# US 8,273,441 B2 · Garage door display and decorative article > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,273,441 B2 - Document ID: US8273441B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/508,568 - Filed: 2009-07-24 - Published: 2011-01-27 - Granted: 2012-09-25 - Earliest claimed: 2009-07-24 - Inventors: Suzanne M. Deaton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8273441B2 ## CPC - B44C 5/06: Natural ornaments; Imitations thereof (artificial flowers, fruit, leaves A41G1/00; artificial feathers A41G11/00) - B44C 5/00: Processes for producing special ornamental bodies - E06B 3/7001: {Coverings therefor; Door leaves imitating traditional raised panel doors, e.g. engraved or embossed surfaces, with trim strips applied to the surfaces} - Y10T 428/24008: including fastener for attaching to external surface - Y10T 428/24802: Discontinuous or differential coating, impregnation or bond [e.g., artwork, printing, retouched photograph, etc.] - Y10T 428/249976: Voids specified as closed - Y10T 428/249977: Specified thickness of void-containing component [absolute or relative], numerical cell dimension or density - Y10T 428/32: Composite [nonstructural laminate] of inorganic material having metal-compound-containing layer and having defined magnetic layer - B44C: PRODUCING DECORATIVE EFFECTS (processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces, in general B05D; shaping of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29C; printing processes to produce transfer pictures B41M3/12; thermographic duplication or marking methods B41M5/00); MOSAICS; TARSIA WORK (imitation of mosaic or tarsia work patterns B44F11/04); PAPERHANGING {(labels G09F; multi-step processes for making paper labels or tags B31D1/02)} - E06B: FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES (shades or blinds for greenhouses A01G9/22; curtains A47H; lids for car boots or bonnets B62D25/10; skylights E04B7/18; sunshades, awnings E04F10/00) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A garage door display and decorative article include a first closed cell foam layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 inches having a front face and a rear face. A rare earth metal magnet is fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the first closed cell foam layer on the rear face. A decorative piece is fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the first closed cell foam layer on the front face. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A garage door display comprising: a decorative article comprising: a closed cell foam layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 inches having a front face and a rear face; a rare earth metal magnet fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the closed cell foam layer on the rear face; and a decorative piece fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the first closed cell foam layer on the front face. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1, wherein the decorative piece comprises a second closed cell foam layer, wherein the second closed cell foam layer is welded to the closed cell foam layer at a location where the front face of the closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified and where a rear face of the second closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The garage door display of claim 2 further comprising a third closed cell foam layer welded to the second closed cell foam layer at a second location where a front face of the second closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified and where a rear face of the third closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The garage door display of claim 3 further comprising a fourth closed cell foam layer welded to the third closed cell foam layer at a third location where a front face of the third closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified and where a rear face of the fourth closed cell foam layer has been previously melted and is presently solidified. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The garage door display of claim 4 further comprising a second rare earth metal magnet fused to a previously melted and presently solidified portion of the rear face of the fourth closed cell foam layer spaced from the third location, wherein the closed cell foam layer, the second closed cell foam layer, the third closed cell foam layer and the fourth closed cell foam layer are collectively flexible such that the first rare earth metal magnet and the second rare earth metal magnet have magnet faces extending in a same plane when the decorative article is magnetically held against an opposing surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The garage door display of claim 3 further comprising a second rare earth metal magnet fused to a previously melted and presently solidified portion of the rear face of the second closed cell foam layer, wherein the closed cell foam layer and the second closed cell foam layer are collectively flexible such that the rare earth metal magnet and the second rare earth metal magnet have magnet faces extending in a same plane when the decorative article is magnetically held against an opposing surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The garage door display of claim 2 further comprising a welding additive in contact with the first closed cell foam layer and the second closed cell foam layer, wherein the first closed cell foam layer, the second closed cell foam layer and the welding additive each include a base material that is the same. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The garage door display of claim 7, wherein the base material comprises ethylene-vinyl acetate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1 further comprising a fusing additive between the closed cell foam layer and the rare earth metal magnet, wherein the fusing additive and the closed cell foam layer have a base material that is the same. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The garage door display of claim 9, wherein the base material comprises ethylene vinyl acetate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1, wherein the decorative piece comprises a second closed cell foam layer and wherein the closed cell foam layer and the second closed cell foam layer are part of a plurality of closed cell foam layers stacked upon one another to form a stack, wherein each of the plurality of closed cell phone layers is welded to an adjacent one of the plurality of closed cell foam layers; and a second rare metal magnet fused to one of the plurality of closed cell foam layers other than the closed cell foam layer, wherein the plurality of closed cell foam layers are flexible such that the rare earth metal magnet and the second rare earth metal magnet have magnet faces extending in a same plane when the decorative article is magnetically held against an opposing surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1 further comprising a second decorative piece projecting beyond and cantilevered from the decorative piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The garage door display of claim 12, wherein the closed cell foam layer is formed from ethylene-vinyl acetate and wherein the second decorative piece is formed from a non- ethylene-vinyl acetate foam material. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1, wherein the closed cell foam layer is formed from a material resistant to ultra violet radiation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1 further comprising a metallic garage door having a surface with depressions, the decorative article spanning the depressions. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The garage door display of claim 15 further comprising a second decorative article spaced from the decorative article on the surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The garage door display of claim 16 comprising at least four decorative articles, including the decorative article and the second decorative article, wherein the at least four decorative articles form a pattern on the surface. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The garage door display of claim 1, wherein the decorative article has a surface area of at least 20 square inches. ### Claim 19 A decorative article comprising: a closed cell foam layer having a thickness of at least 0.1 inches having a front face and a rear face; a rare earth metal magnet fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the closed cell foam layer on the rear face; and a decorative piece fused to previously melted and presently solidified portions of the closed cell foam layer on the front face.