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US 4,627,110 AGranted
Article of wearing apparel with an erasable writing surface
OwnerAnthony M. Tengsinventor
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Abstract
An article of wearing apparel, such as a shirt, has a writing surface provided on a prominent portion thereof when worn by a user. A written message or other image may be applied to the writing surface by a suitable writing medium. The materials for the writing surface and the writing medium are selected such that written matter may easily be applied to, and removed from the writing surface.
Claims16
A garment comprising:
- an article of wearing apparel for covering the torso of a human body, said article of wearing apparel having a writing surface provided on a torso covering exterior portion thereof that is readily observable by others when the article of wearing apparel is worn by a user, said writing surface forming a permanent portion of said article of wearing apparel, said article of wearing apparel also having permanent writing provided on said torso covering exterior portion thereof adjacent to said writing surface, said permanent writing being predeterminedly positioned with respect to said writing surface;
- and
- writing means for writing on said writing surface,
- said writing surface and said writing means being comprised of materials which allow a user to write on, and remove writing from said writing surface.
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Apparatus for creating a message bearing garment suitable for covering the torso of a human body, said apparatus comprising:
- an article of wearing apparel for covering the torso of a human body, said article of wearing apparel having a writing surface on the exterior of the torso covering portion thereof that is readily observable by others when the article of wearing apparel is worn by a user, said writing surface forming a permanent portion of said article of wearing apparel, said writing surface being formed of a material to which an elastomeric sealant will adhere to and be peelable away from without damage to said writing surface;
- and,
- elastomeric sealant writing means for creating a stable viewable image on said writing surface, said elastomeric sealant being formed of an adhesive caulking compound that sets from a flowable application phase to a dry semihard phase at room temperature, said adhesive caulking compound being adhesively attachable to said writing surface when in said flowable application phase and manually peelable away from said writing surface when in said dry semihard phase.
The garment of claim 16, wherein said writing surface is formed of nylon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.