Installing printed media

{
  "publication_number": "US11027566B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Installing printed media",
  "abstract": "A printed media display system includes a media mounting surface carrying discrete male touch fastening elements arranged in a field extending across the surface, and print media in the form of a flexible sheet having a fastening side and a print side, the fastening side featuring engageable fibers in a fibrous field extending across a length and width of the flexible sheet. The system exhibits particularly good wrinkle propagation and engaged alignment properties.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A printed media display system, comprising a media mounting surface carrying discrete male touch fastening elements arranged in a field extending across the surface, each male touch fastening element having a stem projecting outward and supporting a fiber-engageable head; and print media in the form of a flexible sheet having a fastening side and a print side, the fastening side featuring engageable fibers in a fibrous field extending across a length and width of the flexible sheet, such that the fastening side of the print media is releasably engageable with the media mounting surface so as to display the print side; wherein the media mounting surface and the fastening side of the print media together form a releasable fastening having a Peel Strength; and wherein the flexible sheet has a Bending Rigidity; the Peel Strength and Bending Rigidity related such that the print media display system has a Wrinkle Propagation Coefficient of between 10 and 30.",
    "2. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the print media exhibits a Small Deformation Shear Hysteresis of less than negative 40 grams force per centimeter.",
    "3. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the print media exhibits a Wrinkle Propagation Coefficient of between 12 and 25.",
    "4. The printed media display system of claim 3, wherein the print media exhibits a Wrinkle Propagation Coefficient of between 15 and 25.",
    "5. The printed media display system of claim 3, wherein the Bending Rigidity of the flexible sheet is between 3.5 and 6 Newtons.",
    "6. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the flexible sheet comprises a non-woven web forming the fibrous field.",
    "7. The printed media display system of claim 6, wherein the non-woven web is partially embedded in a coating.",
    "8. The printed media display system of claim 7, wherein the coating forms an ink-receptive outer surface of the print media.",
    "9. The printed media display system of claim 8, further comprising ink printed on the outer surface of the print media.",
    "10. The printed media display system of claim 6, wherein the non-woven web has an overall basis weight of less than about 120 grams per square meter.",
    "11. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the male touch fastening elements are arranged with a density of between 200 and 400 elements per square centimeter across the field.",
    "12. The printed media display system of claim 11, wherein the male touch fastening elements each extends to an overall height of between 0.3 and 0.7 millimeters from a surface interconnecting the touch fastening elements.",
    "13. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the print media has an overall basis weight of less than about 600 grams per square meter.",
    "14. The printed media display system of claim 13, wherein the print media has an overall basis weight of less than about 500 grams per square meter.",
    "15. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the print side of the print media has a surface roughness of less than 4.0 μm.",
    "16. The printed media display system of claim 1, wherein the print side of the print media has a surface roughness of less than 2.0 μm.",
    "17. Print media in the form of a flexible sheet and comprising: a textile fabric extending across a major dimension of the flexible sheet; and a continuous layer forming a coating on one side of the textile fabric, leaving fibers of an opposite side of the textile fabric exposed for releasable touch fastening engagement, the continuous layer underlying a printable surface of the print media on a side of the flexible sheet opposite the textile fabric; wherein the flexible sheet is constructed so as to provide a peel strength when tested in accordance with ASTM D 5170-98 using HTH-830 as a hook surface; and wherein the flexible sheet has a Bending Rigidity so related to the peel strength that the print media display system has a Wrinkle Propagation Coefficient of between 10 and 30.",
    "18. A printed media display system, comprising a media mounting surface carrying discrete male touch fastening elements arranged in a field extending across the surface, each male touch fastening element having a stem projecting outward and supporting a fiber-engageable head; and print media in the form of a flexible sheet having a fastening side and a print side, the fastening side featuring engageable fibers in a fibrous field extending across a length and width of the flexible sheet, such that the fastening side of the print media is releasably engageable with the media mounting surface so as to display the print side; wherein the media mounting surface and the fastening side of the print media together form a releasable fastening having a Shear Strength; and wherein the flexible sheet has a Torsional Rigidity; the Shear Strength and Torsional Rigidity related such that the print media display system has a Torsional Alignment Coefficient of at least 5000.",
    "19. The printed media display system of claim 18, wherein the print media display system has a Torsional Alignment Coefficient between 5000 and 15000.",
    "20. The printed media display system of claim 19, wherein the print media display system has a Torsional Alignment Coefficient between 6000 and 12000."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "This invention relates to display systems involving hook and loop fastening, and to methods of installing printed media.\n\nInformational and decorative displays are often applied to walls and other surfaces. In many contexts it is desirable to change them seasonally, without damage to the underlying surface. Sometimes these displays are applied as multiple sheets of printed media, installed with aligned edges to form a continuous image across the sheets. Such sheets may be formed of a vinyl material and applied by known methods to a smooth surface such as a window or the side of a vehicle, for example.\n\nFor ease of installation and removal it has been suggested to secure such display sheets by hook and loop engagement, such as by covering a wall surface with an engageable fibrous material and providing male touch fastener elements on the back surface of each sheet.\n\nThe invention focuses on improvements to display systems involving hook and loop fastening.\n\nAccording to one aspect of the invention, a printed media display system includes a media mounting surface carrying discrete male touch fastening elements arranged in a field extending across the surface (such as with each male touch fastening element having a stem projecting outward and supporting a fiber-engageable head), and print media in the form of a flexible sheet having a fastening side and a print side, the fastening side featuring engageable fibers in a fibrous field extending across a length and width of the flexible sheet, such that the fastening side of the print media is releasably engageable with the media mounting surface so as to display the print side.",
  "cpc": [
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  "assignees": [
    "Velcro IP Holdings LLC"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Luis Parellada Armela",
    "Carlos Sáez Comet"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2016-03-14",
  "publication_date": "2021-06-08",
  "grant_date": "2021-06-08",
  "priority_date": "2016-03-14",
  "application_number": "US-201615068802-A",
  "family_id": "57777626",
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