One-sided printing and manufacturing of a möbius strip
OwnerRoss Daniel Martininventor
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Abstract
The invention provides methods for the one sided printing and manufacture of a Möbius strip. The invention includes a method comprising providing an image (30); aligning three substantially identical copies of the image (30) such that a first copy is juxtaposed to a second copy, and a third copy is centered beneath and adjacent to the first and second copies; setting a die layout in a desired configuration; die cutting the Möbius strip using a die (29); and assembling the Möbius strip. Using methods of the invention, relatively seamless Möbius strips may be constructed for use in a wide variety of retail items, such as gift and other novelty items and as a marketing tool for organization wishing to promote cyclical concepts.
Claims18
A method for the manufacture of a Möbius strip comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing an image on a material suitable for construction of the Möbius strip;
- (b) aligning three substantially identical copies of the image such that a first copy is juxtaposed to a second copy, and a third copy is centered beneath and adjacent to the first and second copies;
- (c) setting a die layout to produce the image in a desired configuration on the Möbius strip;
- (d) die-cutting the copies of the image;
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- (e) assembling the die-cut copies or the image to form the Möbius strip.
A method for the manufacture of a multi-piece Möbius puzzle comprising the steps of:
- (a) aligning an image on one side of a rectangular strip material suitable for construction of the Möbius puzzle;
- (b) arranging three substantially identical copies of the image such that a first copy is juxtaposed to a second copy and a third copy is centered beneath and adjacent to the first and second copies;
- (c) setting a die layout in a configuration for producing multiple puzzle pieces of the Möbius puzzle;
- (d) die-cutting the strip material in the configuration of (c);
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- (e) creating a key piece from two center pieces, onto which the rest of the multiple puzzle pieces are assembled to produce the Möbius puzzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.