Appeal No. 1997-4439
Application No. 08/452,125
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a method for
fabricating a transfer sheet for transferring a thermally
responsive decal onto a section of fabric, such as a t-shirt.
Significantly, the decal is modified so that it may be
personally colored by an applied crayon. Specifically, in the
claimed method, a transparent transfer layer of thermoplastic
material is applied and solidified on a release layer disposed
on a paper sheet. Thereafter, a plurality of plastic
adhesive-abrasive particles are embedded in the transfer layer
for providing a rough surface such that a crayon rubbed over
the surface is abraded to form a crayon coated surface on the
transfer sheet. When the decal is transferred onto a fabric,
the adhesive-abrasive particles melt in response to heat which
renders the particles adhesive so that an enhanced bond is
formed between the decal and the fabric to securely trap the
abraded crayon therebetween. As described in his
specification at page 8, lines 27-29, the adhesive-abrasive
particles form “[a]n extremely strong mechanical adhesive bond
when melted into the fibers of a section of fabric” which
“[g]reatly improves the wear characteristics of the transfer
sheet...”.
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