Patent ID: 8006615

Claim:
Stencil stamp apparatus comprising: a housing having an upper end with an upper hole and a lower end with a lower hole; a plunger having an upper end with a handle extending through the upper hole in the housing and a lower end with a porous pad for carrying ink, wherein the plunger is mounted to slide within the housing between an upper position and a lower position; a spring holding the plunger in the upper position; a plurality of stencils, each having an opening defining a shape to be printed, a cover attachable to close an opening at the lower end of the housing; and an attachment structure removably holding one of the stencils adjacent the lower hole of the housing, wherein the porous pad is held away from a stencil within the attachment structure with the plunger in the upper position and against the stencil with the plunger in the lower position, wherein the attachment structure comprises a slot extending into the housing from an opening at a front side of the housing, wherein the cover and each of the stencils comprises a plate slidable into the slot with a tab extending outward through the opening in the front side of the housing, and wherein the cover is slidable into the slot along with one of the stencils.