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US 5,672,089 AGranted
Marble
OwnerAntonio Piera Bermejoinventor
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Abstract
A marble includes a ball of transparent material having an equatorial plane and a colored tone, and a sheet held inside the ball at the equatorial plane, the sheet having at least one picture on one side and a score on another other side thereof. The ball is formed by two hemispheres, each having a flat surface along the equatorial plane, the sheet is sandwiched between the two hemispheres, and the two hemispheres are welded together.
Claims4
A marble comprising:
- a ball of transparent material having an equatorial plane, said ball being comprised of two hemispheres, each having a flat surface along said equatorial plane, and said two hemispheres being welded together, and
- a paper sheet held inside said ball at said equatorial plane and sandwiched between said two hemispheres, said sheet having at least one picture on one side and a score on another other side thereof.
A method of forming a marble, comprising the steps of:
- forming two hemispheres, each of a transparent material and each having a flat surface along an equatorial plane thereof,
- sandwiching a paper sheet between said equatorial planes of said two hemispheres, said sheet having at least one picture on one side and a score on another other side thereof, and
- welding said two hemispheres together to form the marble with said sheet encapsulated therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.