Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
Reexamination Certificate
1999-01-08
2001-12-11
Ahmad, Nasser (Department: 1772)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Layer or component removable to expose adhesive
C040S616000, C428S040900, C428S041300, C428S042100, C428S042200, C428S915000, C428S916000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06329033
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to insignias, seals, decorative buttons and more particularly to plastic substitutes for natural wax seals.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Wax seals have been used since antiquity to guarantee the integrity and authenticity of documents The traditional bee-wax or tallow-wax seal is formed by applying a glob of melted wax on a document, ribbon or fastener, then stamping the melted glob with a brass seal engraved with a mirror image of the desired design.
Nowadays, this type of wax seal is seldom used to certify a document, but survives only as a decorative element that lends class and distinction to a diploma, award certificate, or personal missive.
Traditional wax seals are very brittle, and cannot survive the sorting and canceling machines used in most post offices Their debris can interfere with the good operation of that type of equipment. Accordingly, envelopes bearing a natural wax seal must be hand-delivered to a post office where they are manually canceled and sorted.
Brass seals are relatively expensive. Moreover, the whole process of melting the wax, applying a glob of it to the document, then stamping it is awkward for most people and is often botched.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The principal and secondary objects of this invention are to provide a customized decorative seal of pleasant appearance and fragrance that has the exact appearance of a traditional wax seal, can be conveniently applied to a document without heat, and is flexible enough to pass through the handling, sorting and canceling equipment of the post office without breaking or coming loose.
These and other valuable objects are achieve by a thin plastic slug formed in an injection mold and having a central part decorated with lettering, a blazon or logo type. A section of double-sided adhesive tape temporarily protected by a peelable film is applied to the back of the slug. The plastic material is impregnated with a pleasant fragrance essence
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Ahmad Nasser
Buchaca John D.
Charmasson Henri J. A.
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