US 4,678,150 AGranted

Detachable foam-borne mounting method

OwnerLola Newman, Joseph Zelaskoinventors

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Abstract

Separable mounting elements are adhesively affixed to a rigid foam display base and to a display surface. One element is affixed within a cavity anterior the foam base, the front of which penetratingly holds flowers and the like. A shield or cup is placed intermediate the mounting element and the foam, to resist tearing or distension of the foam, to allow non-dissolving adhesive on the foam side of the shield and other suitable adhesive between shield and mounting element, and to aid in non-rotatingly indexing the foam to a display surface. A corresponding second mounting element is first indexingly located by mating to the first mounting element; a third suitable variety of adhesive is applied to then join same to the display surface. Thereafter, the display may be easily separated from and restored to the display surface, or replaced by an alternate display. In a preferred embodiment, at least two spatially separated mounting loci are employed to torsionally resist rotation of display with respect to display surface.

A detachable foam-borne mounting method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a penetrable rigid foam base, said penetrable rigid foam base having a display surface, said penetrable rigid foam base having a rear surface thereupon obverse said display surface, said rear surface having at least one shield-engagement cavity;
(b) injecting into each said shield-engagement cavity a first adhesive, said penetrable rigid foam base insoluble in said first adhesive;
(c) providing shield means, said shield means having indexing means, said shield means insoluble in said first adhesive;
(d) inserting into each said shield-engagement cavity said shield means, said first adhesive intermediately adhering said shield means to said penetrable rigid foam base within said shield-engagement cavity, said shield means conformal said shield-engagement cavity, said shield means having at least one mount-engagement cavity therein obverse said shield-engagement cavity;
(e) injecting into each said mount-engagement cavity a second adhesive, said shield means insoluble in said second adhesive;
(f) providing first mount means corresponding to each said shield means, said first mount means insoluble in said second adhesive;
(g) inserting into each said mount-engagement cavity the corresponding said first mount means, said second adhesive intermediately adhering said first mount means to said shield means within said mount-engagement cavity, said first mount means conformal said mount-engagement cavity;
(h) providing one of second mount means corresponding to each said first mount means, said second mount means detachably mateable to the corresponding said first mount means, said second mount means non-rotatingly indexable to one of the corresponding said shield means and the corresponding said first mount means;
(i) providing a display surface;
(j) penetratingly affixing display matter to said penetrable rigid foam base;
(k) releasably matingly indexingly joining each said first mount means to each corresponding said second mount means;
(l) applying onto at least one of said display surface and said second mount means a third adhesive means, said display surface insoluble in said third adhesive, said second mount means insoluble in said third adhesive means;
(m) emplacing said second mount means at a desired location upon said display surface, said third adhesive affixingly intermediate said second mount means and said display surface.

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