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US 4,458,435 AGranted
Removable material swatch display incorporating type matched fixed material swatches
AssigneeEconomy Color Card Co., Inc.
InventorDon Ackerman
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Abstract
A material display which incorporates removable material swatches and type matched fixed material swatches. The removable swatches, once removed, may be returned to the display as desired, the fixed swatches showing the proper position for the removable swatches and covering the fixed swatches when in position.
Claims9
A material display comprising:
- a display sheet having a plurality of slots disposed therethrough and a plurality of openings adjacently disposed therethrough, each of said slots being associated with a different one of said openings;
- a plurality of removable sample swatches, each of said removable sample swatches including a backing sheet dimensioned for insertion in said slots and a similarly sized piece of selected material, said selected material in each instance being affixed at one edge thereof to the associated said backing sheet, said slots and said openings being disposed and said backing sheet being sized so that upon insertion of said backing sheets in an associated said slot said pieces of fabric reside adjacent to the front side of said display sheet and a portion of said backing sheets reside adjacent to the rear side of said display sheet, the associated said openings thereby being covered by the associated said pieces of said selected material;
- a plurality of fixed sample swatches of selected materials each fixedly secured to said display sheet on said rear side thereof over an associated said opening;
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- deflector means disposed and arranged with respect to said plurality of fixed sample swatches for precluding said backing sheets from being caught on the associated said fixed sample swatches when said backing sheets are inserted through the associated said slots.
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