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Multivariate color system with texture application

  • US 8,268,106 B2
  • Filed: 04/12/2012
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of preparing a laminate resin structure having a custom color created from a plurality of colored films, comprising:

  • providing a translucent resin substrate having opposing first and second bonding surfaces that correspond with opposing first and second viewable surfaces, and a glass transition temperature;

    aligning a bonding surface of a first colored film directly against a bonding surface of the resin substrate, wherein the first colored film is miscible with the bonding surface of the resin substrate, and comprises a glass transition temperature;

    aligning a second colored film about an outside surface of the first colored film, wherein the second colored film is miscible with at least the first colored film, and comprises a glass transition temperature; and

    applying heat and pressure to meet or exceed the highest glass transition temperature of the resin substrate, the first colored film, and the second colored film, such that the resin substrate intermixes with one or both of the first and second colored films to display a third color substantially throughout the resin substrate, regardless of ordering of the first and second colored films on the translucent resin substrate;

    wherein the third color is a composite of the colors of the first and second colored films.

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