Flexible bags – With closure – Rib and groove
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-12
2001-01-23
Pascua, Jes F. (Department: 3727)
Flexible bags
With closure
Rib and groove
C383S106000, C206S000810, C206S000820, C206S232000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06176614
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system and, more particularly, pertains to maintaining valuable objects such as autograph collector disks in a safe environment.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of collectibles and collection systems of known designs and configurations is known in the prior art. More specifically, collectibles and collection systems of known designs and configurations heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of protecting objects including collectibles through known methods and apparatuses are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
The prior art discloses a large number of collectibles and collection systems of known designs and configurations. By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. Des. 346,185 to Francis, issued Apr. 19, 1994 discloses a football card container. U.S. Pat. No. 3,417,497 to Hannon, issued Dec. 24, 1968, discloses an identification card. U.S. Pat. No. 3,758,970 to Annenberg, issued Sep. 18, 1973, discloses a photograph bearing identification card structure and method of manufacture. U.S. Pat. No. 5,328,207 to Hannah, issued Jul. 12, 1994, discloses an autographed photograph and method. U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,136 to Ippolito, issued Oct. 18, 1994, discloses an autograph combination, removably-attached ball and pen. Lastly, Foreign patent number EP 0 362 056 to Juteau, issued Sep. 9, 1989, discloses a portable registration book.
In this respect, the celebrity autograph collector disk system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of maintaining valuable objects such as autograph collector disks in a safe environment.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system which can be used for maintaining valuable objects such as autograph collector disks in a safe environment. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of collectibles and collection systems of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system and methods which have all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system for maintaining valuable objects in a safe environment. The system comprises, in combination, at least one disk selected from a set of disks from a celebrity genre. Each disk is circular in shape with an outside diameter of about three inches. Each disk has a front face having an interior circle with a diameter of between about 2 and 2½ inches, the interior circle having a primary indicia in the form of a picture of the face of a celebrity therein. Secondary indicia is provided in the space between the interior circle and the exterior circle, the secondary indicia including the name of the pictured celebrity and the year of publication. The reverse face of the disk has a pair of parallel lines extending thereacross to define a space for an autograph of the celebrity, the lines having a space therebetween of between ¼ inch and ½ inch. The space above the parallel lines and below the parallel lines have indicia correlated to the indicia on the front side including at least some alpha-numeric characters. The thickness of the disk measures between ⅛ inch and ¼ inch.
The next component of the system is a bag in a generally rectangular configuration, the bag having a front sheet and a rear sheet with a height of about 3½ inches and a width slightly greater than 3½ inches, preferably between 3⅝ and 3¾ inches. In this manner, a supplemental vertical space constitutes an opening including a separable seal along the length thereof with a projection on one sheet and a recess on the other sheet in a manner of a zip-lock baggie. The remainder of the portion of the bag has its front sheet and rear sheet sealed around the periphery remote from the opening. The bag is formed of a flexible transparent plastic material for the display of a disk therein.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system which has all the advantages of the prior art collectibles and collection systems of known designs and configurations and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved celebrity autograph collector disk system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a celebrity autograph collector disk system economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to maintain valuable objects such as autograph collector disks in a safe environment.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a celebrity autograph collector disk system for maintaining valuable objects in a safe environment. The system includes at least one disk selected from a set of disks from a celebrity genre. Each disk is circular in shape and has a front face having an interior circle. The interior circle has primary indicia in the form of a picture of the face of a celebrity therein. Secondary indicia is provided in the space between the interior circle and the exterior circle. The secondary indicia includes the name of the pictured celebrity and the year of publication. The disk also has
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