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US 5,605,001 AGranted
Ornamental scroll device
OwnerLaura J. Derkinventor
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Abstract
An ornamental scroll device comprises a flexible sheet including two opposed outer end portions two opposed outer edges, and an indicia bearing section having a message located on an obverse side of the flexible sheet and between the end portions and outer edges. A stiffening member maintains the indicia bearing section rigid between the outer end portions. Each of the outer end portions includes a roll section having two end caps secured at opposite ends of each roll section. A hanging or folding member is used for displaying the indicia bearing section.
Claims13
An ornamental scroll device comprising:
- a) flexible sheet means including two opposed outer end portions, two opposed outer edges, and an indicia bearing section having a message located on an obverse side of the flexible sheet means and between the end portions and outer edges,
- b) stiffening means maintain the indicia bearing section rigid between the outer end portions,
- c) each of the outer end portions including a roll section having two cap means secured at opposite ends of each roll section, and
- d) location fixing means for displaying the indicia bearing section,
- e) the flexible sheet means includes a single piece of flexible sheet material having outer end sections wrapped around the dowel sections to form the outer end portions,
- f) each said roll sections includes a dowel section having a length that is shorter than the overall width of the sheet material to provide open-mouth pockets for receiving a cap means at each end of the roll section.
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An ornamental scroll device comprising:
- a) a single flexible sheet of material including two opposed outer end portions, two opposed outer edges, and an indicia bearing section having a message disposed on an obverse side of the flexible sheet,
- b) stiffening means fixedly secured to a reverse side of said flexible sheet for maintaining the indicia bearing section in a fixed outstretched condition between the outer end portions,
- c) each of the outer end portions including a roll section having two cap means secured at opposite ends of each roll section, and
- d) location fixing means for displaying the indicia bearing section,
- e) the roll section includes a dowel section having a circumferential surface and being located between the two cap means,
- f) the flexible sheet includes outer end sections wrapped around the respective circumferential surfaces of the dowel sections to form the outer end portions,
- g) each said dowel section having a length that is shorter than the overall width of the sheet material to provide open-mouth pockets for receiving a cap means at each end of the roll section.
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An ornamental scroll device comprising:
- a) a single flexible sheet of material including two opposed outer end portions, two opposed outer edges, and an indicia bearing section having a message disposed on an obverse side of the flexible sheet,
- b) stiffening means for maintaining the indicia bearing section in an outstretched condition between the outer end portions,
- c) each of the outer end portions including a roll section having two cap means secured at opposite ends of each roll section, and
- d) location fixing means for displaying the indicia bearing section,
- e) the roll section includes a dowel section having a circumferential surface and being located between the two cap means,
- f) the flexible sheet includes outer end sections wrapped around the respective circumferential surfaces of the dowel sections to form the outer end portions,
- g) each cap means including a single cap member having a knob section end a coupling section,
- h) each said circumferential surface being fixedly secured to an outer end portion that is rolled about the entire circumferential surface to form the roll section,
- i) the dowel sections having a length that is shorter than the overall width of the flexible sheet of material to provide open-mouth pockets for receiving the coupling section of the cap member at each end of the roll section,
- j) said coupling sections being fixedly secured within the pockets while exposing the knob sections that project outwardly from the ends of the roll sections,
- k) said roll sections being adhesively secured to an outer end edge of the indicia bearing section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.