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US3068140A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method of making plastic identification plates

Assignee: AB Dick Co
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Filing: 1958-03-03
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Granted: 1962-12-11
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Expires: 1978-03-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Stanley R Biddle

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 02:56
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D25/00; B42D25/40; B42D25/45; B42D25/46; B32; B32B; B32B37/00; B32B37/14; B32B37/16; B32B37/18; B32B37/182; B32B37/185; B41; B41L; B41L47/00; B41L47/02; B42D25/20; B42D25/405; B42D25/425; B42D25/455; B32B2425/00; B42D2033/04; B42D2033/08; B42D2033/40; B42D2035/06; B42D2035/08; B42D25/30; B42D25/309; B42D25/324; B42D25/475; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S283/00; Y10S283/904; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/10; Y10T156/1002; Y10T156/1051; Y10T156/1052; Y10T156/1062; Y10T156/1067; Y10T156/1069; Y10T156/108; Y10T156/1089; Y10T156/109; Y10T156/1092

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 162 words
THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN IDENTIFICATION DEVICE COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING STEPS: IMMPRINTING ONE SIDE ONLY OF A THIN OPAQUE BASE SHEET OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN PARALLEL COLUMNS WITH GENERAL IDENTIFICATION DATA RESPECTIVELY IN INDIVIDUAL COLUMNS FOR THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES OF A PLURALITY OF IDENTIFICATION DEVICES, THE DATA FOR THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES OF EACH DEVICE BEING DISPOSED IN TRANSVERSE PAIRED JUXTAPOSED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; SEPARATING FROM SAID SHEET A PLURALITY OF TWO-PART IDENTIFICATION-DEVICE SEGMENTS EACH COMPRISING LEFT AND RIGHT HAND PORTIONS BEARING BOTH OBVERSE-SIDE AND REVERSESIDE GENERAL DATA; ARRANGING EACH OF SAID IDENTIFICATIONDEVICE SEGMENTS TO DISPOSE THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF IN BACK-TO-BACK RELATION; FUSING COVERING SHEETS OF SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT THERMOSPLASTIC MATERIAL ONTO THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDE PORTIONS OF EACH PORTION OF EACH OFSAID SEGMENTS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FUSING THE TWO PORTIONS INCLUDED IN EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS TOGETHER UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE TO FORM A PROTECTED UNITARY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE INDIVISIBLE ALONG THE PLANES OF FUSION.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 162 words
THE METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN IDENTIFICATION DEVICE COMPRISING THE FOLLOWING STEPS: IMMPRINTING ONE SIDE ONLY OF A THIN OPAQUE BASE SHEET OF THERMOPLASTIC MATERIAL IN PARALLEL COLUMNS WITH GENERAL IDENTIFICATION DATA RESPECTIVELY IN INDIVIDUAL COLUMNS FOR THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES OF A PLURALITY OF IDENTIFICATION DEVICES, THE DATA FOR THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDES OF EACH DEVICE BEING DISPOSED IN TRANSVERSE PAIRED JUXTAPOSED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; SEPARATING FROM SAID SHEET A PLURALITY OF TWO-PART IDENTIFICATION-DEVICE SEGMENTS EACH COMPRISING LEFT AND RIGHT HAND PORTIONS BEARING BOTH OBVERSE-SIDE AND REVERSESIDE GENERAL DATA; ARRANGING EACH OF SAID IDENTIFICATIONDEVICE SEGMENTS TO DISPOSE THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDE PORTIONS THEREOF IN BACK-TO-BACK RELATION; FUSING COVERING SHEETS OF SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT THERMOSPLASTIC MATERIAL ONTO THE OBVERSE AND REVERSE SIDE PORTIONS OF EACH PORTION OF EACH OFSAID SEGMENTS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FUSING THE TWO PORTIONS INCLUDED IN EACH OF SAID SEGMENTS TOGETHER UNDER HEAT AND PRESSURE TO FORM A PROTECTED UNITARY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE INDIVISIBLE ALONG THE PLANES OF FUSION.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1965-12-10 1966-06-11 1966-12-11 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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