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US 9,167,925 B2Granted
Plate cover assembly
OwnerPhilip Rafnson, Carol Lozinskiinventors
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Abstract
A plate cover assembly includes at least one portion that is removably securable onto a plate. For example, one cover includes a first covering portion and a second covering portion which are positionable to enclose an outer portion of a plate. Upon removably securing the respective first and second covering portions together, the plate cover assembly encloses the border of the plate while leaving a central region of the plate exposed.
Claims15
A plate cover assembly comprising:
- a first ring and a second ring, with each respective first and second ring including a generally annular body portion and an outer edge portion extending radially outward from the body portion, the outer edge portion configured to at least partially receive an outer edge of a plate, wherein the outer edge portion of each of the respective first and second rings include a first segment and a second segment located on an opposite side of the respective first and second rings from the first segment, wherein the body portion of the first ring includes at least one hole;
- at least one dynamic surface feature having an anchor portion and an upper portion, wherein the at least one hole of the body portion of the first ring is configured to removably receive and secure the anchor portion such that the upper portion protrudes from, and is exposed on, a surface of the body portion of the first ring, and wherein the at least one dynamic surface feature includes circuitry and a power source;
- and
- a living hinge joining a first segment of the outer edge portion of the first ring to a first segment of the outer edge portion of the second ring, wherein the first ring, the second ring, and the living hinge are molded as a single, unitary piece, and
- wherein the plate cover assembly is convertible, via pivotal movement about the living hinge, between:
- an open position in which the second segment of the first ring is rotated away from the second segment of the second ring to define an open space between the first and second rings sized to receive a plate;
- and
- a closed position in which the second segment of the first ring is releasably secured relative to the second segment of the second ring to form a complete ring defining a generally annular shape, wherein the respective first and second ring extend in substantially the same plane in the closed position but extend in different planes in the open position, and
- wherein the complete ring defines a central hole to expose a central region of a plate and the complete ring generally covers an outer border portion of the plate.
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A plate cover assembly comprising:
- a first ring and a second ring, with each respective first and second ring including a generally annular body portion and an outer edge portion extending radially outward from the body portion, the outer edge portion configured to at least partially receive an outer edge of a plate, wherein the outer edge portion of each of the respective first and second rings include a first segment and a second segment located on an opposite side of the respective first and second rings from the first segment, wherein the body portion of the first ring includes at least one hole;
- at least one surface feature having an upper portion protruding from, and exposed on, a surface of the body portion and the at least one surface feature including an anchor portion, wherein the at least one hole of the body portion of the first ring removably receives the anchor portion, and wherein the at least one surface feature includes an electrically active element providing at least one of illumination and audible sounds;
- and
- a living hinge joining a first segment of the outer edge portion of the first ring to a first segment of the outer edge portion of the second ring, wherein the first ring, the second ring, and the living hinge are molded as a single, unitary piece,
- wherein the plate cover assembly is convertible, via pivotal movement about the living hinge, between:
- an open position in which the second segment of the first ring is rotated away from the second segment of the second ring to define an open space between the first and second rings sized to receive a plate;
- and
- a closed position in which the second segment of the first ring is releasably secured relative to the second segment of the second ring to form a complete ring defining a generally annular shape, wherein the respective first and second ring extend in substantially the same plane in the closed position but extend in different planes in the open position, and
- wherein the complete ring defines a central hole to expose a central region of a plate and the complete ring generally covers an outer border portion of the plate.
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