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US4923218A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Inscribed, paper-base announcement

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-08-15
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Granted: 1990-05-08
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Expires: 2008-08-15
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Abstract

Abstract The announcement is formed of one hundred percent cotton fiber paper on which, in colored ink, an inscription has been formed, and a lamination fixed over the paper and the inscription. Selected pigments are used to coat the paper, and polymers or an acetate is fixed thereon as a laminate. The paper chosen, having a starch surface sizing, a bases weight of from 19 to 21 pounds per ream of seventeen inch by twenty-two inch stock, a caliper of 3.4 to 3.7 mils, an opacity of seventy-eight to eighty-six percent, and a softening point of one hundred and sixty to one hundred and eighty degrees F., causes the colored ink to flow and fill-in, and stand out to appear to be a solid, printed image, when such coated paper is employed, and the noted laminates are fixed thereon. With even very limited reflected light, the announcement, and especially the colored ink inscription thereon, glows and shimmers, nearly simulating neon or other illuminated announcements.

Inventors

  • 👤 William A. Vigilanti

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 16:57
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D15/00; B42D15/0073; B42D15/0093

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 36 words
An inscribed, paper-base announcement, such as a sign, business card, or place mat, comprising: one hundred percent cotton fiber paper; wherein said paper has an inked inscription thereon; and a lamination fixed over said inscription-bearing paper.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 36 words
An inscribed, paper-base announcement, such as a sign, business card, or place mat, comprising: one hundred percent cotton fiber paper; wherein said paper has an inked inscription thereon; and a lamination fixed over said inscription-bearing paper.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 14 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said paper has a starch surface sizing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said paper has a bases weight of from approximately nineteen pounds to approximately twenty-one pounds, per ream, for seventeen inches by twenty-two inches sheets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said paper has a caliper of from approximately 3.4 mils to 3.7 mils.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 20 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said paper has an opacity of from approximately seventy-eight percent to eighty-six percent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 28 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: p1 said paper includes a coating taken from a group of pigment consisting of titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, silica and clay.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 28 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said lamination comprises a film former taken from a group consisting of an acrylic polymer, polyvinyl alcohol polymer, and polyvinyl acetate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 63 words
An announcement, according to claim 1, wherein: said paper includes (a) a coating taken from a group of pigments consisting of titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, silica and clay, deposited upon said cotton fiber paper, and (b) said lamination comprises a film former taken from a group consisting of an acrylic polymer, polyvinyl alcohol polymer, and polyvinvyl acetate deposited upon said coating and paper.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1993-05-07 1993-11-06 1994-05-08 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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