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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:
May. 11, 1993
Filed:
May. 22, 1992
Reed N Wilcox, Littleton, CO (US);
Richard L George, Englewood, CO (US);
William K Thiess, Aurora, CO (US);
John T Loftus, Jr, Milton, MA (US);
Timothy F O'Meara, Somerville, MA (US);
The Flagship Group, Inc., Englewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A craft art form and system including patterns, paint, and applicators enables craft paint to form three-dimensional color dot matrix patterns having high degree of visual resolution and color saturation. Precisely located and closely spaced circles containing a standard set of color symbols are used to form designs in patterns. Each symbol in the standard set of symbols of the present invention represents an artistic expression which is permanently assigned to a particular color. Each color symbol has a darkness value which corresponds to the darkness value of the assigned color. The craft paint has the characteristics of forming a discrete uniform, homogeneous, three-dimensional bead to overlay the color symbol placed on each circle. This special beading paint can form beads placed very closely together (36 to 81 beads per square inch) without running together, yet retain sufficient fluidity to settle into smooth, substantially rounded, uniform beads. A fine tip applicator applies the paint to the center of each circle. The paint is applied in a laminar fashion without turbulence so as to ensure the uniformity and homogeneity of each bead. The paint applicator is stored in an inverted position to minimize the formation of air bubbles in the craft paint.