Apparatus and method for printing images with integral frame
OwnerMichael Sturba, Russell Wilsoninventors
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Abstract
A display apparatus is formed from sheet of stock having an image portion separable from a support portion wherein an image is printed on a display side of the image portion and the two portions assembled together to form an integral frame free-standing display. The sheet is provided with die cut and score lines so that no cutting or pasting is required. A computer program enables the combination of digital photographs, simulated picture frame images, clip art and text for processing through a personal computer printer.
Claims20
A display apparatus for use in printing images with an integral frame, comprising:
- an image portion having a display side and an opposite side, said image portion having first attachment means formed integral therewith;
- and
- a support portion attached to said image portion to form a sheet of stock, said support portion being attached to said image portion at a separation die cut line formed in said sheet of stock, said support portion having second attachment means formed integral therewith, whereby when said support portion is separated from said image portion at said separation die cut line and said first and second attachment means are engaged, said image portion and said support portion cooperate with a generally horizontal support surface to orient said display side in a generally vertical plane for viewing.
The display apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said second attachment means is a pair of tabs extending from said support portion for engaging associated openings formed by said attachment die cut lines.
A display apparatus for use in printing and displaying an image comprising:
- a sheet of stock having a display side with at least one image portion and a support side opposite said display side;
- and
- magnetic means being one of integral with said sheet of stock and a layer attached to said support side, whereby when the image is printed on said at least one image portion, said magnetic means is operable to retain said sheet of stock on a metal surface with said display side oriented for viewing the image.
A method for forming an image display apparatus having an integral frame, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a sheet of stock having an image portion separable from a support portion, the sheet of stock having a display side;
- b) obtaining an image in digital form;
- c) printing the image on the display side in an image area of the image portion;
- d) separating the support portion from the image portion;
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- e) assembling the support portion to the image portion to form a framed image display apparatus that cooperates with a generally horizontal support surface to orient the display side of the image portion in a generally vertical plane for viewing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.