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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. 25, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Ghanshyam H. Popat, Alta Loma, CA (US);
Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An assembly for creating free form laminated objects, such as a throwing toys or napkin ring that can be printed or decorated by the use of printer or copier without jamming. The assembly includes a sheet of cardstock or thin printable sheet material, a sheet of transparent laminated plastic and intermediate adhesive layer that adheres the cardstock sheet and laminated sheet together. The cardstock sheet has a die cut outline configured to the desired shape of an object. The laminated sheet has a die cut outline substantially extending outside of the outline on the cardstock sheet, to allow laminated sheet to fold over and entirely cover the cardstock area within the cardstock die cut outline. The assembly has a substantially constant thickness and substantially flat upper and lower surfaces so that the assembly can pass through a printer or copier without jamming. Once a printer or copier has printed on the cardstock area, the cardstock area may be push through the assembly carrying the die cut plastic area, and the plastic sheet material may be folded over and bonded to the cardstock area. The final printed laminated configuration may either be flat or further configured to a three-dimensional format. For the three-dimensional configuration, the cardstock area may have a plurality of notches extending transversely across, where it may be curved along the cardstock area, and held in this configuration by the overlying transparent plastic laminate.