Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Wickert

Thomas R. Wickert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5457515
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a graphic image having the appearance of three-dimensionality, the method comprising the steps of: providing a preformed lenticular film having a flat side and having a side with lenticules opposite the flat side; and printing an image on the flat side of the lenticular film using web fed printing to produce a graphic image web in which the perceptible image possesses photographically acceptable quality, wherein the image elements are printed on the lenticular film at an angle which corresponds to the pitch of the lenticules of the lenticular film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Quad/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Quadracci, Thomas R. Wickert
  • Patent number: 5285238
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web combined with a congruent lenticular lens to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on the graphic image web. To produce this illusion of three dimensionality, an image field including an object is defined. The object is imagewise exposed onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry. Upon developing the latent image on said element, it is printed to form the precursor image web. The congruent lenticular lens is then combined with the precursor image web to create the graphic image web having graphic information imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1994
    Assignee: Quad/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Quadracci, Thomas R. Wickert
  • Patent number: 5266995
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web combined with a congruent lenticular lens web to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on the graphic image web. To produce this illusion of three dimensionality, an image field including an object is defined. The object is imagewise exposed onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry. Upon developing the latent image on said element, it is printed to form the precursor image web. The congruent lenticular lens web is then optically combined with the precursor image web to create the graphic image web having graphic information of photographically acceptable quality imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Quad/Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Quadracci, Thomas R. Wickert