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US 7,581,938 B2Granted
Frame for casting positive impression and kit therefor
OwnerPauline Leachinventor
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Abstract
A frame, kit and method for forming a positive impression of an object. The kit includes a supply of impression medium, the frame with a backboard, and a solidifying casting compound. A negative impression is temporarily made in the impression medium, then a casting compound can be poured into the resulting impression so as to form a positive impression which acts as a representative of the body portion being produced.
Claims14
A frame for casting a positive impression of an object, comprising
- a rear,
- a front surface defining a display opening having a front and a rear, the rear of the display opening opening into a casting base cavity for containing a deformable granular impression medium for creating a negative impression of the object in the display opening, the casting base cavity being accessible from the rear of the frame, and
- a removable board for removably covering the front of the display opening during a casting operation such that an impression can be made in the impression medium and a solidifying casting material can be introduced into the casting base cavity through the rear of the frame to create the positive impression and a backboard applied to cover the rear of the frame after the casting operation such that the impression medium can be removed out of the front of the display opening leaving the positive impression cast in the frame for display in the frame.
A casting kit for casting a positive impression of a body part comprising:
- a deformable granular impression medium for creating a negative impression of the object in the display opening,
- a frame for casting a positive impression of an object comprising a rear, a front surface defining a display opening having a front and a rear, the rear of the display opening opening into a casting base cavity for containing the granular impression medium, the casting base cavity being accessible from the rear of the frame, and a board for removably covering the front of the display opening during a casting operation such that an impression can be made in the impression medium and a solidifying casting material can be introduced into the casting base cavity through the rear of the frame and a backboard applied to the rear of the frame after the casting operation such that the impression medium can be removed out of the front of the display opening, and
- a solidifying casting compound for casting a positive impression in the negative impression and adhering the positive impression to the frames,
- whereby the positive impression is cast into the frame and can be viewed through the front of the display opening when the impression medium is removed out of the front of the display opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.