AU4511700A - Adhesive transfer - Google Patents

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AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT Applicant: DENISE WHITEHEAD Invention Title: ADHESIVE TRANSFER e The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us: 2 A TRANSFER The present invention is primarily concerned with iron-on transfers.

A typical iron-on transfer consists of an upper layer having printing on its upper face and a lower face with a heat sensitive adhesive.

The lower face of the upper layer is pressed onto.a supporting base sheet which may be woven or non-woven fabric or paper or transparent film.

Separation of the support base sheet from the upper layer gives a transfer printing sheet which is able to be ironed onto a T shirt.

The present invention utilises the existing technology associated with iron-on transfers or generic heat bonding type transfers to provide a new type of article.

i Accordingly the present invention provides an article *including a removable transfer which is removably attached to a part of the greeting card and includes an upper layer having an upper surface with an image thereon and a lower 20 surface adapted for bonding to another article, a lower o o layer having an upper surface removably secured to the upper layer and a lower surface which is attached to part of the article.

It is preferred that the article is an item of stationery.

Preferably the article is a greeting card.

.'.The transfer may be adapted to be attached to a front oooo of the article.

Preferably the upper layer of the transfer is adapted to be removed from the article leaving the lower layer attached.

The transfer may include a middle layer sandwiched between the upper and lower layers.

Preferably the middle layer includes a heat bonding means which enables the upper layer to be heat bonded/adhered to a surface such as T shirt or box.

The lower layer may include a cellulose material.

'.BRISI'hC hl1 SPeci\3351 7 .dC1c 3/07/00 3 The lower layer may comprise paper or paper composite or equivalents.

According to another embodiment of the present invention the upper layer is bonded by means other than heat to another surface. For example by glue stitching etc.

According to another variation of the present invention the lower layer is removably attachable to the article whereby the transfer including the lower layer can be removed from the article and subsequently the upper layer can be removed from the lower layer in order to bond the upper layer to another article.

Preferably the transfer has a predetermined shape determined by the image on the upper surface.

15 The upper layer may comprise a fabric.

eeeee It is preferred that the upper layer is an iron-on 00 transfer.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a transfer comprising an upper layer 20 having an upper surface with an image thereon and a lower surface adapted for bonding to an article, a lower surface having an upper surface removably secured to the upper layer and a lower surface having an adhesive which enables the lower surface to be adhered to a card, wherein the upper layer is removable from the lower layer and is adapted to be bonded by heat to an article.

The lower surface may include a glue.

Preferably the upper surface has a picture thereon.

The upper layer may include a printed image.

The upper layer may have a predetermined shape and/or two dimensional features.

The upper layer may comprise a fabric.

The lower layer is preferably in the form of a backing layer which may be made from paper, plastics material or an equivalent.

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to \\RPIS Ph 1wre$%Isbe IH\Spc i\3P817doc 3 0700 4 the accompanying drawing which shows a six step procedure for using a transfer in accordance with the present invention.

In its preferred form the present invention can be made and used in accordance with a six step procedure as shown in Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing.

In step 1 an embroidered design is made on a sewing machine in the shape of a large and small teddy bear 11.

This embroidered design forms the upper layer of a transfer.

An iron-on heat and bond product is added to the back of the embroidered design 12 as shown in step 2.

A paper backing is then added to the back of the embroidered design and constitutes a lower layer, from which the embroidered design is able to be peeled away.

In step 3 a glue is applied to the back of the paper backing and the embroidered design is then able to be adhered to a front surface of a greeting card 13.

The greeting card is able to be sold with the S 20 embroidered design adhered thereto.

~A person buying the greeting card is then able to peel the embroidered design off of the greeting card leaving the paper backing still glued to the greeting card 13, as shown in step 4.

The removed embroidered design with its heat and bond product backing, is then able to iron the embroidered ."°design onto the surface of any item that can be ironed, as shown in step As shown in Figure 2, the embroidered design can be heat bonded to the surface of a toy box 15 if this is the desired location for the embroidered design.

Although the above invention has been described in relation to greeting cards, the embroidered design may also be applied to other stationery items such as postcards, magazines, and books.

Although the invention has been described in relation to an embroidered design, the transfer could also consist RPI 1 1, eK Isa 0,t H\ Spec i'3 q A17 .dcoc 3 '0-7 /00 5 of printed matter on a plastic backing layer which is then applied to a paper backing layer.

According to one variation of the present invention the embroidered design may be removably attachable to a greeting card or the like using a non-stick glue material.

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Claims (24)

1. An article including a removable transfer which is removably attached to an upper surface of the article and includes an upper layer having an upper surface with an image thereon and a lower surface adapted for bonding to another article, a lower layer having an upper surface removably attached to the upper layer and a lower surface which is attached to part of the article.

2. The article as claimed in claim 1 wherein the article is an item of stationery.

3. The article as claimed in claim 2 wherein the transfer is attached to a front surface of the article.

S4. The article as claimed in any one of the S 15 preceding claims wherein the upper layer of the transfer is adapted to be removed from the article leaving the lower layer attached.

5. The article as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the transfer includes a middle 20 layer sandwiched between the upper and lower layers.

6. The article as claimed in claim 5 wherein the middle layer includes a heat bonding means which enables the upper layer to be heat bonded to a surface of another article

7. The article as claimed in claim 6 wherein the lower layer includes a cellulose material.

8. The article as claimed in claim 6 wherein the lower layer comprises paper or paper composite.

9. The article as claimed in claim 6 wherein the transfer has a predetermined shaped determined by the image on the upper surface.

The article as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the upper layer comprises a fabric.

11. The article as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the upper layer is an iron-on transfer. 4107!00 7

12. A transfer comprising an upper layer having an upper surface with an image thereon and a lower surface adapted for bonding to a first article, a lower surface having an upper surface removably secured to the upper layer and a lower surface having an adhesive which enables the lower surface to be adhered to a card, wherein the upper layer is removable from the lower layer and is adapted to be bonded to a second article.

13. The transfer as claimed in claim 12 wherein the upper layer includes a secondary layer including a heat bonding means which enables the upper layer to be heat bonded to a surface of the second article.

14. The transfer as claimed in claim 12 or 13 wherein the upper layer is adapted to be bonded by heat to a 15 second article.

The transfer as claimed in claim 12 wherein the o upper layer is adapted to be bonded by means other than heat to another surface.

16. The transfer as claimed in any one of claims 12 20 to 15 wherein the upper surface has a picture thereon.

17. The transfer as claimed in claim 16 wherein the upper layer has a predetermined shape and two dimensional Sfeatures on its upper surface.

*18. The transfer as claimed in claim 17 wherein the upper layer comprises a fabric.

19. The transfer as claimed in claim 18 wherein the lower layer comprises paper or plastics material.

A method of adhering a transfer to an article comprising the steps of providing an article including a removable transfer which is removably attached to an upper surface of the article, the transfer including an upper layer having an upper surface with an image thereon and a lower surface adapted for bonding to another article, a lower layer having an upper surface removably attached to the upper layer and a lower surface which is attached to parts of the article, removing the upper layer of the transfer from the article and bonding the lower surface of PP. IS t I-S I-be I H Sp i N 382 17 d- 3. 07 00 8 the upper layer of the transfer to another article.

21. The method as claimed in claim 20 including the step of firstly adhering the lower surface of the lower layer to the article.

22. The method as claimed in claim 21 wherein the lower layer is adhered to the article by an adhesive substance.

23. An article substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

24. A transfer substantially as hereinbefore described .with reference to the accompanying drawings. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Dated this 3 rd day of July 2000 DENISE WHITEHEAD By her Patent Attorney GRIFFITH HACK ooo H: 1-be1HSpCi\3R817.doC 4/07/00