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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2002
Brent Anderson, Barrington, IL (US);
Howard W. Schwan, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Brent Anderson, Barrington, IL (US);
Howard W. Schwan, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
CTI Industries, Corporation, Barrington, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating a surface of a layered polymeric structure. The method includes the steps of: (1) providing a first sheet of material, (2) providing a second sheet of material, (3) positioning the first sheet or the second sheet to overlap at least a portion of the other sheet to define an interference zone, (4) directing a first polymeric material into the interference zone to adhere the first sheet to the second sheet to form the layered structure; and (5) texturing a surface of the first sheet or the second sheet to form a pattern on the surface.