Paper holding and displaying device

A method of preparing a paper holding and displaying device comprising the steps of:

• providing a layer of foam sheet material having an adhesive coating on both of its faces and first and second layers of unfoamed sheet material temporarily held on the respective faces by said adhesive coatings, wherein the sides of said unfoamed sheet material facing toward the layer of foam sheet material have release coatings permitting them to be peeled away from the layer of foam sheet material, and the outer face of the first unfoamed layer is provided with a surface which, when brought into contact with the adhesive coating on said foam sheet which temporarily holds said first layer, causes said first layer to become permanently secured to said foam sheet layer;
• peeling said second layer away from said layer of foam sheet material and thereby exposing one of the adhesive coatings on said layer of foam sheet material;
• adhesively securing said foam sheet to a surface by means of the exposed adhesive coating;
• peeling said first unfoamed layer away from said layer to foam sheet material;
• attaching a paper clip to the first unfoamed layer so that first and second sections of the clip lie against opposite faces of the first unfoamed layer;
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• adhesively securing said first unfoamed layer, with the clip attached, to said layer of foam sheet material, with the release coating facing away from said foam sheet.

A method of preparing a paper holding and displaying device comprising the steps of:

• providing a layer of foam sheet material having an adhesive coating on both of its faces and first and second layers of unfoamed sheet material temporarily held on the respective faces by said adhesive coatings, wherein the sides of said unfoamed sheet material facing toward the layer of foam sheet material have release coatings permitting them to be peeled away from the layer of foam sheet material, the first unfoamed layer is provided with a slit spaced from all of its edges, and the outer face of the first unfoamed layer is provided with a surface which, when brought into contact with the adhesive coating on said foam sheet which temporarily holds said first layer, causes said first layer to become permanently secured to said foam sheet layer;
• peeling said second layer away from said layer of foam sheet material and thereby exposing one of the adhesive coatings on said layer of foam sheet material;
• adhesively securing said foam sheet to a surface by means of the exposed adhesive coating;
• peeling said first unfoamed layer away from said layer of foam sheet material;
• inserting a paper clip into the slit in said first unfoamed layer so that first and second sections of the clip lie against opposite faces of the first unfoamed layer;
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• adhesively securing said first unfoamed layer, with the clip inserted in its slit, to said layer of foam sheet material, with the release coating facing away from said foam sheet.

A paper holding and displaying device comprising:

• a wire paper clip comprising a single length of wire bent to form two J-shaped sections, each section having a short leg and a long leg, one J-shaped section being narrower than, and normally located inside the other, the short leg of each J-shaped section being located adjacent the long leg of the other J-shaped section and the long legs of said J-shaped sections being continuous with each other and connected to each other by a return bend;
• a layer of sheet material having a front and rear face and a slit extending from one face to the other, and the wire of said clip extending through said slit so that one J-shaped section lies against the front face of the sheet and the other J-shaped section lies against the rear face of the sheet;
• means on the rear face of the layer for engaging both legs of said other J-shaped section and preventing movement thereof in directions parallel to the slit;
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• a layer of foam material having front and rear faces with adhesive layers on both faces, in which the layer of sheet material is adhesively secured to the front face of the foam layer and in which the J-shaped section of the clip which lies against the rear face of the sheet is secured between said sheet and said front face.