Patent ID: 7096785

Claim:
A stamp pad holder for use in a self-inking hand stamp comprising: a stamp die box having a top, a bottom and opposite sides, a stamp forming material mounted at the bottom of the die box, the stamp forming material having an ink receiving side and an image forming side, an ink cartridge having a top side and a bottom side mounted in the stamp die box, the bottom side adjacent to the ink receiving side of the stamp forming material, a porous compressible layer mounted to the bottom side of the ink cartridge for increasing the rate of flow of ink from the ink cartridge to the stamp forming material, and a non permeable film disposed between the ink cartridge and the ink receiving side of the stamp forming material for prohibiting the flow of ink from the ink cartridge to the stamp forming material until the film is removed from between the ink cartridge and the stamp forming material at which time the ink can flow from the ink cartridge through the porous compressible layer to the stamp forming material thereby impregnating the stamp forming material with ink.