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| US patent
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4599235 |
| Title: |
Manufacture of decorated ovoid figurines |
| Inventor(s): |
Miller; Jack V. (Sierra Madre, CA)
Miller; Ruth E. (Sierra Madre, CA)
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| Filing date: |
March 15, 1985 |
| Application Number: |
06/712,161 |
| Issue date: |
July 8, 1986 |
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Primary examiner:
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Dawson; Robert A.
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US classification code:
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426/250; 156/297; 156/61; 156/63; 426/104; 426/298; 426/383; 428/15; 428/16; 428/542.2; 446/386 |
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Examiner's field of search: |
156/61 156/63 156/297 248/127 248/158 428/15 428/542.2 446/385 446/386 426/104 426/298 426/383 426/250 |
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| Claims: |
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We claim:
1. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine consisting of the steps of:
(a) providing an ovoid body in an edible, egg-shaped form;
(b) providing a base including at least one truncated cone having a large bottom end and a small top end, fabricated of a decorative sheet material;
(c) bonding the small end of the truncated cone to the surface of the ovoid, using a suitable bonding means;
(d) providing cut shapes of decorative sheet material; and
(e) bonding the cut shapes to the surface of the ovoid to form figurine features, using a suitable bonding means.
2. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the ovoid body is a hard-boiled egg of a bird.
3. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the ovoid body is a piece of egg-shaped candy.
4. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the ovoid body is a generally egg-shaped food product.
5. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the ovoid body is colored.
6. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the decorated sheet material is comprised of printed card stock.
7. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the decorated sheet material is provided in at least one panel of a printed card.
8. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the decorated sheet material is provided in at least one panel of a printed card and the bonding means is a container of adhesive attached to one panel of the printed card.
9. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the decorated sheet material is provided in at least one panel of a printed card and the bonding means is a container of adhesive attached near the center of one panel of the printed card.
10. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 in which the decorative sheet material of the base and cut shapes is provided in at least one panel of a printed card in which cutting and folding lines, and bonding locations to produce the figurine are integral to the card.
11. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claims 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 in which the decorative sheet material is provided for more than one figurine on a single sheet of printed card stock.
12. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the suitable bonding means is a non-toxic, water-based polyvinyl glue.
13. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes are caricatures of body portions of animals.
14. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which a truncated cone forming the base has a plurality of elongated appendages.
15. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the base comprises a plurality of truncated cones forming animal leg caricatures.
16. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes partially include a triangular part folded from apex to base in an acute angle, with the base bonded to the ovoid body.
17. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes partially include a pair of single-sided printed sheets which are bonded together on their unprinted sides and are bonded to the ovoid body on one of the printed surfaces.
18. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes include a plurality of circular wheel portions of a caricature of a wheeled vehicle.
19. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes include a plurality of cantalever-mounted empennage and wing parts bonded to the surface of the ovoid body in a caricature of an aircraft.
20. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes include a plurality of cantalever-mounted wings and tail parts bonded to the surface of the ovoid body in a caricature of bird.
21. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 1 in which the cut shapes include a plurality of cantalever-mounted fins and tail parts bonded to the surface of the ovoid body in a caricature of fish.
22. A method for producing a decorated ovoid figurine according to claim 15 in which the truncated cones are provided with an axial slit portion representing the toe separation on a cloven-hoofed animal.
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