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US 6,269,574 B1Granted
Promotional tack
AssigneeAmerican Greenwood, Inc.
InventorEdward G. Sokolofski
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Abstract
A promotional tack includes a standard thumbtack having a head sandwiched between significantly larger front and rear outer structures coaxially therewith, the tack having a shaft extending through an aperture in the rear structure while the front structure has an indicia-bearing obverse surface. The front structure includes a metal plate and the indicia may be imprinted directly on the metal plate or on a laminated flexible sheet covering the metal plate.
Claims10
A promotional tack comprising:
- two large-area outer structures each having a peripheral portion,
- one of said outer structures having an indicia-bearing obverse surface and the other of said outer structures having an aperture therethrough, and
- a thumbtack having a head and a pointed shaft with said head having an area substantially less than that of said outer structures,
- one of the outer structures having a peripheral flange which is pressed over the peripheral portion of the other outer structure so that said outer structures are secured together along their peripheral portions with said head sandwiched therebetween and said shaft extending through said aperture,
- and a substantially transparent layer covering said obverse surface.
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A promotional tack comprising:
- a thumbtack having a head and a shaft projecting from said head substantially perpendicular thereto and terminating in a sharp point,
- a front structure having an obverse indicia-bearing surface substantially broader than the head and a first peripheral portion,
- the front structure including a relatively rigid metal front plate having a front surface and a flexible sheet covering the front surface and having the obverse surface thereon,
- a rear structure substantially broader than the head and having an aperture therethrough and a second peripheral portion,
- the rear structure including a relatively rigid rear plate,
- said front and rear structures being secured together at said peripheral portions,
- said head being disposed between said front and rear structures with said shaft disposed through said aperture and projecting rearwardly from said rear structure,
- and a substantially transparent layer covering said indicia-bearing obverse surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.