Method and apparatus for applying a decorative pattern to a surface

• US 20040159977A1
• Filed: 02/18/2003
• Published: 08/19/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kenneth M. Maloy, Robert S. Perfetto
• Original Assignee: Kenneth M. Maloy, Robert S. Perfetto
• Inventors: Maloy, Kenneth M., Perfetto, Robert S.
• Application Number:
  US10/368,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20040159977A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 264/293
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 11/001 Applying decorations on shaped articles, e.g. by painting
• CPC Class Codes: B28B 11/08 for reshaping the surface, e.g. smoothing, roughening, corrugating, making screw-threads
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/20 Applying plastic materials and superficially modelling the surface of these materials
• CPC Class Codes: B44F 7/00 Designs imitating three-dimensional effects
• CPC Class Codes: B44F 9/02 wood grain effects
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 19/43 Machines or arrangements for roughening or patterning freshly-laid paving courses, e.g. indenting rollers

Abstract

An apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface comprising a roll having an outer cylindrically shaped surface formed of an engravable material, such as rubber, and a pattern that is partially engraved into the engravable material on the roll such that the pattern is raised on the outer surface of the roll. The pattern is either close-ended or open-ended on both ends of the roll. When the roll is rolled over a surface in parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows, the pattern is transferred in ghost onto the surface and there is no discernable line or seam between the parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows.

Claims

1. An apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface comprising:

a roll having an outer cylindrically shaped surface formed of an engravable material; and

a pattern that is partially engraved into the engravable material on the roll such that the pattern is raised on the outer surface of the roll;

wherein when the roll is configured to be rolled over a surface in parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows such that the pattern is transferred in ghost onto the surface and there is no discernable line or seam between the parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the pattern is open-ended on both ends of the roll.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the pattern is close-ended on both ends of the roll.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the pattern is laser engraved into the roll.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the engravable material is rubber.

6. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 5 wherein the rubber on the surface of the roll is about {fraction (1/16)}″

to 1″

thick.

7. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 5 wherein the rubber on the surface of the roll has a shore hardness of about 30-45.

8. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 5 wherein the rubber on the surface of the roll has a shore hardness of about 75-85.

9. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 1 wherein the roll further comprises an inner tube formed of phenolic paper.

10. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 1 wherein the roll further comprises an inner tube formed of fiberglass.

11. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 1 wherein the pattern is engraved into the roll about {fraction (1/32)}″

to 1″

.

12. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 1 wherein the pattern includes additional engraved portions within the pattern, thereby forming a three-dimensional engraved pattern.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the edges of the pattern are engraved into the roll at an angle that is less than 90 degrees.

14. The apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface of claim 1 wherein the pattern is further engraved with a plurality of dots to create a halftone screen effect.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the dots vary in size and position within the pattern.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the pattern is a design selected from the group consisting of a brick design, stone design, flower design, and leaf design.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the roll is applied to a surface selected from the group consisting of sheetrock, wood, plaster, stucco, and concrete.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the roll is rolled over a surface that is painted or glazed.

19. An apparatus for applying a decorative design to a surface comprising:

a first roll having an outer cylindrically shaped surface formed of rubber;

a first pattern that is partially engraved into the rubber on the first roll such that the first pattern is raised on the outer surface of the first roll;

a second roll having an outer cylindrically shaped surface formed of rubber;

a second pattern that is partially engraved into the rubber on the second roll such that the second pattern is raised on the outer surface of the second roll;

wherein the second pattern on the second roll is orthogonal to the first pattern on the first roll;

wherein when the first roll is configured to be rolled onto a painted or glazed surface in a first direction such that the first pattern is transferred in ghost onto the surface; and

wherein the second roll is configured to be rolled onto a painted or glazed surface in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and abuts and/or partially overlaps the image created by the first roll such that the second pattern is transferred in ghost onto the surface and there is no discernable line or seam between the images formed by the perpendicular and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows formed by the first roll and the second roll.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first pattern and the second patterns are open-ended on both ends of their respective rolls.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first pattern and the second patterns are close-ended on both ends of their respective rolls.

22. A method of applying a decorative pattern to a surface comprising the step of:

providing a roll having an outer cylindrically shaped surface formed of rubber, said roll having a pattern that is partially engraved into the rubber on the roll such that the pattern is raised on the outer surface of the roll; and

rolling the roll onto a surface in parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows such that the pattern is transferred in ghost onto the surface and there is no discernable line or seam between the parallel and abutting and/or partially overlapping rows.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the pattern is open-ended on both ends of the roll.

24. The method of claim 22 wherein the patters is close-ended on both ends of the roll.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of loading the roll onto a paint applicator comprising a handle such that the roll is rotatable on the paint applicator.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising the step of loading the roll onto a cylinder comprising a handle such that the roll is rotatable on the cylinder.