Erasably Writeable Novelty Item
AssigneeDoood Pty Ltd
InventorBeatrice Toh
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Abstract
A novelty item for the amusement of children, said item including a plurality of mats made from a flexible material that is adapted to receive erasable ink markings; wherein said mats are linked in an array and foldably connected along a straight edge, thereby to enable the folding of said array of mats into a compact form wherein all of said mats will lay flat and aligned; wherein said foldable connections are debossed trenches extending fully across at least one surface of said mats.
Claims5
A novelty item for the amusement of children, said item including a plurality of mats made from a flexible material that is adapted to receive erasable ink markings;
- wherein said mats are linked in an array and foldably connected along a straight edge, thereby to enable the folding of said array of mats into a compact form wherein all of said mats will lay flat and aligned;
- wherein said foldable connections are debossed trenches extending fully across at least one surface of said mats.
A method of manufacturing a novelty item for the amusement of children, said item including a foldable array of mats made from a flexible material;
- said mats being adapted to receive erasable ink markings;
- said method including the steps of:
- debossing a plurality of trenches into at least one surface of said mats;
- wherein said trenches are between 20% and 30% of the thickness of said flexible material and wherein said debossed trenches have a width of at least 1.5 times the thickness of said flexible material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.