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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Scott A. Williams, Hawley, PA (US);
Heather Reid, Hamburg, NJ (US);
Scott A. Williams, Hawley, PA (US);
Heather Reid, Hamburg, NJ (US);
Fóto-Wear, Inc., Milford, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a heat-setting label sheet that is a polymeric transfer sheet that can be marked and transferred by the consumer. Also encompassed by the present invention is a method of transferring the heat-setting label sheets. The heat-setting label sheets of the present invention comprise a support; an optional pressure sensitive adhesive layer; an Adhesion Layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer which melts in the range of 50–250° C., a wax which melts in the range of 50–250° C., or combinations thereof; an optional opaque layer comprising a styrene-butadiene latex, thermoplastic polymer, elastomer, and optional pigment; and a second optional opaque layer comprising vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymer, thermoplastic elastomer, elastomer and optional pigment. The heat-setting label sheet of the present invention can be imaged by an electrostatic printer or copier, ink jet printer, offset or screen printing, craft-type marking, and the like.