Method of adhering holograms to textile wearing apparel

DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A method for adhering articles to textile wearing apparel comprising the steps of: (a) laminating a precut article having an upper surface and a lower surface between a clear polyester coating on the upper surface of said article and an adhesive skrim backing on the lower surface of said article to envelope the article and protect it from moisture and scuffing, said polyester coating being sealed to said adhesive skrim backing around margins of said backing extending outwardly from said article and said adhesive skrim backing being adapted to adhere said article to textile wearing apparel; (b) cutting said margins away from the resulting laminated article to form an enveloped article; and (c) applying the enveloped article to textile wearing apparel at a temperature of approximately 270 to 300.
degree.
F.
and under a pressure of approximately 30 to 50 psi for a period of approximately 8 to 15 seconds whereby said article becomes firmly adhered to said textile wearing apparel.
2.
A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said adhesive skrim backing is composed of a polyester adhesive which is characterized by a fast crystallization rate, high heat of fusion and chemical resistance to common solvents.
3.
A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said temperature is approximately 275.
degree.
F.
and said pressure is approximately 40 psi.
4.
A method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said temperature and pressure are applied for a period of approximately 15 seconds.




Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a method for adhering holograms to textile wearing apparel and, more particularly, to such a method which firmly adheres holograms to wearing apparel and protects the holograms from moisture and scuffing even after being subjected to repeated washing and drying cycles.
Holography is a three-dimensional imaging technique utilized to produce holograms.
Holograms became practical in 1962 with the advent of the laser which provided a source of coherent (single wavelength) light necessary for the recording of dimensional information