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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1998
Ghanshyam H. Popat, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Fred Miekka, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Raymond Kubit, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Robert Valadez, Azusa, CA (US);
Gustav Ray, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Shiaonung Su, Buena Park, CA (US);
H. Paul Barker, La Canada, CA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An image transfer assembly ( ) receives an image printed from an ink jet printer. The assembly ( ) provides a device to transfer the printed image onto an image-receiving surface. The assembly ( ) has a flexible substrate ( ) on one side, and an upper surface ( ) on the other side that is substantially permeable to ink jet printer ink and that is non-tacky prior to printing. The assembly ( ) has an adhesive or polymer layer ( ) in between the upper surface ( ) and the flexible substrate ( ). After printing with a water-based ink jet printer ink, the user may apply the assembly ( ) to a substrate, such as a window or other surface, and remove the flexible substrate ( ), thereby leaving the layer ( ) that bears the image on the substrate. In one of several alternative embodiments, the layer ( ) is divided into discrete zones that are separated from one another along boundaries.