Patent ID: 6294237
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
A multilayer sheet assembly for forming printed laminated three-dimensional configured articles for throwing toys, by a printer or copier, comprising:a cardstock sheet;a flexible plastic sheet generally coextensive with said cardstock sheet;a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive between said cardstock sheet and said plastic sheet;said assembly being sufficiently flexible to reliably pass through a printer or copier, and being 15 mils or less in thickness;said cardstock sheet having a die cut outline around the configuration of said throwing toys shaped structure to be formed, having a plurality of notches or lines of weakness extending transversely across said die cut outline, said notches or lines of weakness allowing said assembly to take a curved shape;said flexible plastic sheet and said pressure sensitive adhesive having a die cut in a peripheral outline substantially outside of and encompassing the die cut outline on said cardstock; andsaid flexible plastic sheet having additional die cuts from said periphery up to the edge of the cardstock outline;wherein said assembly has a toy die cut outline of a throwing toy in said card stock sheet, said plastic film having die cut areas that are greater than said toy die cut area, said plastic film having flaps which fold over said toy die cut area to retain said toy die cut area in a three dimensional configuration.