Patent ID: 7011024

Claim:
A stamp die assembly for a self-inking stamping device comprising a die bracket having a bracket block having a thickness; a front edge; a back edge; two side edges; a bottom surface; a top surface; two bottom side lips formed on the bottom surface respectively on the side edge of the bracket block; and a bottom opening defined in the bottom surface and between the bottom side lips; two side transverse tabs formed on the top surface respectively on the side edges of the bracket block and each having an outside and an overturning tab formed on the outside; a transverse recess defined through the bracket block on the front edge; a spine formed on the top surface of the bracket block and between the side transverse tabs behind the transverse recess; two clips defined on the top surface of the bracket block respectively on the opposite sides of the transverse recess and each having a recess defined on the clip close to the transverse recess, wherein the recesses face each other; and a fastener bracket defined on the back edge of the bracket block and having a slot defined through the fastener bracket; and a replaceable stamp die mounted inside the bottom opening of the bracket block and between the bottom side lips and having a die block mounted inside the bottom opening of the bracket block between the bottom side lips and having a top surface facing the bottom surface of the bracket block; a patterned surface opposite to the die block; a front edge; and a back edge; a fastener formed on the back edge of the die block and extending through the slot of the fastener bracket in the die bracket; a medium tab defined on the top surface of the die block, mounted inside the transverse recess and having a thickness and a top end; and a resilient plug defined on the top end of the median tab, and mounted between the clips and having a longitudinal tab defined on the top end of the median tab and having two sides; two side curved tabs formed respectively on the sides of the longitudinal tab, urging respectively against the clips and each having an outer end; two side strips defined respectively on the side curved tabs and engaging respectively inside the recesses of the clips; and a central spine formed on the longitudinal tab between the side curved tabs and having a front end.