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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 9289969 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 27, 2014

Rear projected screen materials and processes

Applicant:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Inventors:

Dolce Lin Wang, Valley Village, CA (US);

Thomas F. LaDuke, Orange, CA (US);

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Attorney:

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Blake A Tankersley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/62 (2014.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/101 (2014.01); G03B 21/10 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); G03B 21/606 (2014.01); B29C 51/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 51/10 (2006.01); G03B 21/32 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 38/0036 (2013.01); B29C 51/00 (2013.01); B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41J 11/002 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 7/0081 (2013.01); C09D 11/101 (2013.01); G03B 21/10 (2013.01); G03B 21/32 (2013.01); G03B 21/606 (2013.01); G03B 21/62 (2013.01); B29C 2791/006 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

Disclosed herein are materials and methods used to form a three dimensional (3D) article having a printed layer thereon. The 3D articles are capable of displaying rear projected images, effectively as a 3D 'screen' for displaying an image or a movie. The 3D articles are used as standalone articles or as a portion of an animatronic figure. The articles are made by forming a substantially planar thermoformable laminate including a rear projection screen material, printing and curing a radiation curable ink onto one or both sides of the laminate, and thermoforming to impart a shape to the laminate.

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