Patent ID: 6889587

Claim:
A die cutter blanket for use with an anvil having an axially extending channel of a given transverse width dimension in the surface thereof comprising: a first plastic sheet member having first and second ends, the sheet member for wrapping about the anvil and having an outer peripheral top work surface defined by a longitudinal edge and a transverse edge that is linear across substantially the entire width of the first plastic sheet member; the first and second ends each having an end surface at and depending from the peripheral work surface at the transverse edge, the first and second end surfaces being arranged to abut to form a seam when the sheet member is wrapped about the anvil; and a plurality of complementary interlocking fingers at the respective first and second ends located in a region spaced from and beneath said outer peripheral work surface at said edges and together forming a composite projection depending from said sheet member for selective interlocking engagement with each other to secure the sheet member to the anvil, said projection for engaging said channel.