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Display card with interactive imagery and method of producing same

  • US 5,517,336 A
  • Filed: 02/01/1995
  • Issued: 05/14/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A display card depicting a composite image comprising:

  • a. a substrate having an optically opaque surface adapted to receive within a defined area a composite complementary image having separate, non-intersecting first and second image elements, the first image element having a first area, a perimeter and a contour, the second image element having a second area, a perimeter and a contour, a segment of the perimeter of the first image element coinciding with a segment of the perimeter of the second image element to form a shared perimeter segment having a contour defined by the contour of the first image element;

    b. a reproduction of the first image element printed directly on the surface of the substrate within the defined area, the reproduction having an outer surface which remains exposed to ambient light;

    c. a hot stamping layer affixed to the substrate surface and having an area, a perimeter and a contour substantially coincident with the area, the perimeter and the contour of the second image element; and

    d. an embossed holographic reproduction of the second image element formed on the interior surface of the hot stamping layer, the printed reproduction of the first image element and the hot stamping layer with the embossed second image element being aligned within the defined area of the substrate surface along the shared perimeter segment to form the composite complementary image.

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