Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Display in frame or transparent casing; or diorama including...
Patent
1997-03-25
1999-07-13
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Display in frame or transparent casing; or diorama including...
156 60, 428 46, 428195, B32B 1700, B44F 100
Patent
active
059224193
ABSTRACT:
A hot plate assembly for supporting heated elements above a more heat susceptible surface, while also presenting an image through the translucent or transparent top plate of the hot plate assembly. The transparent or translucent top plate or main body is preferably formed of a tempered glass and a photographic element or other manner of illustrating an object is mounted or positioned on the undersurface of the top plate so as to be visible through the top plate. The image member provided on the undersurface of the top plate is fixed in position by way of a larger area backing layer which is bonded at least to the top plate's undersurface but also to the image member such as a photograph. Alternatively, the backing layer has the image integrally formed on or in the backing layer. A method is also described for forming a hot plate assembly which includes the sandwiching of the image member between the top plate and backing layer. The image member is in one embodiment on ink, paint or the like depiction formed on the top plate's undersurface and covered by the backing layer. The image member preferably occupies a majority of the underlying surface. The image member can also originate from a scanned original in an automated application of the image member to the top plate.
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