Patent ID: 9701096
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B29C,B29L,B32B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An overlay applicator machine, comprising: a support base including one or more frames arranged to hold an electronic device in a device slot of the support base, wherein the device slot is defined by the one or more frames, and wherein the device slot and the one or more frames are located at fixed positions with respect to the support base; a lid attached to the support base; a hinge mechanism attaching the lid to the support base, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the lid to rotate with respect to the support base, and wherein the support base and the lid are arranged via the hinge mechanism to at least partially enclose the one or more frames and the device slot when the lid is positioned in a closed configuration; an overlay applicator having an overlay layer, an alignment mechanism, an adhesive release liner, and a pull tab; an alignment base, wherein the alignment base is located at a second fixed position with respect to the support base, wherein the second fixed position is outside of the device slot, wherein the alignment base includes one or more protrusions for engaging with corresponding holes or slots of the alignment mechanism of the overlay applicator and for fixedly holding the overlay layer of the overlay applicator relative to the device slot so that the overlay layer is aligned with a screen of the electronic device when the overlay layer is applied to the screen by pulling on the pull tab of the overlay applicator; and an end slot, wherein the end slot corresponds to an opening in the one or more frames, wherein the opening is sized and shaped to receive the pull tab of the overlay applicator, and wherein the pull tab is connected to the adhesive release liner of the overlay applicator.