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US 7,024,994 B2Granted
Hand stamp with locking ribs
AssigneeM&R Marking Systems, Inc.
InventorFrederick W. Dour
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Abstract
A hand stamp is disclosed. The hand stamp comprises a frame including dove-tailed ribs which flare outwardly along at least one side thereof. The dove-tailed ribs of the frame are arranged within corresponding shaped grooves of a case, thus obtaining secure mounting of the case on the frame while facilitating relative slidable movement therebetween.
Claims23
A hand stamp comprising:
- a frame including a first rib longitudinally arranged thereon, said first rib being integral with said frame and flaring outwardly therefrom such that said first rib has a relatively small width at a location adjacent to said frame and a relatively large width at a location remote from said frame;
- a case slidably mounted on said frame, said case including a first groove oppositely flared with respect to said first rib to conform with the flared configuration thereof, said first rib and said first groove being sized and shaped to facilitate relative longitudinal movement and secure mounting of said case on said frame in a transverse direction with respect to said longitudinal movement;
- a platen arranged for movement with said case along said frame;
- and
- a marking structure arranged on said platen and being movable therewith between a rest position and a printing position.
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A hand stamp comprising:
- a frame including opposing sides, a bottom end adapted to be placed adjacent to a surface to be imprinted and a top end remote from said bottom end, and a length defined by the distance between said top and bottom ends, a pair of first ribs, one of said first ribs arranged on one of said opposing sides and the other of said first ribs arranged on the other of said opposing sides, each of said pair of opposing ribs flaring outwardly from said frame such that said first ribs have a relatively small width at a location adjacent said frame and a relatively large width at a location remote from said frame;
- a case slidably mounted on said frame, said case including a pair of first grooves oppositely flared with respect to said first ribs to conform with the flared configuration thereof, said pair of first ribs being arranged within respective ones of said pair of first grooves, said pair of first ribs and said pair of first grooves being sized and shaped to facilitate slidable longitudinal movement and secure mounting of said case on said frame in a transverse direction with respect to said longitudinal movement;
- a platen arranged for movement with said case along said frame;
- and
- a marking structure arranged on said platen and being movable therewith between a rest position and a printing position.
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A hand stamp comprising:
- a frame including at least one groove extending longitudinally thereon;
- a case slidably mounted on the frame, said case including at least one rib extending longitudinally thereon, said at least one rib being integral with said case and flaring outwardly therefrom such that said at least one rib has a relatively small width at a location adjacent said case and a relatively larger width at a location remote from said case, said at least one groove being oppositely flared with respect to said at least one rib to conform with the flared configuration thereof, said at least one rib and said at least one groove being sized and shaped to facilitate relative longitudinal movement and secure mounting said case on said frame in a transverse direction with respect to said longitudinal movement;
- a platen arranged for movement with said case along said frame;
- and
- a marking structure arranged on said platen and being movable therewith between a rest position and a printing position.
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A hand stamp comprising:
- a frame including a first groove longitudinally arranged thereon;
- a case slidably mounted on said frame, said case including a first rib longitudinally arranged thereon, said first rib being integral with said frame and flaring outwardly therefrom such that said first rib has relatively small width at a location adjacent said case and a relatively large width at a location remote from said case, said first groove being oppositely flared with respect to said first rib to conform with the flared configuration thereof, said case being slidably mounted on said frame, said first rib and said first grove being sized and shaped to facilitate longitudinal movement and secure mounting of said case on said frame in a transverse direction with respect to said longitudinal movement;
- a platen arranged for movement with said case along said frame;
- and
- a marking structure arranged on said platen and being movable therewith between a rest position and a printing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.