Patent · US Expired

Method of transferring photographs to leather

US5016452A · kind A · utility

3Cited by
6References
9Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 27, 1989
Grant dateMay 21, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 27, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB44C5/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A method of replicating a color photograph (11) onto a leather surface by transferring the photograph (11) to a xerographic copy (20), tracing the copy (20) onto the surface of the leather (50), using specialized leather working tools (30) to cut and raise the surface of the leather (50) and then applying colored leather dyes (81) to selected portions of the leather surface in accordance with the color scheme of the color photograph (11).

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