Patent ID: 6785025
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
Collage making apparatus for assisting in the production of a collage by duplication apparatus, comprising:a layout area contained within said collage making apparatus, said layout area accommodating at least one object that is to be contained in said collage, said collage making apparatus being convertible between a layout mode and a duplication mode, said layout area being observable by a user during the layout mode so that the user may observe an arrangement of the at least one object within said layout area, the layout area being reproducible by said duplication apparatus during the duplication mode so that said duplication apparatus produces a copy of the arrangement of the at least one object within said layout area; a lid operatively associated with said duplication apparatus so that said lid may be moved between an opened position and a closed position, said lid defining said layout area; and a transparent cover member operatively associated with said lid so that said transparent cover member can be moved between a first position and a second position, said transparent cover member exposing said layout area when said transparent cover member is in the first position and when said lid is in the opened position, said transparent cover member covering said layout area when said transparent cover member is in the second position, said transparent cover member also securing the at least one object contained within said layout area when said transparent cover member is in the second position so that said lid may be moved to the closed position without disturbing the arrangement of the at least one object contained in said layout area.