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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:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory J Tamborello, Tampa, FL (US);
Robert D Berkley, Haughton, LA (US);
Assignee:
Sport-Flex, Inc., Bossier City, LA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428-9 ; 428 12 ; 428 58 ; 428 99 ; 446487 ;
Abstract
A three-dimensional heat and vacuum molded ornament, such as a snowman figure, formed of thermoplastic foam sheet material with heat sealed abutting edges, in a molding process. The ornament adapted to move, by the use of hand pressure, between a non-collapsed upright, use position and a collapsed, reduced-height position for shipment or storage.