US 11,858,285 B2
Dye sublimation ink composition and processes for use with stamp pads
Mark W. Cummings, Bradenton, FL (US); Jana Petrova, Ellenton, FL (US); Mandy Smith, North Port, FL (US); Paula S. Smith, Sarasota, FL (US); Tonya N. Tremitiere, Bradenton, FL (US); and John F. Cooper, Hendersonville, NC (US)
Assigned to Esprix Technologies, LP., Sarasota, FL (US)
Appl. No. 17/296,400
Filed by Esprix Technologies, LP., Sarasota, FL (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063215
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/112747, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/917,159, filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/920,613, filed on May 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009261 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B41M 5/00 (2006.01); B41M 5/035 (2006.01); B41K 1/54 (2006.01); B44C 1/17 (2006.01); B44C 1/24 (2006.01); C09D 11/033 (2014.01); C09D 11/037 (2014.01)
CPC B41M 5/035 (2013.01) [B41K 1/54 (2013.01); B44C 1/1712 (2013.01); B44C 1/24 (2013.01); C09D 11/033 (2013.01); C09D 11/037 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A decorative imaging process comprising:
providing a stamp pad comprising a child and environmentally friendly disperse dye composition;
inking a stamp with the disperse dye composition;
transferring the disperse dye composition from the stamp to an intermediate ink receptive surface using the stamp to thereby place an image on an intermediate ink receptive surface; and
transferring the image to a dye receptive object by application of sufficient heat and pressure.