Method of providing printable decorative labels for customization of portable electronic devices
First Claim
1. A method of personalizing a portable electronic device, comprising:
- providing a portable electronic device having a front surface and a rear surface;
providing a sheet having a printable front surface and an adhesive coated rear surface, the sheet being divisible into one or more conformable label, wherein the conformable label comprises a conformable film having a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons;
providing in electronic format a plurality of images printable by a printer;
selecting from the plurality of images one or more image for printing;
printing the selected one or more image on the printable surface of the sheet;
separating one or more printed conformable label from the sheet; and
conformably applying the printed conformable label to a surface of the portable electronic device.
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Abstract
Disclosed in one embodiment is a method of personalizing a portable electronic device, including: providing a portable electronic device having a front surface and a rear surface; providing a sheet having a printable front surface and an adhesive coated rear surface, the sheet being divisible into one or more conformable label; providing in electronic format a plurality of images printable by a printer; selecting one or more image for printing from the plurality of images; printing the selected one or more image on the printable surface of the one or more conformable label; separating the printed one or more conformable label from the sheet; and conformably applying the printed one or more conformable label to the surface of the portable electronic device. Also disclosed are a system, a decorated substrate and a printable conformable label and a method for providing a decorative label for, e.g., personalizing a portable electronic device.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of personalizing a portable electronic device, comprising:
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providing a portable electronic device having a front surface and a rear surface;
providing a sheet having a printable front surface and an adhesive coated rear surface, the sheet being divisible into one or more conformable label, wherein the conformable label comprises a conformable film having a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons;
providing in electronic format a plurality of images printable by a printer;
selecting from the plurality of images one or more image for printing;
printing the selected one or more image on the printable surface of the sheet;
separating one or more printed conformable label from the sheet; and
conformably applying the printed conformable label to a surface of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for providing a decorative label for application to a portable electronic device, comprising:
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a computer system including a display device, an input device, and a printer;
a source, available to the computer system, of a plurality of images displayable on the display device and printable on the printer;
a program installed and operable on the computer system capable of obtaining and displaying on the display device the plurality of images, selecting one or more of the plurality of images and printing with the printer the selected one or more image; and
a sheet having a printable front surface and an adhesive coated rear surface, the sheet being divisible into one or more conformable label and being provided to the printer for printing, wherein the conformable label comprises a conformable film having a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons;
wherein the computer system with the program is operable via the input device to display the plurality of images on the display device, to select the selected one or more image, to align the selected one or more image on the sheet, to print the selected one or more image on the sheet, and to provide to a user the sheet with the printed image thereon, and wherein the user can remove one or more printed conformable label from the sheet and apply the printed conformable label conformably to a surface of the portable electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of providing a decorative label for application to a portable electronic device, comprising:
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providing a source of a plurality of images;
providing a computer system having a display device, an input device, and a printer, the computer system programmed to obtain from the source, display on the display device, select with the input device one on more of the plurality of images and print with the printer the selected one or more image;
providing a sheet having a printable front surface and an adhesive coated rear surface, the sheet being divisible into one or more conformable label, wherein the one or more conformable label comprises a conformable film having a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons, and being provided to the printer for printing;
operating the computer system with the input device to obtain from the source the plurality of images, to display the plurality of images on the display device, to select one or more image from the plurality of images, to align the selected one or more image with a selected one or more conformable label, to print the selected one or more image on the selected one or more conformable label, and to provide to a user the sheet with the printed one or more conformable label, and removing the printed one or more conformable label from the sheet and applying the printed one or more conformable label conformably to a surface of the portable electronic device.
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31. A decorated substrate comprising:
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a substrate having a surface, the surface comprising a discontinuity;
a decorative printed conformable label having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the conformable label comprises a conformable film comprising a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons, wherein the lower surface is decoratively applied to the surface of the substrate, wherein the upper surface comprises a printable layer and the lower surface comprises an adhesive coating, the adhesive conformably adhering the label to the surface, and wherein the printable layer comprises a decorative design printed thereon.
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32. A printed conformable label for application to a substrate, the label comprising:
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a printable layer disposed on a first side of a conformable film, wherein the conformable film comprises a stress relaxation in the range from about 1 to about 12 Newtons, wherein the conformable film comprises an adhesive layer applied to a second side thereof, wherein the conformable label comformably adheres via the adhesive layer to a surface of a substrate, the surface including surface discontinuities to which the conformable label is desired to conform, the conformable label conformably remaining adhered to the surface and over the surface discontinuties for a period of about 10 days or more following application when stored at room temperature.
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