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US 5,396,713 AGranted
Combined decorative article, puzzle and stencil
OwnerEric F. Valdezinventor
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A set of thin, flat stencil plates are stacked together face-to-face to form a three-dimensional article shaped as a decorative article. The stencil plates are held together in the three-dimensional form by a connecting member or by frictionally interlocking them to one another. The stencil plates each contain one or more apertures of unique shapes, so the plates can be disassembled from the three-dimensional form and used individually as separate stencils. The stencil plates have peripheral outer surfaces which cooperate to form the three-dimensional shape of a selected design figure when the plates are assembled in a particular sequence, and the article, in its assembled form, conceals the stencils contained inside the finished three-dimensional article. The invention has use as a puzzle in stacking together the stencil plates in the proper sequence, and the finished article can be an art object or a toy, for example. In other forms, three-dimensionally shaped articles of unique design shape can be formed by interlocking sets of stencil plates lying face-to-face in a stack, or interlocked edge-to-edge to form an elongated three-dimensional article.
A combined three-dimensional decorative article, puzzle and stencil, comprising a set of thin plates stacked together face-to-face so that outer peripheral surfaces of the plates cooperate to form a three-dimensional contoured shaped article with a recognizable form, the individual plates being of different shapes stacked together in a given sequential arrangement required to form said shaped article, the plates having opposed generally flat surfaces with one or more apertures of unique shape extending through the plate between opposing flat surface areas on the plate, in which each aperture is capable of guiding a writing implement when the plate is used as a stencil, the unique shapes of the apertures representing objects having a common theme related to the recognizable form of the shaped article, and connecting means for holding the plates together in an order that forms said three-dimensional shape of the shaped article, the stacked stencil plates in the form of said three-dimensional shape concealing the apertures which are contained internally within the shaped article, the plates being removable from the connecting means to use individually as separate stencils and to be stacked together in said sequential arrangement for use as a puzzle when forming said shaped article.
A set of stencil plates stacked in a given sequence to form a three dimensional contoured article with a shape having a recognizable form, comprising:
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