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US 8,006,615 B1Granted
Stencil stamp set
AssigneeZoya, Inc.
InventorsNancy Allen, Zoya Hajianpour
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Abstract
A stencil stamp includes a number of stencils having openings with various shapes, with the stencils being individually attached to a housing of the stencil stamp so that the stencils can be easily and cleanly changed. The stencil stamp also includes a cover for preventing the evaporation of ink from a pad within the stencil stamp. In a first version, a stencil and/or the cover is slid into a slot within the housing. In a second version, the housing includes a threaded surface for the attachment of a stencil and/or the cover.
Claims3
Stencil stamp apparatus comprising:
- a housing having an upper end with an upper hole and a lower end with a lower hole;
- a plunger having an upper end with a handle extending through the upper hole in the housing and a lower end with a porous pad for carrying ink, wherein the plunger is mounted to slide within the housing between an upper position and a lower position;
- a spring holding the plunger in the upper position;
- a plurality of stencils, each having an opening defining a shape to be printed,
- a cover attachable to close an opening at the lower end of the housing;
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- an attachment structure removably holding one of the stencils adjacent the lower hole of the housing, wherein the porous pad is held away from a stencil within the attachment structure with the plunger in the upper position and against the stencil with the plunger in the lower position, wherein the attachment structure comprises a slot extending into the housing from an opening at a front side of the housing, wherein the cover and each of the stencils comprises a plate slidable into the slot with a tab extending outward through the opening in the front side of the housing, and wherein the cover is slidable into the slot along with one of the stencils.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.