Patent ID: 8820201
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B44C,B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for engraving an article of manufacture, comprising: receiving the article of manufacture, the article of manufacture contained in packaging, packaging comprising a body which holds the article of manufacture therein and a removable portion formed tenuously integral to the body at one or more tenuous junctions, the removable portion configured to separate from the body upon application of force to at least one of the tenuous junctions to reveal a targeted engraving area of the article of manufacture held within the body of the packaging; applying force to the tenuous junctions to separate the removable portion from the body of the packaging; removing the removable portion of the packaging to expose substantially only the targeted engraving area of the article of manufacture; and engraving the exposed targeted engraving area of the article of manufacture.