Coin storage and display device
AssigneeUnicover Corporation
InventorsJames A. Willms, Eric Delaplaine, Cheryl Mefford
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Abstract
A display for display articles such as coins or medallions including a generally planar plastic sheet having one or more retaining structures for capturing one or more display articles. The plastic sheet has opposite first and second generally planar sides. A first paper board sheet is bonded to the first side of the plastic sheet, and a second paper board sheet is bonded to the second side of the plastic sheet. The plastic sheet can have the same dimensions of at least one of the paper board sheets.
Claims18
A display for display articles comprising:
- a generally planar plastic sheet having multiple retaining structures integrally formed therein for capturing multiple display articles, the plastic sheet having opposite first and second generally planar sides of a continuous flat sheet area extending between and integrally connecting the retaining structures to each other and having a thickness ranging from about 10 pt thickness to about 15 pt thickness, each retaining structure being integrally molded in the plastic sheet, and having a mounting area with a bottom, surrounded by a resilient flange comprising an outer side wall protruding from one of the generally planar sides of the plastic sheet that surrounds and is connected to an inner side wall by an upper wall, the inner and outer walls being separated from each other by a gap;
- a first paper board sheet bonded to the first side of the plastic sheet;
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- a second paper board sheet bonded to the second side of the plastic sheet, the plastic sheet having generally the same dimensions of at least one of the paper board sheets, the first and second paper board sheets each having a thickness ranging from about 13 pt thickness to about 19 pt thickness and having mating planar surfaces that are surface bonded with a heat activated adhesive to the first and second generally planar sides of said flat sheet area of the plastic sheet under heat and pressure in a manner that causes little distortion of the generally planar sides and the retaining structures, by applying a first application of heat and pressure, removing the first application of heat and pressure for about 1-4 seconds, and applying a second application of heat and pressure.
A display for display articles comprising:
- a generally planar plastic sheet having multiple retaining structures for capturing multiple display articles, the plastic sheet having opposite first and second generally planar sides of a continuous flat sheet area extending between and integrally connecting the retaining structures to each other and having a thickness ranging from about 10 pt thickness to about 15 pt thickness, each retaining structure being integrally molded in the plastic sheet, and having a mounting area with a bottom, surrounded by a resilient flange comprising an outer side wall protruding from one of the generally planar sides of the plastic sheet that surrounds and is connected to an inner side wall by an upper wall, the inner and outer walls being separated from each other by a gap;
- a first paper board sheet bonded to the first side of the plastic sheet;
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- a second paper board sheet bonded to the second side of the plastic sheet, the plastic sheet having generally the same dimensions of at least one of the paper board sheets, the first and second paper board sheets each having a thickness ranging from about 13 pt thickness to about 19 pt thickness and having mating planar surfaces that are surface bonded with a heat activated adhesive to the first and second generally planar sides of said flat sheet area of the plastic sheet under heat and pressure in a manner that causes little distortion of the generally planar sides and the retaining structures, by applying a first application of heat and pressure, removing the first application of heat and pressure for about 1-4 seconds, and applying a second application of heat and pressure, the first and second paper board sheets having grains that are aligned in different directions, at least one paper board sheet having multiple openings, each aligned with a corresponding retaining structure for allowing the resilient side wall of each retaining structure to extend though said at least one paper board sheet.
A method of forming a display for display articles comprising:
- providing a generally planar plastic sheet having multiple retaining structures integrally formed therein for capturing multiple display articles, the plastic sheet having opposite first and second generally planar sides of a continuous flat sheet area extending between and integrally connecting the retaining structures to each other and having a thickness ranging from about 10 pt thickness to about 15 pt thickness, each retaining structure being integrally molded in the plastic sheet, and having a mounting area with a bottom, surrounded by a resilient flange comprising an outer side wall protruding from one of the generally planar sides of the plastic sheet that surrounds and is connected to an inner side wall by an upper wall, the inner and outer walls being separated from each other by a gap;
- and
- bonding a first paper board sheet to the first side of the plastic sheet and a second paper board sheet to the second side of the plastic sheet, the plastic sheet having generally the same dimensions of at least one of the paper board sheets, the first and second paper board sheets each having a thickness ranging from about 13 pt thickness to about 19 pt thickness and having mating planar surfaces that are surface bonded with a heat activated adhesive to the first and second generally planar sides of said flat sheet area of the plastic sheet under heat and pressure in a manner that causes little distortion of the generally planar sides and the retaining structures, by applying a first application of heat and pressure, removing the first application of heat and pressure for about 1-4 seconds, and applying a second application of heat and pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.