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US3279100A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Exhibitor of informative markings removably applied by pressure to a display surface thereof

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-04-02
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Granted: 1966-10-18
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Expires: 1984-04-02
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Philip H Knott

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 17:29
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F9/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 349 words
EXHIBITOR OF INFORMATIVE MARKINGS REMOVABLY APPLIED BY PRESSURE TO A DISPLAY SURFACE THEREOF COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH (A) A RELATIVELY EXTENDED STIFF BACKING MEANS, A SUPERIMPOSED DEPRESSIBLE FLEXIBLE IMPRESSION PANEL SEEMINGLY OF LIMITED OPACITY AND CERTAIN HUE LOOSELY OVERLYING AND HIDING SAID BACKING SURFACE, AND INTERVENING PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS TO PERMIT OBSERVATION OF THE BACKING MEANS THROUGH THE IMPRESSION PANEL AT POINTS OF PRESSURE DEPRESSION OF THE LATTER WHICH THERE WINDOWS THE INTERVENING MEANS, OF (B) A BACKING SURFACE CARRIED BY SID BACKING MEANS FACING TOWARD SAID WINDOWING MEANS, SAID BACKING SURFACE BEING PROVIDED WITH A CERTAIN PATTERN OF COLORED AREAS OF A CERTAIN HUE AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SIMILAR PATTERN OF COLORED AREAS OF A DIFFERENT HUE WITH THE PARTS OF THE ADDITIONAL PATTERN OFFSET LATERALLY IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION FROM THE SIMILAR PARTS OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED PATTERN AT A UNIFORM SPACING IN THIS LATERAL DIRECTION; (C) SAID PATTERNED VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE, IMPRESSION PANEL AND INTERVENING PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS FORMING A STACK OF PLANAR ELEMENTS; (D) A PRESSURE-LOCALIZING PLANARK MEMBER EMBODIED IN SAID STACK AND BEARING ON ONE FACE THEREOF A FIXED PATTERN OF SPACED PRESSURE-LOCALIZING RAISED LANDS FACING TOWARD SAID PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS WITH SAID LANDS ARRANGED IN A PATTERN FOR ALIGNMENT WITH AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE COLORED AREAS OF ONE OF THE HUES IN A PARTICULAR RELATIVE LATERAL POSITION AND FOR ALIGNMENT WITH AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE COLORED AREAS OF THE OTHER OF THE HUES IN ANOTHER PARTICULAR RELATIVE LATERAL POSITION, (E) ALL OF THE PLANAR ELEMENTS OF SAID STACK INTERVENING SAID PRESSURE-LOCALIZING LANDS AND SAID WINDOWING MEANS BEING FLEXIBLE FOR EFFECTIVE LOCALIZED WINDOWING PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID LANDS AND WINDOWING MEANS; AND (F) MEANS TO SHIFT LATERALLY ONE OF SAID VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE AND SAID PRESSURE-LOCALIZING PLANAR MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS IN THE SAID LATERAL DIRECTION OF OFFSET OF THE PARTS OF THE TWO DIFFERENTLY PATTERNS BETWEEN THE TWO RELATIVE POSITIONS, (G) ALL PLANAR ELEMENTS IN SAID STACK INTERVENING SAID VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE AND A POINT OF OBSERVATION OUTWARD OF THE TOP OF SAID STACK BEING OF "SEE THROUGH" CHARACTER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 349 words
EXHIBITOR OF INFORMATIVE MARKINGS REMOVABLY APPLIED BY PRESSURE TO A DISPLAY SURFACE THEREOF COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH (A) A RELATIVELY EXTENDED STIFF BACKING MEANS, A SUPERIMPOSED DEPRESSIBLE FLEXIBLE IMPRESSION PANEL SEEMINGLY OF LIMITED OPACITY AND CERTAIN HUE LOOSELY OVERLYING AND HIDING SAID BACKING SURFACE, AND INTERVENING PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS TO PERMIT OBSERVATION OF THE BACKING MEANS THROUGH THE IMPRESSION PANEL AT POINTS OF PRESSURE DEPRESSION OF THE LATTER WHICH THERE WINDOWS THE INTERVENING MEANS, OF (B) A BACKING SURFACE CARRIED BY SID BACKING MEANS FACING TOWARD SAID WINDOWING MEANS, SAID BACKING SURFACE BEING PROVIDED WITH A CERTAIN PATTERN OF COLORED AREAS OF A CERTAIN HUE AND AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SIMILAR PATTERN OF COLORED AREAS OF A DIFFERENT HUE WITH THE PARTS OF THE ADDITIONAL PATTERN OFFSET LATERALLY IN A CERTAIN DIRECTION FROM THE SIMILAR PARTS OF THE FIRST-MENTIONED PATTERN AT A UNIFORM SPACING IN THIS LATERAL DIRECTION; (C) SAID PATTERNED VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE, IMPRESSION PANEL AND INTERVENING PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS FORMING A STACK OF PLANAR ELEMENTS; (D) A PRESSURE-LOCALIZING PLANARK MEMBER EMBODIED IN SAID STACK AND BEARING ON ONE FACE THEREOF A FIXED PATTERN OF SPACED PRESSURE-LOCALIZING RAISED LANDS FACING TOWARD SAID PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS WITH SAID LANDS ARRANGED IN A PATTERN FOR ALIGNMENT WITH AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE COLORED AREAS OF ONE OF THE HUES IN A PARTICULAR RELATIVE LATERAL POSITION AND FOR ALIGNMENT WITH AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE COLORED AREAS OF THE OTHER OF THE HUES IN ANOTHER PARTICULAR RELATIVE LATERAL POSITION, (E) ALL OF THE PLANAR ELEMENTS OF SAID STACK INTERVENING SAID PRESSURE-LOCALIZING LANDS AND SAID WINDOWING MEANS BEING FLEXIBLE FOR EFFECTIVE LOCALIZED WINDOWING PRESSURE BETWEEN SAID LANDS AND WINDOWING MEANS; AND (F) MEANS TO SHIFT LATERALLY ONE OF SAID VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE AND SAID PRESSURE-LOCALIZING PLANAR MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID PLANAR WINDOWING MEANS IN THE SAID LATERAL DIRECTION OF OFFSET OF THE PARTS OF THE TWO DIFFERENTLY PATTERNS BETWEEN THE TWO RELATIVE POSITIONS, (G) ALL PLANAR ELEMENTS IN SAID STACK INTERVENING SAID VARICOLORED BACKING SURFACE AND A POINT OF OBSERVATION OUTWARD OF THE TOP OF SAID STACK BEING OF "SEE THROUGH" CHARACTER.

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