Method for making flying surfaces
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorLarry H. Renger
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Abstract
A method of making flying surfaces is disclosed which employs a panel of foam plastic to form a one piece frame. A plurality of apertures are die cut in the panel to establish the desired interior shape of the frame. One side of the panel is coated with an adhesive. A sheet of thin plastic film material is applied over the adhesive to cover the surface of the panel. Shapes in the form of the desired outline of the flying surface are cut out of the panel. The size of the panel is chosen so that a multitude of flying surfaces may be produced simultaneously.
Claims12
A method of making a plurality of flying surfaces each having a relatively stiff frame of light weight plastic covered with a sheet of thin film material, comprising the steps of:
- providing a panel formed of the material of which the frame is to be made, and sufficiently large to accommodate the plurality of flying surfaces, the panel having a first surface;
- simultaneously forming a plurality of apertures in the panel to define the interior of multiple frames;
- providing the sheet of thin film material having a second surface;
- applying an adhesive to one of the first and second surfaces;
- laminating said sheet of thin film material over said first surface to cover the panel to form a laminated panel;
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- simultaneously forming a plurality of flying surfaces from the laminated panel which each flying surface includes a plurality of apertures defining the interior surface of a frame member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.