Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Crayola LLC.

Binney & Smith Inc.

Stephen D Glasscock

Craig Skinner

Cheryl D Krieger

Jie Li

Arthur N Urbanski

Karl Guyler

Thomas H Davis, Jr

The present invention is a system for hiding and later revealing a hidden layer. The system includes a substrate and applicator. As the user moves the applicator around the substrate, a coating is rendered transparent to reveal a hidden layer under the pattern of the user's movement of the applicator. The system comprises a substrate at least partially coated with a generally opaque coating that reacts with an eradicator fluid. A preferred coating as applied to the substrate comprises 20-80 wt % water, 0-3 wt % defoamer, 0-3 wt % surfactant, 0-5 wt % wetting agent, 1-25 wt % colorant, 1-60 wt % resin, and 0-4 wt % preservatives. A preferred reducing fluid in such case comprises 30-95 wt % water, 1-5 wt % pH adjuster, 5-15 wt % reducing agent, 0-5 wt % surfactant, and 2-10 wt % buffer.

Coated art material system

An article is decorated by applying a coating to the surface of the article to be decorated, placing over and around the coated article a shrinkable film carrying a desired decoration, shrinking the film over the coated article to transfer the decoration to the article and then removing the shrinkable film leaving on the surface of the article the desired decoration or ornamentation.

Decorating methods

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Overland Park, KS, United States of America

Stephen D Glasscock