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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1985
Filed:
May. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas H Davis, Jr, Leavenworth, KS (US);
Stephen D Glasscock, Overland Park, KS (US);
Assignee:
Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B44C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156240 ; 156 86 ; 156241 ;
Abstract
An article is decorated by applying a coating to the surface of the article to be decorated, placing over and around the coated article a shrinkable film carrying a desired decoration, shrinking the film over the coated article to transfer the decoration to the article and then removing the shrinkable film leaving on the surface of the article the desired decoration or ornamentation.