Patent ID: 6524412
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of preparing and applying a curbside display system, comprising the steps of:providing a sheet of a first material sized to fit on a roadside curb having a thermoplastic polymer resin back and a reflective face; positioning said sheet of a first material in a sheet cutting die press having a desired character die therein; actuating said sheet cutting die press to punch a desired character-shaped aperture in said first sheet of a first material; selectively repositioning said sheet of a first material in said sheet cutting die press, placing a desired character die in said sheet cutting die press, and actuating said sheet cutting die press to punch additional character-shaped apertures in said sheet of a first material; providing a sheet of a second material having a thermoplastic polymer resin back and a reflective face, said sheet of a second material having different reflectivity characteristics than said sheet of a first material; positioning said sheet of a second material in a sheet cutting die press having a desired character die therein, said character die selected to produce a character-shaped insert having the same shape and size as one of the character-shaped apertures in said sheet of a first material; actuating said sheet cutting die press to punch said desired character-shaped insert from said sheet of a second material; selectively positioning said second sheet of a second material in said sheet cutting die press, placing a desired character die in said sheet cutting die press, and actuating said sheet cutting die press to punch additional character-shaped inserts in said sheet of a second material that have the same shape and size as one of said character-shaped apertures in said sheet of a first material; positioning said character-shaped inserts in the corresponding character-shaped apertures in said sheet of a first material; applying a reactant to said thermoplastic polymer resin back of said sheet of a first material with said character-shaped inserts positioned therein; allowing an exothermic reaction to occur between said reactant and said thermoplastic polymer resin back of said sheet of a first material to soften said thermoplastic resin to a plastic state; applying the reactant to said roadside curb; and, adhering said sheet of a first material with said character-shaped inserts positioned therein to said roadside curb.