Method and apparatus for producing pet memorabilia
OwnerLaura D. Werbinventor
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing pet memorabilia utilizes both the efforts of a pet owner and of a processing center remote from the residence of the pet owner. The method employs materials provided in a container. The materials enable a pet owner to take an impression of the paw of a dog or other pet. The container is sized to receive the impression. The container is designed to be mailed to the remote processing center. The remote processing center using the impression to prepare a casting. A special cellulose—silicate casting material is used to take a casting. After the casting is completed, it is mounted on a display and returned to the pet owner.
Claims4
A method for producing pet memorabilia, comprising the steps of
- (a) providing impression material;
- (b) providing a mailing container;
- (c) making in said impression material an impression of a pet's paw;
- (d) placing said impression material in said mailing container;
- (e) mailing said mailing container to a remote location;
- (f) at the remote location, removing said impression material from said mailing container on receipt of the same;
- (g) preparing a casting material;
- (h) administering said casting material to said impression in said impression material to form a casting replicating said pet's paw;
- (i) finishing said casting;
- (j) mounting said casting on a display;
- (k) packaging said display to be mailed;
- and,
- (l) mailing said packaged display.
A method for producing pet memorabilia, comprising the steps of
- (a) providing an impression of a pet's paw;
- (b) preparing a casting material by admixing cellulose fibers to clay in a ratio of cellulose fibers to clay by weight in the range of 1:7.5 to 2:1;
- (c) applying said casting material to said impression to form a casting of said pet's paw;
- (d) removing said casting from said impression;
- (e) sculpting said casting;
- (f) drying said casting;
- (g) painting said dried casting;
- and,
- (h) sealing said casting.
Pet memorabilia comprising
- (a) a display;
- (b) a pet memorabilia mounted on said display;
- and,
- (c) a casting of a paw of the pet mounted on said display.
A pet memorabilia kit comprising
- (a) impression material;
- (b) a mailing container for said impression material;
- (c) a form for ordering a casting of the impression of a pet's paw made in said impression material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.