Method of producing a package for display and handling of foil art

Claim 1

The method of producing an improved package for the display and handling of foil art comprising the steps of: determining the size of said foil art; providing a backboard longer and wider than the size of said foil art said backboard having a thickness of at least 14 ply; positioning said foil art and said backboard, leaving margins around all the sides of said foil art; adhering said foil art to said backboard by adhesive; providing a mat of the same size as said backboard, said mat having an aperture centrally defined therein slightly smaller than the size of said foil art; positioning said mat over said backboard so that said aperture is above said foil art with a portion of said mat covering the edges of said foil art; adhering said mat to said backboard; providing a stiff plastic film of at least 10 mils in thickness of the approximate size of said backboard; positioning said plastic film to contact said mat above said foil art; putting said resulting backboard, foil art, mat, and stiff plastic film sandwich provided above into an approximately 75 gauge shrinkwrap envelope of clear chemically-compatible material; to said stiff plastic film; sealing the edges of said shrinkwrap; positioning the resulting shrinkwrap covered package on a ledge in a heat tunnel; heating lightly said shrinkwrap causing slow shrinkage of said wrap; rolling said sandwich package under a first hot roller to remove the air from therein; heating said shrinkwrapping to cause said shrinkwrapping to shrink tightly around said sandwich package; and rolling said sandwich package under a second hot roller to iron any wrinkles remaining in said shrinkwrap. providing a mat of the same size as said backboard having an aperture defined therein of the approximate size of said foil art; adhering said mat to said backboard so that said aperture is above said foil art; and positioning said plastic film to contact said mat above said foil art.

Claim 2

The method of producing an improved package for the display and handling of foil art comprising the steps of: determining the size of said foil art; providing a backboard longer and wider than the size of said foil art said backboard having a thickness of at least 14 ply; positioning said foil art and said backboard, leaving margins around all the sides of said foil art; adhering said foil art to said backboard by adhesive; providing a mat of the same size as said backboard, said mat having an aperture centrally defined therein slightly smaller than the size of said foil art; positioning said mat over said backboard so that said aperture is above said foil art with a portion of said mat covering the edges of said foil art; adhering said mat to said backboard; providing a stiff plastic film of at least 10 mils in thickness of the approximate size of said backboard; positioning said plastic film to contact said mat above said foil art; putting said resulting backboard, foil art, mat, and stiff plastic film sandwich provided above into an approximately 75 gauge shrinkwrap envelope of clear chemically-compatible material; to said stiff plastic film; sealing the edges of said shrinkwrap; positioning the resulting shrinkwrap covered package on a ledge in a heat tunnel; heating lightly said shrinkwrap causing slow shrinkage of said wrap; rolling said sandwich package under a first hot roller to remove the air from therein; heating said shrinkwrapping to cause said shrinkwrapping to shrink tightly around said sandwich package; and rolling said sandwich package under a second hot roller to iron any wrinkles remaining in said shrinkwrap. providing a mat of the same size as said backboard having an aperture defined therein of the approximate size of said foil art; adhering said mat to said backboard so that said aperture is above said foil art; and positioning said plastic film to contact said mat above said foil art.