T-Shirt coloring kit

• US 4,224,358 A
• Filed: 10/24/1978
• Issued: 09/23/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Foto-Wear, Inc., MJ Solutions GmbH
• Original Assignee: Donald S. Hare
• Inventors: Hare, Donald S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Beck, Shrive P.
• Application Number:
  US05/954,228
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 156/230, 156/235, 156/240, 35/26, 427/147, 427/148, 427/152, 428/914, 428/485, 428/488, 428/288
• US Class Current: 427/147
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 1/1712 Decalcomanias applied under heat and pressure, e.g. provided with a heat activable adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: D06Q 1/12 by transferring a chemical agent or a metallic or non-metallic material in particulate or other form, from a solid temporary carrier to the textile for uniform treatment D06M23/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/914 Transfer or decalcomania
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/31804 Next to cellulosic

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a kit and method for applying colored emblems to T-shirts and the like. The kit includes a transfer sheet having an outlined pattern thereon and a plurality of selected colored crayons formed of a heat transferable material, such as colored wax. The method of transferring a colored emblem to a T-shirt or the like includes the steps of applying the colored wax to the heat transfer sheet, positioning the heat transfer sheet on a T-shirt or the like, applying a heated intrument to the reverse side of the heat transfer sheet thereby transferring the colored wax to the T-shirt or the like. In another preferred embodiment, the transferable pattern is created from a manifold of a heat transfer sheet and a reversed or lift type copy sheet having a pressure transferable coating of heat transferable material thereon. By generating a pattern on the obverse face of the transfer sheet with the pressure of a drafting implement a heat transferable mirror image pattern is created or the reverse form thereof by pressure transfer which can then be applied to a T-shirt or other article by heat transfer. Different colors of transferable coatings on various copy sheets are manifolded with the heat transfer sheet to effectuate multi-colored heat transferable patterns on the rear surface of the transfer sheet.

Claims

1. A method of transferring a design from a transfer sheet to a fabric, comprising the steps of:

generating a design on the obverse surface of a transfer sheet by the application of energy thereto, while juxtaposing the rear surface of said transfer sheet with a layer of energy transferable material to provide a transferable mirror image of said design on the said rear surface, said transfer sheet including a pre-printed pattern and said design being generated by creating said design by hand to apply said energy to said obverse surface, said pre-printed pattern being used as a guide with respect to which said design is created;

placing said rear surface and said transferable mirror image of said design contiguous with a desired position on a surface of said fabric by visually aligning said design on said obverse surface with said desired position; and

applying energy throughout the extent of said design on the obverse surface of said transfer sheet to transfer said mirror image from said rear surface to said desired area on said fabric to thereby reproduce said design on said fabric.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said design is generated by tracing said pre-printed pattern.