Patent ID: 6543808
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: A63F,B41M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A pull-tab game piece comprising:a base substrate that is at least partially transparent and has front and back surfaces; a thermosensitive imaging layer on the front surface of the base substrate; an at least partially opaque layer covering the thermosensitive imaging layer on the front face of the base substrate; a cover substrate partially bonded to the back surface of the base substrate; a tab formed in the cover substrate that is at least partially removable for exposing a view through the base substrate; and the opaque layer providing for: (a) transmitting concentrations of heat required to form thermal images in the thermosensitive imaging layer from a thermal print head; (b) at least partly obscuring a view of the thermal images formed in the thermosensitive imaging layer from the front side of the base layer; and (c) visually contrasting with the thermal images formed in the thermosensitive imaging layer as a background against which the thermal images can be distinguished through the back face of the base layer.