Lettering guide apparatus

Claim 2

Lettering apparatus comprising a flat card stock lettering plate having a series of parallel individually peelable disposable strips mounted on the plate, and a releasable bonding means connected to the strips on sides thereof adjacent the plate for holding the strips on the plate and for permitting selected strips to be pulled from the plate and for leaving remaining strips on the plate, and surface discontinuities formed between the plate and strips remaining on the plate, whereby the surface discontinuities form guides for lettering on the plate, wherein a first space on a front face of the plate is devoid of the peelable, disposable strips and wherein the peelable, disposable strips are mounted adjacent each other on a second portion of the front face of the plate.

Claim 3

The lettering apparatus of claim 1 wherein the plate is a card stock name tag, and wherein the strips are mounted on a portion of a front face of the name tag.

Claim 4

The lettering apparatus of claim 2 wherein the card stock name tag has an adhesive on a rear face opposite the strips for fixing to clothing of a user and has a release sheet on the adhesive for protecting the adhesive until the name tag is readied for mounting on the clothing of a user.

Claim 5

The lettering apparatus of claim 2 wherein the card stock name tag has a space on an upper portion of a front face which is devoid of strips for receiving printed letters, and wherein the parallel strips are mounted on a lower portion of the front face, whereby some of the strips may be removed to provide spaces for receiving lettering of names with the remaining strips providing guidelines for the lettering.

Claim 6

Lettering guide apparatus comprising a relatively rigid lettering plate name card, a series of relatively flexible parallel individually peelable disposable strips joined in sheets comprised of a plurality of said strips on a front face of the card for mounting on the lettering plate name card and releasable bonding means connected to backs of the strips on sides thereof adjacent the lettering plate name card for holding the strips on said name card and for permitting selected strips to be pulled from the lettering plate name card and for leaving remaining strips on the lettering plate name card, thereby creating surface discontinuities between the lettering plate name card and strips remaining on the lettering plate name card, whereby the surface discontinuities form guides for lettering on the lettering plate name card, adhesive means on the back of the name card, and a releasable sheet mounted adjacent the adhesive means on the back of the name card.

Claim 7

Lettering guide apparatus comprising a relatively rigid lettering plate name card, a series of relatively flexible parallel individually peelable disposable strips joined in sheets comprised of a plurality of said strips on a front face of the card for mounting on the lettering plate name card and releasable bonding means connected to backs of the strips on sides thereof adjacent the lettering plate name card for holding the strips on said name card and for permitting selected strips to be pulled from the lettering plate name card and for leaving remaining strips on the lettering plate name card, thereby creating surface discontinuities between the lettering plate name card and strips remaining on the lettering plate name card, whereby the surface discontinuities form guides for lettering on the lettering plate name card, adhesive means on the back of the name card, and a releasable sheet mounted adjacent the adhesive means on the back of the name card.

Claim 8

The lettering guide apparatus of claim 5 wherein the object is a name card with the peelable strips on a front face of the card, and further comprising adhesive means on the back of the name card, a releasable sheet mounted adjacent the adhesive means on the back of the name card.