Double-sided magnet with graphical image on each side

• US 6,484,428 B1
• Filed: 02/11/2000
• Issued: 11/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: A.W. Faber-Castel U.S.A.
• Original Assignee: A.W. Faber-Castel U.S.A.
• Inventors: Baran, Patrick, Greenwald, Evelyn, Tamulewicz, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Mah, Chuck Y.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUTTON JR, WILLIAM D
• Application Number:
  US09/502,742
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 406/00, 401/240.4, 406/21, 407/11, 405/94, 335/296, 335/297, 335/302, 335/303, 446/129, 446/137, 446/901, 434/73, 434/190, 434/305, 434/347, 434/367, 434/369, 434/395, 434/396, 434/430, 434/168, 273/239
• US Class Current: 40/600
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/04 the elements being secured or adapted to be secured by magnetic means

Abstract

The present invention is a magnetic piece having outwardly facing first and second sides, each side with a different image disposed thereon. In a first embodiment, the magnetic piece has an image on first and second sides, wherein each image comprises a different expression of an object, with the object having at least one differing characteristic in each image. In a second embodiment of the present invention, a thick magnetic piece has a thickening layer between two magnetic layers. The magnetic piece is comprised of a single layer of magnetic material sandwiched between two layers of a printing medium. Alternatively, the magnetic piece is comprised of a thickening layer sandwiched between two magnetic layers, with a layer of printing medium annexed to the exterior surface of each magnetic layer. Each magnetic layer may be comprised of magnetic striping bands.

Claims

1. A magnetic piece comprising first and second magnetic sides, said first magnetic side having disposed thereon a first image, and said second magnetic side having disposed thereon a second image, said first and second images facing outwardly, and wherein said first image comprises a first expression of an object and further wherein said second image comprises a second expression of the object, said second expression of the object having at least one characteristic of the object that is different than in the first expression.

2. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are oppositely disposed and positioned generally parallel to one another.

3. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a character having the at least one characteristic, said first image comprises a first expression of the character, and said second image comprises a second expression of the character with the at least one characteristic of the character being different than the at least one characteristic in said first image.

4. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a character, the at least one characteristic is a facial expression, said first image comprises a first expression of the character with a first facial expression, and said second image comprises a second expression of the character with a second facial expression that is different than the first facial expression.

5. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a character, the at least one characteristic is body position, said first image comprises a first expression of the character in a first body position, and said second image comprises a second expression of the character in a second body position that is different than the first body position.

6. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a clothed character, the at least one characteristic is clothing, said first image comprises a first expression of the clothed character, and said second image comprises a second expression of the clothed character wearing at least one article of clothing that is different than in said first expression.

7. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is an animal having at least one characteristic, said first image comprises a first expression of the animal, and said second image comprises a second expression of the animal with at least one characteristic of the animal being different than the at least one characteristic in said first expression.

8. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is an inanimate object having at least one characteristic, said first image comprises a first expression of the inanimate object, and said second image comprises a second expression of the inanimate object with at least one characteristic of the animal being different than the at least one characteristic in said first expression.

9. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a building having at least one characteristic, said first image comprises a first expression of the building, and said second image comprises a second expression of the building with the at least one characteristic of the building being different than the at least one characteristic in said first expression.

10. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the object is a building, the at least one characteristic is building condition, said first image comprises a first expression of the building in a first condition, and said second image comprises a second expression of the building in a second condition that is different than the first condition.

11. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the at least one characteristic is lighting, said first image comprises a first expression of the object having a first lighting, and said second image comprises a second expression of the object having a second lighting.

12. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the at least one characteristic is time, said first image comprises a first expression of the object at a first time, and said second image comprises a second expression of the object at a second time.

13. A magnetic piece according to claim 12 wherein said first image comprises a first expression of the object during the day time, and said second image comprises a second expression of the object during the night time.

14. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein the at least one characteristic is appearance caused by season, said first image comprises a first expression of the object at a first season, and said second image comprises a second expression of the object at a second season.

15. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic piece comprises a single layer of magnetic material having first and second sides, said first image being disposed on said first side of said single layer of magnetic material, and said second image being disposed on said second side of said single layer of magnetic material.

16. A magnetic piece according to claim 15 wherein said first image is disposed upon a first layer of printing medium physically annexed to said first side of said single layer of magnetic material, and said second image is disposed upon a second layer of printing medium physically annexed to said second side of said single layer of magnetic material.

17. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic piece further comprises a thickening layer, said thickening layer sandwiched between and physically annexed to first and second layers of magnetic material, said first image being disposed on a side of said first layer of magnetic material, and said second image being disposed on a side of said second layer of magnetic material.

18. A magnetic piece according to claim 17 wherein said first image is disposed upon a first layer of printing medium physically annexed to a side of said first layer of magnetic material, and said second image is disposed upon a second layer of printing medium physically annexed to a side said second layer of magnetic material.

19. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein at least one magnetic piece is magnetically stackable upon another at least one magnetic piece.

20. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein at least one magnetic piece is magnetically stackable upon another at least one magnetic piece, wherein an image on a magnetic side of a first at least one magnetic piece is aligned relative to an image on a magnetic side of a second at least one magnetic piece.

21. A magnetic piece according to claim 1 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

22. A magnetic piece according to claim 2 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

23. A magnetic piece according to claim 3 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

24. A magnetic piece according to claim 4 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

25. A magnetic piece according to claim 5 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

26. A magnetic piece according to claim 6 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

27. A magnetic piece according to claim 7 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

28. A magnetic piece according to claim 8 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

29. A magnetic piece according to claim 9 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

30. A magnetic piece according to claim 10 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

31. A magnetic piece according to claim 11 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

32. A magnetic piece according to claim 12 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

33. A magnetic piece according to claim 13 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

34. A magnetic piece according to claim 14 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

35. A magnetic piece according to claim 15 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

36. A magnetic piece according to claim 16 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

37. A magnetic piece according to claim 17 wherein said first and second magnetic sides magnetized.

38. A magnetic piece according to claim 18 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

39. A magnetic piece according to claim 19 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.

40. A magnetic piece according to claim 20 wherein said first and second magnetic sides are magnetized.