Article holder
OwnerSmith-Sinclair Michaelinventor
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Abstract
An article holder comprising a rigid base and a thick layer of slightly resilient, set material on the base. The layer has impressions extending inwardly from the top surface of the layer toward the base, each impression formed, before the material sets, by the article to be stored in the impression. A method for making an article holder comprising providing a rigid base and providing a thick, substantially uniform, layer of impressionable, settable, material on the base. Each article to be stored on the holder is then pressed into the layer toward the base to form an impression of the article in the layer. The material is then allowed to set to provide a slightly resilient layer of material on the base with permanent impressions for receiving the articles.
Claims10
An article holder comprising a rigid base and a thick layer of slightly resilient, set material on the base, the layer having impressions extending inwardly from the top surface of the layer toward the base, each impression formed, before the material sets, by at least the bottom portion of the article to be stored in the impression.
A method for making an article holder comprising:
- providing a rigid base;
- providing a thick, substantially uniform, layer of impressionable, settable, material on the base;
- pressing each article to be stored on the holder into the layer toward the base to form an impression of at least a portion of the article in the layer;
- and allowing the material to set to provide a slightly resilient layer of material on the base with permanent impressions for receiving the articles.
A kit for making an article holder comprising:
- a rigid base having a raised border about its sides;
- and a separate, sealed container carrying sufficient impressionable, settable material to cover the surface of the base within the borders to a sufficient thickness to allow impressions of articles to be formed in the layer by pressing the articles into the layer before it sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.