Heat shrinkable book cover
OwnerRonald Redainventor
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Abstract
A flexible heat shrinkable plastic book cover with two pockets allowing the front and back cover of the book to slide into. Once the covers are within their sleeves hot air is applied from a hair dryer, heat gun or other heat emitting air flow device. When the hot air comes into contact with the heat sensitive plastic wrap it causes it to shrink and form itself snuggly around the book creating a sealed membrane around the outer cover of the book. Said cover may or may not have printing and or graphics on and about the cover and inside the cover.
Claims15
A protective cover comprising:
- a one piece sheet forming a pair of pockets at each end and each pocket including two sealed edges an open side and a folded edge.
A method of shrinking a covering unto a book comprising the steps of:
- forming a cover having a pair of pockets at each end:
- orienting a book so that each book cover is folded back at about a 90 degree angle from the pages;
- inserting the book covers into the pockets of the cover;
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- applying heat to the cover and shrinking the cover to tightly fit around the book.
A method of fabricating a shrinkable book cover comprising the steps of:
- rolling a film through a roller to orient the film in a flat state;
- engaging the sides of the film to form a folded portion on each side;
- orienting the folded over sides to provide a gap in the center;
- cutting the sides of the film using a hot wire to provide sealed edges of the folded sides to form a pair of pockets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.