# US 2013/0152438 A1 · Stretchable message delivery system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0152438 A1 - Document ID: US20130152438A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/525,807 - Filed: 2012-06-18 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-10 - Inventors: Joel Morris - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130152438A1 ## CPC - G09F 3/02: Forms or constructions (layered products B32B) - A44C 5/0015: {providing information, e.g. bracelets with calendars (identification bracelets G09F3/005)} - A44C 5/0069: {extensible} - A44C 15/004: {Jewellery with monograms or other inscription} - B41J 3/407: for marking on special material - B42D 15/0093: {Sheet materials} - G09F 3/005: {Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person} - B41M 5/0011: {Pre-treatment or treatment during printing of the recording material, e.g. heating, irradiating (after-treatment of prints B41M7/00; printers for treating or overcoating copy materials before, during or after printing B41J11/0015)} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - A44C: PERSONAL ADORNMENTS, e.g. JEWELLERY; COINS - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) ## Abstract A method for promoting individual support, affiliation or allegiance, including printing a message on an elastic loop, wherein the message is decompressed and fully legible when the elastic loop is stretched and wherein the message is compressed and not fully legible when the elastic loop is unstretched, and distributing the elastic loop to a wearer. The elastic loop is sized to be stretched when worn on the wearer's wrist, such that the message is expanded into an uncompressed and legible configuration. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An ornamental bracelet for use as an article of jewelry, comprising: an elastic band sized and shaped to be worn around the wrist of a wearer and defining an inner surface and an outer surface; and a printed image having a first image portion and a second image portion disposed on the outer surface; wherein the elastic band has a first unstretched state and a second stretched state; wherein the printed image is configured to be compressed when the elastic band is in the first unstretched state; wherein the printed image is configured to be uncompressed when the elastic band is in the second stretched state; and wherein the first image portion expands substantially more than the second image portion when the elastic band is in the second stretched state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bracelet of claim 1 wherein the printed image is a text message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The bracelet of claim 1 wherein the printed image is a graphic image. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The bracelet of claim 1 wherein the printed image is a combination of text and graphic components. ### Claim 5 An elastic wrist-mounted messaging system, comprising: a generally flat loop of elastic material defining a message display surface having a first relaxed circumference and a second extended circumference; and a message printed on the message display surface; wherein the message includes a first message portion that is fully legible when the message display surface has the first relaxed circumference and a second message portion that is illegible when the message display surface has the first relaxed circumference; and wherein the first message portion elongates slightly when the message portion has the second extended circumference and the second message portion elongates greatly when the message portion has the second extended circumference. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The messaging system of claim 5 wherein the message is a text message. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The messaging system of claim 5 wherein the message is a graphic image. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The messaging system of claim 5 wherein the message is a combination of text and graphic elements. ### Claim 9 A method for promoting individual support, affiliation or allegiance, comprising: a) stretching a first loop portion and a second loop portion of an elastic loop, wherein the first portion is stretched more than the second portion; b) printing a first image portion on the stretched first loop portion; c) printing a second image portion on the stretched second loop portion; d) relaxing the elastic loop to compress first and second image portions; and e) distributing the elastic loop to a wearer; wherein the first and second loop portions are equally stretched when the elastic loop is stretched around a wearer's wrist; wherein the first and second image portions are at least partially decompressed when the elastic loop is stretched around a wearer's wrist; and wherein the second image portion elongates more than does the first image portion when the elastic loop is stretched around a wearer's wrist.