Abstract:
A scoring system consisting of a die base and one or more dies. The die base consisting of a soft material and is recessed to accept one or more of the dies as needed. Each die is consisted of scorers arranged in a way to score material accurately.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS  
       [0001]    This application is entitled to the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/318,230 file Sep. 7, 2001 
     
    
     
       BACKGROUND—FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
         [0002]    This invention relates to origami, specifically to folding origami.  
         BACKGROUND—DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART  
         [0003]    Origami has been around ever since paper was created in the Far East.  
           [0004]    Origami first consisted of simple folds, but as years past and with the knowledge of origami around the world the folds became more complex.  
           [0005]    When folding paper there are preliminary folds that must be folded in order to achieve specific folds. This would discourage someone to fold and sometimes would not achieve a desired result. There are numerous types of scorers which are found in the prior art but none are used in the creation of origami, and none that can score with such accuracy. Web presses with scorers have a problem of paper shrinking and do not score paper in a complex way. Other scoring systems also do not score in a complex way as to create origami.  
         SUMMARY  
         [0006]    In accordance with the present invention a die consisting of scorers arranged in a way to provide the required scoring. A base that is designed to receive a die and consisting of a soft material.  
         OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES  
         [0007]    Several objects and advantages of the present invention are  
           [0008]    (a) to provide a scorer to score paper accurately;  
           [0009]    (b) to provide a scorer in which the scorers do not pierce the material;  
           [0010]    (c) to provide a scorer to score material which eliminates preliminary folds;  
           [0011]    (d) to provide a scorer whose scorers can be made of any material to score such material presented; 
       
    
    
     DRAWING FIGURES  
       [0012]    [0012]FIG. 1 shows the complete process.  
         [0013]    [0013]FIG. 2 shows an example of a finished product using such process.  
         [0014]    [0014]FIG. 3 shows one of the dies used in scoring the material to create mountain folds.  
         [0015]    [0015]FIG. 4 shows another die used in scoring the material to create valley folds.  
         [0016]    [0016]FIG. 5 shows the layout of every mountain and valley fold on material.  
         [0017]    [0017]FIG. 6 shows a valley fold.  
         [0018]    [0018]FIG. 7 shows a mountain fold.  
     
    
     REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWING  
       [0019]    [0019] 10  complete die  
         [0020]    [0020] 11  die base  
         [0021]    [0021] 12  flexible material  
         [0022]    [0022] 13  soft material  
         [0023]    [0023] 14  main base  
         [0024]    [0024] 15  scorers  
         [0025]    [0025] 15  scorers  
         [0026]    [0026] 16  valley fold  
         [0027]    [0027] 17  mountain fold  
         [0028]    [0028] 18  recess in main base  
       DESCRIPTION  
       [0029]    [0029]FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a basic version of my paper scorer system. It consist of a main base  14 , a soft material  13  in the recess  18  part of the main base and one or more dies  10 . It can be placed ion a machine press or used by hand. The base  14  is consisted of a solid material of any shape or size able to withstand the pressure of the die  10 . The base is recessed  18  to allow each die  10  to fit in exactly. Inside the recess  18  section of the base  14  lays a soft material  13 . The flexible material  13  lies between the main base  14  and the die  10 .  
         [0030]    [0030]FIG. 2 shows an example of what can be created using this process.  
         [0031]    [0031]FIG. 3 and  4  are example dies  10  needed to create the scores  15  on the flexible material  12  to create FIG. 2. Each die base can be any shape or size and able to hold scorers  15 . Each scorer  15  can be any shape, size and made out of any material able to score. Each die base  11  can contain any amount of scorers  15  and each scorer  15  can be placed in any position on the die base  11 .  
         [0032]    [0032]FIG. 5 shows where each scorer  15  should be position to create example in FIG. 2. Solid lines represent valley folds  16  excluding the perimeter solid lines and the dashes represent the mountain folds  17 .  
         [0033]    [0033]FIG. 6 is an example of folded flexible material  12  in a valley fold position.  
         [0034]    [0034]FIG. 7 is an example of folded flexible material  12  in a valley fold position.  
       Operation  
       [0035]    The drawings illustrate a dies(s)  10  and a main base  14  is used to carry out the teachings of the invention. Depending on the object you want to create the number of dies  10  may vary. The main base  14  can be made out of any material and of any shape or size. The recess part  18  of the base is to be a same size and shape as the die  10 . Inside the recess part  18  lies a soft material  13 . This soft material  13  is for when the scorers  15  press against the flexible material  12 . They allow the material  12  to sink in but not tear through the flexible material  12  thus scoring it to specifications.  
         [0036]    The die  10  is made up of a main base  14  which can be made out of any material and the same shape and size as the recessed part  18  of the main base  14  and have scorers  15  which can be any shaper or size and material able to score the flexible material  12 . Each scorer  15  can be placed on the die base  11  in any position needed to score.  
         [0037]    Each die  10  will be used to score the flexible material  12  into either valley folds  16  or mountain folds  17 . The terms valley folds  16  and the mountain folds  17  used in origami or paper folding.  
         [0038]    To us the invention one places a flexible material  12  in the recessed part  18  of the die base  14 . Then with the use of hands or machine, place the die  10  over the flexible  12  and press on the flexible material  12  with enough pressure to score the material. This will score the material  12  to create either the mountain folds  17  or valley folds  16 .  
         [0039]    Next remove the die  10  and take out the flexible material  12  and flip it over and place it back in the recessed part  18  and use another die  10  to complete the process to score the flexible material  12  to create the opposite folds.  
         [0040]    When finished the scores on the flexible material  12  will look like FIG. 5.  
         [0041]    Then with the use of hands, one manipulates the paper to create the object in FIG. 2.