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Abstract

A method of creating images, such as the face of a child, on flexible foam plastic, such as a doll's head. The method can also be used to create realistic images of other objects such as pet animals, with the head on a separate piece of foam attachable to the body in different tilted positions by means of Velcro. Existing technology is used to make the type of thermal transfer which obtains its color from deposits of colored wax. This is then brought into register with bumps and hollows on the flexible foam blank, and the blank flattened by mechanical pressure during the transferring step. After completion, the resilience of the flexible foam blank recreates a three dimensional surface; hence, the final product is more representative of the object than was the transfer from which it was made.

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