Patent ID: 7124799

Claim:
A laminating device, comprising: a main body having an input region and an exit region; a holder to provide at least one content media mountable on the main body, the holder having a holder exit region in communication with the input region of the main body to permit media content to leave the holder and enter the main body; a support media tray to provide at least one support media; a guide arrange in the flow path from a support media tray exit port to the exit region, wherein the guide assists in guiding the support media from the support media tray to the exit region along the flow path; a staging tray arranged at the input region of the main body and having a staging exit region, the staging tray receiving the content media and creating a path for the content media from the input region to a location on the guide downstream from the support media tray exit port, whereby at least one content media from the staging tray is combine with a support media; and a lamination tray to provide at least one covering media and having a lamination exit portion, the lamination tray arranged such that the lamination exit portion is at a location on the guide and downstream from the staging exit region of the staging tray whereby a covering media is laminated to the combined at least one content media and the support media; and wherein the lamination combined at least one content media, covering media, and support media is transported to the exit region of the main body.