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US 12,017,474 B2Granted
Crafting mat assembly, method for utilizing the same and packaging assembly
AssigneeCricut, Inc.
InventorsMitchell Alan Cheever, Kristy Lynn Barney, James A. Elzey
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Abstract
A crafting mat includes a container portion and a layered interior body portion. The container portion includes a top layer and a bottom layer connected to the top layer for defining a cavity. The layered interior body portion is disposed within the cavity. The layered interior body portion includes an upper layer, a lower layer and an intermediate layer disposed between the upper layer and the lower layer. A method for utilizing a crafting mat is also disclosed. A packaging assembly including packaging and a crafting mat is also disclosed.
Claims10
A method comprising:
- arranging a crafting mat assembly upon a support member, the crafting mat assembly comprising one or more upstream layers, one or more downstream layers, and a container portion defining a cavity and a layered interior body portion disposed within the cavity, the container portion comprising a top layer connected to an insulative bottom layer;
- arranging a substrate portion upon the crafting mat assembly;
- arranging a design portion adjacent the substrate portion;
- arranging a heating device adjacent the design portion;
- and
- directing heat from the heating device through the design portion, the substrate portion, and partially through the one or more upstream layers, but not through the one or more downstream layers, of the crafting mat assembly such that a first layer of the one or more downstream layers reflects the heat from the heating device back through the one or more upstream layers, the substrate portion and the design portion, wherein the substrate portion and the design portion are disposed between the crafting mat assembly and the heating device,
- wherein the crafting mat assembly can be removed from the support member after directing the heat from the heating device.
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A method comprising:
- arranging a crafting mat assembly upon a support member, the crafting mat assembly comprising one or more upstream layers, one or more downstream layers, a container portion defining a cavity, and a layered interior body portion disposed within the cavity, the container portion comprising a top layer connected to an insulative bottom layer;
- arranging a substrate portion upon the crafting mat assembly;
- arranging a design portion adjacent the substrate portion;
- arranging a heating device adjacent the design portion;
- directing heat from the heating device through the design portion, the substrate portion, and partially through the one or more upstream layers, but not through the one or more downstream layers, of the crafting mat assembly such that a first layer of the one or more downstream layers reflects the heat from the heating device back through the one or more upstream layers, the substrate portion and the design portion, wherein the substrate portion and the design portion are disposed between the crafting mat assembly and the heating device;
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- after directing the heat from the heating device, removing the crafting mat assembly from the support member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.