Decorative films and laminated formable sheets with dual protective film layers
CA 2257994 A1 · Owner: Android Industries Of Michigan, L.L.C. · Inventors: Naizy, R. Richard
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A decorative film (10), such as a film of pigmented paint (12) or other coating covered by a film of clear coat (14) has the outer (clear coat) , surface protected by a removably fixed thermoformable first protective film layer (16). A flexible plastic film forming a second protective layer (18) is removably fixed to the first layer (16). The underlying paint film (12) may be laminated to a thin wall or thick wall thermoplastic formable sheet (22). The second protective layer (18) is removed just prior to forming of the paint film (12) or laminated decorative sheet (10) carrying with the protective , film (16) any surface damage marks or irregularities. Subsequent compression …
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- Filed June 16, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 16, 2017.
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