Patent ID: 6446549
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B31F

Abstract:
A hand-held embossing tool system comprising a template having a channel and having a template surface beside the channel, a sheet of media lying on said template, and an embossing tool for embossing the sheet of media, wherein the embossing tool comprises:an elongated handle having a first end and a second end and a longitudinal axis; a roller ball pressing on said sheet of media over said channel of the template; a retainer attached to the first end of the handle and rollably receiving the roller ball so that the roller ball may roll in the retainer and so that an exposed surface of the ball is exposed and contacts the sheet of media; a biasing member contacting the roller ball and biasing the roller ball in a direction outward from the elongated handle in parallel to the longitudinal axis; and a guide surface disposed on or near the first end around the roller ball that extends out from the roller ball generally transverse to the longitudinal axis near the exposed surface of the roller ball and that contacts the sheet of media over the template surface beside the channel.