Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-11
2001-05-08
Hughes, S. Thomas (Department: 3726)
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
C040S800000, C264S222000, C264S223000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06226850
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention relates to the display of articles. In particular, the invention is for the purpose of forming and displaying a tablet having the impressions of an individual's hands or feet along with a photograph of that individual. The invention encompasses an apparatus and a method.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Arrangements have been devised in the past for making and displaying impressions of portions of an individual's body, particularly hand impressions. U.S. Pat. No. 2,591,565, for example, discloses a method of forming hand or feet impressions in clay while the clay is disposed in a metal pan. The metal pan and clay therein are then mounted and clamped to the rear of a frame of metal or other material having a rectangular opening. The clay is dried in the frame. The patent teaches that the raised edges of the clay panel are clamped by clamping elements so that they firmly engage the contiguous edge of the rectangular opening in the frame while the clay drys.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,682,725, issued Jul. 6, 1954 illustrates the use of a molding kit to form impressions of children's hands or footprints, the impressions being made in plaster of Paris.
A molding kit incorporating molding material and plaster to form plaques preserving impressions of hands or feet is shown on page 11 of the Brainstorms Holiday Gift Catalog, 1995 Fall edition.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,525, issued Oct. 22, 1974, illustrates a picture frame and plaque including double frame members which are permanently sealed in a spaced parallel relationship. The frame is constructed to permit ready removal and replacement of a graphical display employed in combination with plaques, display boards or the like.
Other representative prior art display mounts and frame displays are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,199,883, issued Apr. 29, 1980, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,218,774, issued Jun. 15, 1993.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to an article display kit of unique character which is employed to readily construct and form a display including a tablet having one or more impressions therein and a photograph or other picture. The invention is particularly applicable to taking hand or foot impressions of a child and displaying them along with a depiction of the child.
This may be accomplished readily and the kit is relatively simple and inexpensive. Furthermore, no undesirable mess is created in the process as compared for example with existing hand or feet impression kits employing plaster of Paris and similar substances.
The article display kit of the present invention includes a frame having a frame front and a frame back and defining first and second openings therein at the frame front.
A pliable impression member for taking an impression of a person's hand or foot is also included in the kit.
The combination also includes a container containing the impression member and sealing the impression member from the ambient atmosphere to maintain the impression member in pliable condition, the impression member and the container being positioned in the first opening.
Means is provided for releasably holding the impression member and the container in the first opening and allowing an individual to remove the impression member and the container from the opening whereby the container may be removed from the impression member and an impression made in the impression member while the impression member is in pliable condition.
Picture retention means is provided for retaining a picture in the second opening to display the picture. The picture may, for example, be of a child who made the impression in the impression member.
Impression member retention means is provided for retaining the impression member in the first opening for display thereof after an impression has been made in the impression member and after the impression member has been hardened to fix the impression in the impression member.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention disclosed herein the impression member comprises a clay tablet.
Other features, advantages, and objects of the present invention will become apparent with reference to the following description and accompanying drawings.
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P. 11 of the Brainstorms Holiday Gift Catalog, 1995 Fall Edition.
Hughes S. Thomas
Lampe Thomas R.
Omgba Essama
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