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Decorating methods

US4491494A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 31, 1983
Grant dateJan 1, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB44C1/1712
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An article is decorated by applying a coating to the surface of the article to be decorated, placing over and around the coated article a shrinkable film carrying a desired decoration, shrinking the film over the coated article to transfer the decoration to the article and then removing the shrinkable film leaving on the surface of the article the desired decoration or ornamentation.

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