Rexham Industries Corp.

Rexam Industries Corp.

Don O Ocampo

Emery A Palmer

Clyde J Patton

A flexible, weatherable, decorative sheet material useful as a paint film or decal comprising a pigmented fluoropolymer base coat layer overlying a substantially transparent fluoropolymer clear coat layer wherein the fluoropolymer composition of the base coat layer has a greater elongation than the fluoropolymer composition of the clear coat layer. The base coat and clear coat layer each comprise an alloy of a fluoropolymer composition and an acrylic polymer composition. The base coat layer comprises a fluoropolymer copolymer composition and the clear coat layer comprises of a fluoropolymer homopolymer composition. The fluoropolymer used in the base coat layer has a produced elongation at break of 300% or greater and the fluoropolymer composition used in the clear coat layer has a produced elongation at break of 50% to 250%. The clear coat and base coat layers are cast onto a polyester carrier sheet. An adhesive layer is cast onto another polyester carrier sheet such that the adhesive layer is releasable adhered to the carrier sheet. The adhesive layer is then laminated onto the base coat layer.

Decorative sheet material suitable for use as a flexible weatherable

The present invention provides a weatherable protective surfacing film which can be laminated to various substrates, such as vinyl outdoor fabrics, by heat and pressure without requiring adhesives. The film has a unitary structure and is comprised of an acrylic polymer/fluoropolymer composition which has a composition gradient across its thickness such that one surface of the film is fluoropolymer-rich to provide excellent weatherability, stain resistance and dirt repellant properties, while the opposite surface of the film is acrylic polymer-rich to give it self-bonding characteristics.

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Charlotte, NC, United States of America

Don O Ocampo