LABOR-SAVING PROCESS AND ARTICLE FOR MAKING DIMENSIONAL SIGN GRAPHICS

摘要

A sign having raised or recessed, three-dimensional graphics (20) and a methodof making the sign are disclosed. The sign is fabricated from a laminated,multilayered blank (10) having a substantially continuous face layer formed ofa conformable, thermoplastic material (12); a substantially continuous middlelayer (14) formed of a colored film; and a substantially continuous profilelayer (16) formed of a profile film. In use, dimensional characters (20) arecut into the blank (10) through the profile (16) and middle layers (14) only.Unwanted material is weeded out from around the cut, dimensional characters(20) and the resulting blank (10) is vacuum-thermoformed to cause the uncutface layer (12) to conform to the dimensional characters (20). A backgroundsheet of a color contrasting to the middle sheet is then laminated to the backof the blank to form the completed sign.