Impression medium for preserving handprints and footprints for reproduction and method therefor
OwnerJacqueline Serfossinventor
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Abstract
An impression medium for preserving handprints and footprints for reproduction. Preferably, the device is used for infants. Still further, preferably, the preserved handprints and footprints allow for reproduction onto personalized keepsakes, such as birth announcements, birth certificates, mugs, t-shirts, and candy wrappers.
Claims25
An impression medium for preserving at least a portion of at least one of a handprint and a footprint comprising, in combination:
- an imprint film;
- a printing medium coated onto a bottom surface of said imprint film;
- a printing surface proximate said bottom surface of said imprint film;
- and
- a substantially rigid backer dimensioned to be placed proximate a bottom surface of said printing surface.
A method for preserving handprints and footprints for reproduction comprising the steps of:
- providing an impression medium for preserving at least a portion of at least one of a handprint and a footprint;
- recording at least one of a handprint and a footprint onto said impression medium;
- and
- copying at least one of said handprint and said footprint from said impression medium onto a personalized keepsake.
A method for preserving handprints and footprints onto an impression medium for production of a personalized keepsake comprising the steps of:
- providing an impression medium for preserving at least a portion of at least one of a handprint and a footprint, said impression medium comprising, in combination:
- an imprint film;
- a frame coupled about said imprint film, said frame defining at least one window dimensioned to expose at least a portion of said imprint film, said portion being sized to fit at least a portion of at least one of said handprint and said footprint;
- an ink coated onto a bottom surface of said imprint film;
- a printing surface proximate said bottom surface of said imprint film;
- an imprint protector sheet dimensioned to be placed between said bottom surface of said imprint film and a top surface of said printing surface;
- and
- a rigid backer coupled along a first edge to a corresponding first edge of said frame and dimensioned to be folded so as to be proximate a bottom surface of said printing surface;
- and
- pressing at least one of a hand and a foot on a top surface of said imprint film so as to impart at least a portion of at least one of said handprint and said footprint from said bottom surface of said imprint film onto said printing surface;
- and
- copying from said printing surface at least a portion of at least one of said handprint and said footprint onto one of a birth announcement, a card, a mug, a shirt, and a candy wrapper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.