WO1998017465B1 - Decal organization tool - Google Patents
Decal organization toolInfo
- Publication number
- WO1998017465B1 WO1998017465B1 PCT/US1997/018730 US9718730W WO9817465B1 WO 1998017465 B1 WO1998017465 B1 WO 1998017465B1 US 9718730 W US9718730 W US 9718730W WO 9817465 B1 WO9817465 B1 WO 9817465B1
- Authority
- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- decal
- product
- messages
- message
- information layer
- Prior art date
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- 239000000853 adhesive Substances 0.000 claims abstract 13
- 230000000996 additive Effects 0.000 claims abstract 9
- 239000000654 additive Substances 0.000 claims abstract 9
- 230000001788 irregular Effects 0.000 claims abstract 4
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims 6
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 claims 5
- 238000007373 indentation Methods 0.000 claims 4
- 230000000717 retained Effects 0.000 claims 2
- 238000009434 installation Methods 0.000 claims 1
Abstract
A decal organization tool for products needing large numbers of decal (D4) utilizes a single large sheet on which all product decals (D4) for a specific product or product (18) model are carried. The invention includes a means by which the previously unavoidable irregular margins surrounding the decals (D4) are effectively hidden from the eye and allows large sheet printing of decals (D4) with an aesthetically satisfactory overall appearance. An irregularity zone (Z) is added to the edge of each decal (D4), and along with an ultraviolet responsive additive (70) placed in the decal adhesive (34), allows the decal (D4) to form an indelible footprint (74) on the product (18) to which it is applied. The footprint (74), invisible to the eye, becomes visible under ultraviolet light (76), allowing identification of a specific decal (D4) and proof of its application to a product (18), even when the decal is no longer on the product (18).
Claims
1. In combination with a product which has a predetermined color, and wherein
said product requires a multiplicity of instructional decal messages unrelated to and different from each other and for the education and welfare of a user of the
product, and wherein irregular outer margins about individual decal messages
are to be concealed from a human viewer of the product, a decal organization
tool to bring the multiplicity of instructional decal messages as a group to the product, to conceal irregular margins around the decal messages, and to avoid
decal installation errors by a decal installer, said tool comprising:
an information layer having an obverse face and a reverse face;
an adhesive applied to said reverse face of said information layer;
a decal liner sheet releasably retained to said information layer by said adhesive;
said information layer including a multiplicity of instructional decal messages unrelated
to and different from each other and containing instructional information visible
by the human viewer whereby all of said multiplicity of said instructional decal
messages will be available to the installer and on said liner sheet as a group and
can be carried to said product as a group;
said instructional decal messages being printed adjacent each other on one of said faces of said information layer, each of said multiplicity of instructional decal
messages having an associated border at least partially surrounding said
instructional information of said decal message with which it is associated;
said borders of said adjacent decal messages being spaced from one another by an
intervening gap;
46 a multiplicity of removal cuts in said information layer, a said removal cut surrounding and associated with each of said decal messages to define the edge of each said
associated decal message and to permit removal of each said associated decal
message from said information layer and said liner sheet, each said removal cut
being wholly outside said border of said associated decal message and within
said intervening gap surrounding the associated decal message to define a margin between each said removal cut and said border of said decal message
associated with said removal cut;
product match means in said intervening gap on one of said faces of said information
layer outside said borders, surrounding and contacting the said borders of a
multiplicity of said decal messages and allowing the viewer to see a color in
each said margin substantially matching said product predetermined color when
said decal messages are affixed to said product, whereby each said decal
message is releaseably peelable from said liner sheet, and adhereable to said
product with the said product match means which surrounds each decal
message border allowing color matching of said margins with said
predetermined color of said product so that when each said decal message is
applied to said product and is viewed at a distance from said product by a
human viewer, the said margin between said border and said edge of said
associated decal message will color match said predetermined color of said
product and no portion of said decal message outside its said border visually
color contrasts substantially with said product, thereby effectively visually
concealing any irregular margin between said border and said removal cut; and
47 said liner, when stripped bare of said multiplicity of decal messages, becoming an indicator for the decal installer that all said instructional decal messages of said group and on said liner sheet have been applied to said product; and wherein said adhesive contains an additive responsive to ultra violet light, such that when said information layer, said adhesive and said additive of said multiplicity of instructional decal messages have been adhered to said product and thereafter removed from said product, a residue of said additive remains substantially permanently on said product to define a visible footprint on said product and matched to each said instructional decal message when the ultraviolet light is incident on said product, thereby confirming that a multiplicity of said instructional decal messages were applied to said product at the sites of said footprints.
2. The decal organization tool of Claim 1 wherein said removal cuts
surrounding a multiplicity of said decal messages have a continuous
regular edge except for a predetermined irregularity zone unique to each
of said multiplicity of decal messages so as to identify from the said
footprint, the specific decal message which was removed from said
product.
3. The decal organization tool of Claim 2 wherein said irregularity zones
are on said margins and of said predeteraiined product color such that
each said irregularity zone blends with the said predetermined color of
said product and is substantially visually concealed when said decal
48 message is adhered to said product and viewed at a distance from said
decal message.
4. The decal organization tool of Claim 2 wherein each said irregularity
zone includes at least one protrusion extending outward from said edge
of said associated decal message.
5. The decal organization tool of Claim 2 wherein each said irregularity
zone includes at least one indentation in said edge of said associated
decal message.
6. The decal organization tool of Claim 2 wherein said irregularity zone
includes at least one indentation in and at least one protrusion extending
outwardly from said edge of said associated decal message.
7. In combination with a product which requires a multiplicity of instructional,
textual decal messages for the education and welfare of a user of the product, a decal organization tool to allow identification of decal messages applied to said product in the event certain of said decal messages are later removed from said product, comprising: an information layer having an obverse face and a reverse face; a multiplicity of instructional, textual decal messages unrelated to and different from each other and containing information visible to a human viewer, said decal
messages being on one of said faces of said information layer;
an adhesive applied to said reverse face of said information layer; a decal liner sheet releaseably retained by said adhesive; a multiplicity of removal cuts in said information layer, a said removal cut surrounding
and associated with each of said decal messages to define the edge of each said
decal message and to permit removal of each said decal message from said
information layer and said liner sheet;
said adhesive including an additive responsive to ultraviolet light, such that when said
adhesive and said additive have been adhered to said product, and its associated
decal message thereafter been removed from said product, a residue of said additive remains substantially permanently on said product to form a visible
footprint on said product matching said removed decal message when
ultraviolet light is incident on said product, thereby allowing a determination
that said removed decal message was applied to said product and that the
absence of said removed decal message is not due to any failure to originally
place said removed decal message on said product.
8. The decal organization tool of Claim 7 wherein said removal cuts
surrounding a multiplicity of said decal messages have a continuous,
regular edge except for a predetermined irregularity zone unique to each of said multiplicity of decal messages so as to identify from the said
footprint the specific decal message which was removed from said
product.
9. The decal organization tool of Claim 8 wherein said irregularity zone
includes at least one protrusion extending outward from said edge of
said associated decal message.
10. The decal organization tool of Claim 8 wherein said inegularity zone
includes at least one indentation in said edge of said associated decal
message.
11. The decal organization tool of Claim 8 wherein said irregularity zone
includes at least one indentation in and at least one protrusion extending
outwardly from said edge of said associated decal message.
12. The decal organization tool of Claim 8 wherein said product is of a
predetermined color and wherein:
each said decal message includes a border and further includes a margin
extending between said border and said edge;
each said margin being of substantially said product predetermined color
so said associated irregularity zone will also be of said
51 predetermined color to allow said irregularity zone to blend with
said product predetermined color and be visually concealed when
said decal message is adhered to said product and viewed at a
distance from said product.
13. The decal organization tool of Claim 8 wherein said product is of a
predetermined color and wherein:
each said decal message includes a border and further includes a margin
extending between said border and said edge; and
said information layer is substantially transparent where said margins
coincide with said information layer so said irregularity zone will
also be substantially transparent, whereby said irregularity zone
will blend with said product predetermined color and be visually
concealed when said decal message is adhered to said product
and viewed at a distance from said product.
14. A process for applying a large number of separate decal messages to a
product in an aesthetically attractive manner when such product must
have predetermined decal messages positioned closely adjacent one
another on a common surface of the product, the process comprising the
steps of:
collecting all the separate decal messages needed by the product;
52 identifying said predetermined separate decal messages which are
positioned closely adjacent each other on the common surface of
the product;
consolidating said closely adjacent separate decal messages into at least
one group and printing all said adjacent decal messages of said
group in alignment with one another and closely adjacent each
other on a single information layer having a reverse face with an
adhesive on said reverse face, said adhesive releaseably retaining
a liner sheet;
placing an additive in the adhesive, said additive being characterized as
leaving a substantially permanent invisible residue on the product
when the decal message and adhesive have been applied to the
product, said residue being visible under ultraviolet light to define
a footprint matching the associated decal message after the decal
message has been removed from the product;
printing all said separate decal messages other than said consolidated
messages on said single information layer to allow all the decal
messages to be carried to a decal application site as a collection
on said single information layer without loss of individual decal
messages;
53 forming a removal cut in said information layer, said removal cut
surrounding said group to allow said group to be removed as an
integral unit from said information layer and said liner; and
forming an additional removal cut around each of the separate decal
messages which were not consolidated in a group.
15. The process of Claim 14 and further including the step of forming each
removal cut with a continuous regular edge.
16. The process of Claim 15 and further including the step of adding an
irregularity zone to the removal cut, such zone being unique to each of
said multiplicity of decal messages.
17. The process of Claim 16 wherein the product is of predetermined color,
each decal message has a border thereon and a margin between said
border and said removal cut and further including the steps of:
spacing the multiplicity of decal messages from each other on said
information layer by intervening gaps which extend between
borders of decal messages adjacent each other on the information
layer; and
filling the mtervening gaps with a color band matching the
predetermined color of the product so the margins are filled with
54 the color band to assure that the irregularity zones blend with the
product color and are substantially hidden when the decal
messages are applied to the product.
18. The process of Claim 16 wherein the product is of predetermined color,
each decal message has a border thereon and a margin between said
border and said removal cut and further including the steps of:
spacing the multiplicity of decal messages from each other on said
information layer by intervening gaps which extend between
borders of decal messages adjacent each other on the information
layer; and
having the intervening gaps be substantially transparent to assure that the
irregularity zones are substantially hidden when the decal
messages are applied to the product.
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Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| AU49062/97A AU4906297A (en) | 1996-10-22 | 1997-10-21 | Decal organization tool |
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US08/734,785 | 1996-10-22 | ||
| US08/734,785 US6159569A (en) | 1996-10-22 | 1996-10-22 | Decal organization tool |
| CA002188823A CA2188823C (en) | 1996-10-22 | 1996-10-24 | Decal organization tool |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| WO1998017465A1 WO1998017465A1 (en) | 1998-04-30 |
| WO1998017465B1 true WO1998017465B1 (en) | 1998-07-09 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| PCT/US1997/018730 WO1998017465A1 (en) | 1996-10-22 | 1997-10-21 | Decal organization tool |
Country Status (3)
| Country | Link |
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| AU (1) | AU4906297A (en) |
| CA (2) | CA2188823C (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1998017465A1 (en) |
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| US5346259A (en) * | 1992-07-16 | 1994-09-13 | Avery Dennison Corporation | Anti-theft label construction |
| US5389476A (en) * | 1993-06-08 | 1995-02-14 | Kruchko; Steven N. | Method for producing life-sized decals |
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1996
- 1996-10-24 CA CA002188823A patent/CA2188823C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1996-10-24 CA CA2522769A patent/CA2522769C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1997-10-21 WO PCT/US1997/018730 patent/WO1998017465A1/en active Application Filing
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