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US 2022/0180775 A1Published application
Yard sign and method of making a yard sign
AssigneeFUJIFILM North America Corporation
InventorDevin Perpetua
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Abstract
A method of making signs includes printing selected visual content on a surface of material. Punch holes along at least two outer edges of the material. Orient u-stake at an x-axis of the material and thread the leg portions of the stake through the holes. Fold the material over the u-stake along the x-axis of the material, the folding dividing the material into parts, a first part and a second part, and orients the first part and the second part such that a first side of the first part adjacent to a first side of the second part, after the folding, comprise no printed visual content, and a second side of the first part and a second side of the second part comprise outer surfaces and comprise the visual content. Secure the first part to the second part.
Claims20
A method of making a yard sign, comprising:
- obtaining a material upon which visual content can be printed by a printer, wherein the material is rectangular and comprises an x-axis dividing the material horizontally and a y-axis dividing the material vertically;
- printing, utilizing the printer, selected visual content on a surface of the material;
- utilizing a hole puncher, to punch an even number of sets of holes along at least two outer edges of the material, wherein the at least two outer edges are parallel to the y-axis and each other and wherein each hole of the even number of the sets of holes is on a same side of the x-axis of the material;
- orienting a u-stake at the x-axis of the material, wherein the u-stake comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other and connected by a third portion, which is perpendicular to the first portion and the second portion, wherein the orienting comprises threading one or the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake through each hole of the even number of the sets of holes, such that a first hole of each set of holes comprises an entry point for the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake, and a second hole of each set of holes comprises an exit point for the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake, and wherein the third portion is oriented adjacent to the x-axis of the material;
- folding the material over the u-stake along the x-axis of the material, the folding dividing the material into parts, a first part and a second part, and orienting the first part and the second part such that a first side of the first part adjacent to a first side of the second part, after the folding, comprise no printed visual content, and a second side of the first part and a second side of the second part comprise outer surfaces and comprise the visual content, and wherein the punches holed are in either the first part or the second part of the material;
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- securing, using an attachment, the first part to the second part.
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A printed sign comprising:
- a material printed with visual content by a printer, wherein the material is rectangular and folded along an x-axis forming a first part and a second part, wherein prior to the folding, the x-axis visually divided the material horizontally, and wherein a y-axis visually divides the material vertically;
- a u-stake oriented at the x-axis of the material such that the u-stake is in contact with an in inner surface of the first part and an inner surface of the second part, wherein the visual content appears on an outer surface of the first part and on an outer surface of the second part, wherein the u-stake comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion and the second portion are parallel to each other and connected by a third portion, which is perpendicular to the first portion and the second portion, wherein the third portion is oriented adjacent to the x-axis of the material wherein one of the first part or the second part comprises an even number of sets of holes along at least two outer edges of the material, and wherein one of the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake is threaded through each hole of the even number of the sets of holes, such that a first hole of each set of holes comprises an entry point for the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake, and a second hole of each set of holes comprises an exit point for the first portion or the second portion of the u-stake, and wherein the third portion is oriented adjacent to the x-axis of the material;
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- a securing mechanism securing the first part to the second part.
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A method of making a sign, comprising:
- printing selected visual content on a surface of a material, wherein the material is rectangular and comprises an x-axis dividing the material horizontally and a y-axis dividing the material vertically;
- punching an even number of sets of holes along at least two outer edges of the material, wherein the at least two outer edges are parallel to the y-axis and each other and wherein each hole of the even number of the sets of holes is on a same side of the x-axis of the material;
- threading a portion of a u-stake through each hole of the even number of the sets of holes, such that a first hole of each set of holes comprises an entry point and a second hole of each set of holes comprises an exit point for the portion, and wherein another portion of the u-stake is oriented adjacent to the x-axis of the material;
- folding the material over the other portion of the u-stake along the x-axis of the material, the folding dividing the material into a first part and a second part, and orienting the first part and the second part such that a first side of the first part adjacent to a first side of the second part, after the folding, comprise no printed visual content, and a second side of the first part and a second side of the second part comprise outer surfaces and comprise the visual content, and wherein the punches holed are in either the first part or the second part of the material;
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- securing, using an attachment, the first part to the second part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.