Claims
- 1. A decal comprising a paper sheet base having a porous surface, a preformed sheet of plastic film applied with no intermediate layer directly to said porous surface such that it adheres well to the porous surface and adopts the texture of the same but does not penetrate it, and an image applied to said plastic film.
- 2. A decal according to claim 1, wherein the image is held on the plastic film solely by virtue of mutual adhesion at their touching surfaces.
- 3. A decal according to claim 1, having an adhesive layer between said image and said plastic film.
- 4. A decal according to claim 1, wherein said paper sheet base has been saturated with water, whereby the adhesion to said plastic film has been substantially released but the paper sheet base and plastic film have not separated and the decal can withstand substantial forces in the plane of the decal without causing such separation.
- 5. A decal according to claim 1, wherein said plastic film is a thermoplastic polymer.
- 6. A decal according to claim 1, wherein said plastic film is a thermosetting polymer.
- 7. A decal according to claim 1, having a water-resistant coating on the reverse side of said paper sheet base.
- 8. A decal according to claim 1, wherein said water-resistant coating on the reverse side of said paper sheet base comprises printed or painted text and/or design.
- 9. A decal according to claim 7, wherein a sheet of paper or plastic is glued to the reverse side of said paper sheet base to impart water-resistance.
- 10. A decal according to claim 1, wherein said plastic film has been applied to said porous surface of said paper sheet base by heat and pressure.
- 11. A decal according to claim 10 wherein said plastic film has been applied at a temperature which is not high enough to melt the film and cause it to penetrate the surface of the paper.
- 12. A decal according to claim 1, wherein the image has been applied directly on the plastic film by means of printing, copying, drawing or painting.
- 13. A decal according to claim 1, wherein the image has been applied on the plastic film by means of transfer of an image from another paper.
- 14. A decal comprising a dry paper sheet base having a porous surface, a preformed sheet of plastic film applied with no intermediate layer directly to said porous surface such that it adheres well to the porous surface and adopts the texture of the same but does not penetrate it, and an image applied to said plastic film.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/504,082, filed Apr. 2, 1990, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/408,410 filed Sept. 14, 1989, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/302,057 filed Jan. 25, 1989, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/061,199 filed June 10, 1987, each entitled COMPOSITE SHEET AND PROCESS FOR TRANSFER OF AN IMAGE FROM SAME TO A SUBSTRATE, and each now abandoned.
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