权利要求：
CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818 CLAIMS WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. An ornamental indicia carrier, comprising: a first print laminate comprising an oriented print layer, the oriented print layer comprising a core layer, a first adhesion layer and a second adhesion layer; a second print laminate connected to the first print laminate, the second print laminate comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer; and an ink layer coupled to one or more of the first adhesion layer, the second adhesion layer or the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
2. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, wherein the second adhesion layer is contiguous with the pressure sensitive adhesive.
3. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, further comprising a varnish layer on the ink layer.
4. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, wherein the ink layer is located between the second adhesion layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
5. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, further comprising a lenticular layer.
6. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 5, wherein the lenticular layer comprises the ink layer and a lenticular lens layer.
7. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, wherein the ink layer is a first indicia layer and further comprising a second indicia layer.
8. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 7, wherein the second indicia layer is a film layer.
9. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 8, wherein the film layer comprises photo sensitive polymer or pigment.
10. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 8, wherein the film layer comprises thermo sensitive polymer or pigment. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
11. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 8, wherein the film layer comprises reflective material.
12. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 11, wherein the reflective material is a plurally of reflective material distributed within the film.
13. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 11, wherein the reflective material is gold or silver colored.
14. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 11, wherein the reflective material provides a mirror finish.
15. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 7, wherein the second indicia layer is a second ink layer.
16. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, wherein the ink layer comprises a glow-in-the-dark material.
17. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 8, wherein the film layer comprises a matte finish.
18. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 1, wherein an outer surface of the first print laminate film layer comprises a matte finish.
19. The ornamental indicia carrier of claim 18, wherein a varnish layer provides the matte finish.
20. A method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier, comprising: treating an exposed surface of an adhesion layer with a corona treatment; applying a UV ink layer to a treated surface of the adhesion layer; inkjet printing a top print laminate; laminating the top print laminate to a bottom adhesive laminate; and cutting the top print laminate and the bottom adhesive laminate.
21. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, wherein, inkjet printing a top print laminate comprises: jetting ink onto the top print laminate; and curing the ink. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
22. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 21, wherein, curing the ink comprises only partially curing the ink, and further comprising: applying an overprint varnish to the partially cured ink; and curing the partially cured ink and the overprint varnish.
23. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 21, wherein the curing is a UV curing process.
24. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, further comprising: jetting ink onto the top print laminate; and curing the ink.
25. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, further comprising: forming lenticular lens layer on the ink layer.
26. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, wherein the ink comprises photo sensitive polymer or pigment.
27. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, wherein the ink comprises thermo sensitive polymer or pigment.
28. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 29, wherein the ink comprises a glow-in-the-dark material.
29. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 20, further comprising applying a film layer to the top print laminate.
30. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 29, wherein the film layer comprises reflective material.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein the reflective material is a plurally of reflective material distributed within the film. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
32. The method of claim 30, wherein the reflective material is gold or silver colored.
33. The method of claim 30, wherein the reflective material provides a mirror finish.
34. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 29, wherein the film layer comprises photo sensitive polymer or pigment.
35. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 29, wherein the film layer comprises thermo sensitive polymer or pigment.
36. The method of manufacturing an ornamental indicia carrier of claim 29, wherein the film comprises a glow-in-the-dark material.
37. A method of attaching an ornamental indicia carrier to an object, comprising: removing a portion of a removable protective layer to expose a pressure sensitive adhesive layer; and affixing the ornamental indicia carrier to the object.
38. The method of attaching an ornamental indicia carrier to an object of claim 34, further comprising: activating the pressure sensitive adhesive layer my pressing the ornamental indicia carrier onto the object.
39. The method of attaching an ornamental indicia carrier to an object of claim 34, further comprising: aligning the ornamental indicial carrier with the object.
40. The method of attaching an ornamental indicia carrier to an object of claim 39, wherein aligning the ornamental indicial carrier with the object, comprises: aligning the ornamental indicial carrier with a tooth receiving cavity of an orthodontic aligner. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
41. The method of attaching an ornamental indicia carrier to an object of claim 40, wherein the tooth receiving cavity of an orthodontic aligner is an incisal or canine tooth receiving cavity.
42. An ornamental indicia carrier, comprising: a first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer; and an edible colorant encapsulated between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer.
43. A method comprising: applying an edible colorant layer to a surface of an edible carrier layer; cutting an ornamental indicia layer to desired size and shape; and encapsulating the edible colorant layer and the cut ornamental indicia layer between a top laminate layer and a bottom laminate layer.
44. A dental appliance comprising: a polymeric shell having a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition a subject's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement; a first adhesive layer configured to be adhered to the polymeric shell; a second adhesive layer adhered over the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer; a colorant encapsulated between the first adhesive layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer of the second adhesive layer.
45. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant comprises an edible colorant.
46. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant comprises a biocompatible material. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
47. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant is arranged according to a design comprising an ornamental design, a logo, text, advertising material, informational material, or some combination thereof
48. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant is part of an ink layer.
49. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant comprises a photo sensitive polymer or pigment.
50. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant comprises a thermo sensitive polymer or pigment.
51. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant comprises a reflective material, a glow-in-the-dark material, or some combination thereof
52. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the colorant provides a reflective finish to the dental appliance.
53. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the first adhesive layer is part of a first print laminate comprising an oriented print layer with a core layer.
54. The dental appliance of claim 41, further comprising a lenticular layer, wherein the lenticular layer comprises the colorant and a lenticular lens layer.
55. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the dental appliance is one of a series of dental appliance configured to incrementally reposition teeth from an initial position toward a target position.
56. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the dental appliance comprises a multi-layer material having a first polymer layer with a first elastic modulus and a second polymer layer with a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is less than the first elastic modulus. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
57. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the dental appliance comprises a multi-layer material having two first polymer layer with a first elastic modulus and a second polymer layer with a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is less than the first elastic modulus and the second polymer layer resides between the two first polymer layers.
58. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the dental appliance comprises a multi-layer material having a first polymer layer with a first elastic modulus and two second polymer layers with a second elastic modulus, wherein the second elastic modulus is less than the first elastic modulus and the first polymer layer resides between the two second polymer layers.
59. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are durably adhered to the dental appliance.
60. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer remain adhered to a desirable level after a 24 hour water immersion test in water at a temperature corresponding to a person's oral cavity.
61. The dental appliance of claim 41, wherein the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer, and the colorant comprise a sticker to be applied onto the dental appliance.
62. A dental appliance comprising: a polymeric shell having a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition a subject's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement; first adhesion means to adhere to the polymeric shell; second adhesion means disposed over the first adhesion means, the second adhesion means comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer; a colorant encapsulated between the first adhesion means and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer of the second adhesion means.
63. A method comprising: CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818 providing a polymeric shell having a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities shaped to receive and resiliently reposition a subject's teeth from a first arrangement toward a second arrangement; providing a sticker comprising: a first adhesive layer configured to be adhered to the polymeric shell; a second adhesive layer adhered over the first adhesive layer, the second adhesive layer comprising a pressure sensitive adhesive layer; a colorant encapsulated between the first adhesive layer and the pressure sensitive adhesive layer of the second adhesive layer; applying the sticker to the polymeric shell.
64. The method of claim 60, further comprising providing instructions to apply the sticker to the polymeric shell.
65. The method of claim 60, further comprising providing instructions to a computing device associated with a user to apply the sticker to the polymeric shell.
66. The method of claim 60, further comprising providing instructions to apply the sticker to the polymeric shell, wherein the instructions specify a particular location on the polymeric shell to apply the sticker.
67. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing first packaging comprising the polymeric shell; providing second packaging comprising the sticker; providing instructions to remove the polymeric shell from the first packaging and to remove the sticker from the second packaging; providing instructions to apply the sticker to the polymeric shell.
68. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing first packaging comprising a plurality of dental appliances, wherein one dental appliance of the plurality of dental appliance comprises the polymeric shell; providing second packaging comprising the sticker; providing instructions to remove the polymeric shell from the first packaging and to remove the sticker from the second packaging. CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818
69. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing one or more designs to a user; receiving a selection of at least one design of the one or more designs; arranging the colorant according to the at least one design.
70. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing one or more designs to a user on a computing device associated with the user; remotely receiving a selection of at least one design of the one or more designs at the computing device without the user going to a dental office; arranging the colorant according to the at least one design.
71. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing, at a computing device associated with a user, an advertisement with one or more designs to the user; receiving, at the computing device, a selection of at least one design of the one or more designs, the selection being in response to the advertisement; arranging the colorant according to the at least one design.
72. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing, at a computing device associated with a user, one or more designs to a user; receiving, at the computing device, a selection of at least one design of the one or more designs; identifying, at the computing device, a location of the sticker on the polymeric shell; displaying, at the computing device a representation of the sticker at the location on the polymeric shell.
73. The method of claim 60, further comprising: providing, at a computing device associated with a user, one or more designs to a user; CA 03153719 2022-03-08 WO 2021/055164 PCT/US2020/048818 receiving, at the computing device, a selection of at least one design of the one or more designs; identifying, at the computing device, a location of the sticker on the polymeric shell, wherein the location is chosen to optimize adherence of the sticker to the polymeric shell.