# US 2018/0025671 A1 · Visual image display board and method of manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025671 A1 - Document ID: US20180025671A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/654,810 - Filed: 2017-07-20 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-25 - Inventors: Richard Zappa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025671A1 ## CPC - G09F 1/08: wholly or partly imitating the form of an object, e.g. of the article to be advertised - B42D 15/042: {Foldable cards or sheets (B42D15/045 and B42D15/08 take precedence)} - G09F 1/06: to be erected in three dimensions [3D] (G09F1/08 takes precedence) - G09F 1/10: Supports or holders for show-cards - G09F 7/18: Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure - G09F 15/0056: {portable display standards} - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS - 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 ## Abstract A visual image display board according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a horizontal base and a display board. The display board includes a front surface, a back surface, a left side, a right side, an upper side and a bottom side. The bottom side of the display board is coupled to the horizontal base. An adhesive layer is disposed between the bottom side of the display board and the horizontal base. The adhesive layer couples the display board to the horizontal base. One or more photographs are conformally disposed on the front surface of the display board. A shape of the one or more photographs substantially corresponds with a shape of the display board. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A visual image display board, comprising: a horizontal base; a display board, wherein the display board comprises a front surface, a back surface, a left side, a right side, an upper side and a bottom side, and wherein the bottom side of the display board is coupled to the horizontal base; an adhesive layer disposed between the bottom side of the display board and the horizontal base, wherein the adhesive layer couples the display board to the horizontal base; and one or more photographs conformally disposed on the front surface of the display board, wherein a shape of the one or more photographs substantially corresponds with a shape of the display board. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The visual image display board of claim 1, wherein a width of the left, side, the right side, the upper side and the bottom side of the display board is from about 1 to about 20 cm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The visual image display board of claim 1, wherein the one or more photographs includes one or more sports figures. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The visual image display board of claim 3, further comprising one or more sports card display cases coupled to the horizontal base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The visual image display board of claim 1, wherein the one or more photographs does not overlap any of the left, side, the right side, the upper side and the bottom side of the display board. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The visual image display board of claim 1, wherein the one or more photographs are attached to the front surface of the display board with an adhesive. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The visual image display board of claim 6, wherein the adhesive is a spray adhesive configured to adhere to any of fabric, felt, cork and fibrous glass, flexible foam, latex, urethane, rigid foam, leather, rubber, EPDM rubber, metal, plastic, PVC, acrylic, nylon, glass, ceramic, gypsum board, fiberglass, masonry, paper, cardboard, polyolefins, elastomers, wood, hardboard, and vinyl. ### Claim 8 A visual image display board, comprising: a horizontal base; a display board, wherein the display board comprises a first front surface, a first back surface, a first left side, a first right side, a first upper side and a first bottom side, and wherein the first bottom side of the display board is coupled to the horizontal base; an adhesive layer disposed between the first bottom side of the display board and the horizontal base, wherein the adhesive layer couples the display board to the horizontal base; and a disarticulated display board member disposed in front of the first front surface of the display board, wherein the disarticulated display board member is formed of a separated portion of the display board. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The visual image display board of claim 8, wherein a first portion of a visual image is displayed on the display board, and wherein a second portion of the visual image is displayed on the disarticulated display board member. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The visual image display board of claim 8, further comprising one or more support brackets coupled to the first back surface of the display board and a second back surface of the disarticulated display board member. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The visual image display board of claim 8, wherein a width of the left, side, the right side, the upper side and the bottom side of the display board is from about 1 to about 20 cm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The visual image display board of claim 6, wherein the adhesive is a spray adhesive configured to adhere to any of fabric, felt, cork and fibrous glass, flexible foam, latex, urethane, rigid foam, leather, rubber, EPDM rubber, metal, plastic, PVC, acrylic, nylon, glass, ceramic, gypsum board, fiberglass, masonry, paper, cardboard, polyolefins, elastomers, wood, hardboard, and vinyl. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The visual image display board of claim 8, wherein the first portion of the visual image does not overlap the first left side, the first right side, the first upper side or the first bottom side of the display board, and wherein the second portion of the visual image does not overlap a second left side, a second right side, a second upper side or a second bottom side of the disarticulated display board member. ### Claim 14 A method of manufacturing a visual image display board, comprising: providing a horizontal base and a display board base panel; coating substantially an entire front surface of the display board base panel with a multipurpose spray adhesive; adhering one or more photographs to the coated front surface of the display board base panel; cutting the display board base panel into a shape corresponding with the visual image; and coupling the display board base panel to the horizontal base. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 14, further comprising removing a portion of the display board base panel including a portion of the adhered photograph; moving the removed portion of the display board base panel including the portion of the adhered photograph forward of the display board base panel, and attaching the removed portion of the display board base panel including the portion of the adhered photograph to the display board base panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 14, wherein the multipurpose spray adhesive is configured to adhere to any of fabric, felt, cork and fibrous glass, flexible foam, latex, urethane, rigid foam, leather, rubber, EPDM rubber, metal, plastic, PVC, acrylic, nylon, glass, ceramic, gypsum board, fiberglass, masonry, paper, cardboard, polyolefins, elastomers, wood, hardboard, and vinyl. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 14, further comprising coupling one or more sports card display cases to the horizontal base. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 14, wherein the one or more photographs does not overlap any of a left, side, a right side, an upper side and a bottom side of the cut out display board base panel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 14, wherein the display board base panel is coupled to the horizontal base using an adhesive. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of manufacturing the visual image display board of claim 19, wherein the adhesive is configured to adhere to any of fabric, felt, cork and fibrous glass, flexible foam, latex, urethane, rigid foam, leather, rubber, EPDM rubber, metal, plastic, PVC, acrylic, nylon, glass, ceramic, gypsum board, fiberglass, masonry, paper, cardboard, polyolefins, elastomers, wood, hardboard, and vinyl.