaller pieces from Example I may be placed. The moist adhesive will soften the backing film i on these smaller pieces sufiicientiy to allow the adhesive films to coalesce, that on drying, the flocked designs from Example I will be adhered to the larger adhesive film backing. -Whi1e the adhesive is still moist. blue or other than red colored flock may be embedded in the adhesive. The piece isthen dried and the ent re design may then be stripped from the base. There is thus obtained a multicolored, flock finished'design piece, in which the borderiines between adjacent color areas are sharply defined.

These, examples illustrate the fundamentals of the invention. However, several variants will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. For instance, it is possible to form. a very strong flocked design piece by incorporating a textile material in the adhesive. The textile material will reinforce and greatly strengthen the piece. providing flex strength which is not ava lable in the adhesive sheet itself. It is also possible to use the silk screen process to lay out the adhesive areas on the base rubber sheet, instead oi using a stencil, or a precut rubber sheet. A further variation in the basic process resides in the method of creating flock finished pieces by adhering flock to a base member, then cutting this base member to the desired shape. The decorative shape thus obtained may be combined with other flock, as heretofore disclosed, or maybe used by itself.

Any suitable non-adherent base may be used rather than the silicone rubber of the examples, and most known types of adhesives are suitable for use in the invention.

The decorative flocked surfaces disclosed in the above descriptionhave a plurality of obvious uses in decorating purses, toys, clothing, etc. Hay-=- ing thus described by invention, what .i claim is:

l. A method of forming coated objects charactorized by designs formed "from a plurality of patterns and. a plurality of portions and wherein the boundaries between the adjacent portions of said patterns are-sharply defined. which comprises applying particulate matter to one face of a solvent-moistened, adhesivecoated backing, drying the adhesive coating and thereby ailixing the particulate matter to said backing, ep-

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2. The method of claim 1 wherein said dried first backing is embedded in the adhesive coating on said second backing.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said first backing, after coating and drying is cut out of a coated, dried blank of larger area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said second back ng after coating with adhesive, positioning said first backing and drying, is cut out of a black of larger area and then adhesively attached to a selected portion of a surface of another object.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said achesive coating when applied to a sheet of backing material is of such thickness that when dried the adhesive coat ng with attached particulate material is a self-supporting film which may readily be stripped from said backing and wherein said adhesive coating is stripped from said backing prior to aflixation to a different adhesive coated surface.

6. A method of forming coated objects characterized by designs formed from a plurality of patterns and a plurality of [portions] colors and wherein the boundaries between the adjacent iportions] colors of said patterns are sharply defined, which comprises applying colored particulate matter to one face of a solvent-moistened,

adhesive-coated backing, drying the adhesive coating and thereby affixing the particulate matter to said backing, applying a similar solventmoistened adhesive coating to one face of a secand backing, positioning said dried first backing over part of said coating on said second backing, whereby the solvent from said coating moistens the said first backing without moistening the particulate matter thereon, applying particulate matter of a difierent [properties] color on the adhesive-coated surface of said second backing and drying the adhesive coating, thereby afiixing said particulate matter of different [properties] color to said second backing without modifying the [properties] color of the particulate matter on said first backing.

EDWARD CLAYTON SUMMERS.

References Cited in the file a this patent or the original patent Egger Dec, 12,