Molding strip

Claim 1

A molding strip for surrounding a character, the character including front and rear faces of selected configuration and a peripheral extent which separates said front and rear faces from one another, said front face being disposed for viewing, said molding strip comprising a composite assembly, said composite assembly including a first elongated strip of metallic foil of a prescribed width and substantially 0.002 inches in thickness, said first strip being provided with a longitudinal flanged end portion, a second elongated strip of Mylar film provided with a plurality of light-reflecting glass beads adhering thereto to define a light-reflective material having a lesser width than said first elongated strip and disposed in a superposed position on said flanged end portion of said first elongated strip, said first and second elongated strips being substantially of equal length, an elongated flexible transparent plastic body constituted of cellulose acetate butyrate in an encapsulating position about said first and second elongated strips, said plastic body having a continuous extent overlying said peripheral extent of said character, said plastic body including end portions overlying edges of said front face of said character, said end portion including a flat surface and a rounded surface, said flat surface serving as a ledge for directly contacting said front face said second elongated strip and said flanged end portion of said first elongated strip being disposed in said body end portions with said second elongated strip exposed to view when viewing said front face of saiD character, whereby said second elongated strip outlines said character for display by reflecting light impinging on said second elongated strip.