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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:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2000
Evelyn Greenwald, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Patrick Baran, Cleveland, OH (US);
Paul Tamulewicz, Cleveland, OH (US);
A.W. Faber-Castel U.S.A., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a magnetic piece having outwardly facing first and second sides, each side with a different image disposed thereon. In a first embodiment, the magnetic piece has an image on first and second sides, wherein each image comprises a different expression of an object, with the object having at least one differing characteristic in each image. In a second embodiment of the present invention, a thick magnetic piece has a thickening layer between two magnetic layers. The magnetic piece is comprised of a single layer of magnetic material sandwiched between two layers of a printing medium. Alternatively, the magnetic piece is comprised of a thickening layer sandwiched between two magnetic layers, with a layer of printing medium annexed to the exterior surface of each magnetic layer. Each magnetic layer may be comprised of magnetic striping bands.