US 5,470,301 AGranted

Foldable life size poster and method for making the same

OwnerWilliam F. Brunt, IIinventor

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Abstract

A method for fabricating a high quality life size poster of an action figure including the steps of forming a life size multi color pre-print on a web like sheet and forming a corrugated substrate including the web like sheet and having a longitudinal axis and first and second surfaces. The web like sheet is laminated or glued to a crimped portion of the substrate. A laminated figure is then die cut or otherwise formed into the silhouette of a human action figure, dinosaur or other animate or inanimate object. A plurality of fold lines transverse of the longitudinal axis are formed in the corrugated substrate which includes the web like material so that the laminated figure can be folded along the fold lines to form a compact bundle for shipping and storage and unfolded for display in its extended format.

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Dependent claims

A method for making a life size poster of an action figure comprising the steps of:

(a) forming a life size multi-color pre-print on a web like sheet;
(b) forming a corrugated substrate including said multi-color pre-print having a longitudinally extending axis with the web like sheet forming one surface thereof;
(c) die cutting the corrugated sheet into the silhouette of a human action figure or the like;
and forming a mounting support which extends from the life size figure for displaying the figure in an essentially fully extended format;
(d) providing a plurality of lateral fold lines transverse of the longitudinal axis;
(e) folding the life size poster along the fold lines to thereby provide a compact package;
and
(f) embossing the surface of the corrugated substrate with the web like sheet thereon to further define a musculature of the human action figure and to give the poster a three-dimensional effect.

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