Card Forming Method and Apparatus
AssigneeCricut, Inc.
InventorsGrayson Stopp, Jeremy Burton Crystal
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Abstract
A method inserting a first portion of a workpiece material between an upper layer and a lower layer of a workpiece support material. The method also includes folding a second portion of the workpiece material over and on top of the upper layer of the workpiece support material. The second portion is coupled to the first portion. The method further includes inserting the workpiece material and the workpiece support material into an electronic cutting machine.
Claims30
A method comprising:
- inserting a first portion of a workpiece material between an upper layer and a lower layer of a workpiece support material;
- folding a second portion of the workpiece material over and on top of the upper layer of the workpiece support material, the second portion coupled to the first portion;
- and
- inserting the workpiece material and the workpiece support material into an electronic cutting machine.
A method comprising:
- receiving a workpiece into an electronic cutting machine, the workpiece including a workpiece support material and a workpiece material, the workpiece support material including an upper layer and a lower layer opposing the upper layer, the workpiece material including a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion, the first portion disposed between the upper layer and the lower layer, and the upper layer disposed between the first portion and the second portion;
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- altering the second portion of the workpiece material with the electronic cutting machine.
A workpiece support material comprising:
- an upper layer including a first portion and a second portion;
- and
- a lower layer opposing the upper layer,
- wherein the first portion of the upper layer is separable from the lower layer to allow at least a portion of a workpiece material to be inserted therebetween, and
- wherein the second portion of the upper layer is secured to the lower layer.
The workpiece support material of 11, wherein the upper layer is secured to the lower layer at two opposing ends of the workpiece support material.
A workpiece support material comprising:
- a lower sheet;
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- an upper sheet having (i) a first portion separable from the lower sheet and (ii) a second portion secured to the lower sheet via an adhesive layer.
A kit comprising:
- a first workpiece material including a first primary portion and a first secondary portion coupled to the first primary portion, the first primary portion defining a first width;
- a second workpiece material including a second primary portion and a second secondary portion coupled to the second primary portion, the second primary portion defining a second width greater than the first width and;
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- a workpiece support material including a lower sheet and an upper sheet, the upper sheet selectively separable from the lower sheet to define a cavity therebetween, the cavity configured to separately receive the first primary portion and the second primary portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.