Memorabilia card

• US 5,803,501 A
• Filed: 12/15/1994
• Issued: 09/08/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Media Technologies Licensing LLC
• Original Assignee: LNCJ Limited
• Inventors: Gluck, Adrian
• Primary Examiner(s): FRIDIE JR, WILLMON
• Application Number:
  US08/356,481
• Time in Patent Office: 1,363 Days
• Field of Search: 283/74, 283/75, 283/67, 283/70, 283/56, 283/117, 40/124.1, 40/720, 40/768
• US Class Current: 283/75
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/00 Printed matter of special format or style not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/02 Postcards; Greeting, menu, business or like cards; Letter cards or letter-sheets B42D25/00 takes precedence; envelopes B65D27/00
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 3/025 Superimposing layers to produce ornamental relief structures
• CPC Class Codes: B44C 5/02 Mountings for pictures; Mountings of horns on plates
• CPC Class Codes: B44F 7/00 Designs imitating three-dimensional effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 1/08 wholly or partly imitating the form of an object, e.g. of the article to be advertised
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/00 Labels, tag tickets, or similar identification or indication means medals or badges A44C3/00; making labels B31D1/02; sheets temporarily attached together B42F; labelling B65C; labels on record carriers G11B23/38, G11B23/40; Seals; Postage or like stamps

Abstract

There is disclosed herein a memorabilia card in the form of a substrate having an image surface and wherein the image surface typically includes an action image of a famous figure. An example is a baseball batter in the act of batting a ball. There further is provided a miniature replica of an item used by the personality at a memorable event and which replica item is made from an item used by the personality at the memorable event. An example is a miniature bat adhered to the image surface in the position where an image of the bat normally would appear, and which is made from the bat used by the personality at a memorable event, such as a particular home run. The card further preferably includes the name of the personality and a certification of the authenticity of the item.

Claims

1. A memorabilia card comprising a substrate in the form of a card and having an image surface,

the image surface including a background image and a foreground image, and wherein the foregoing image is of a famous figure,

a piece of a memorabilia item being adhered to the card adjacent to where an image of the actual item normally would appear, and

the card including a certificate attesting to the authenticity of the item.

2. A card as in claim 1 wherein the foreground image is an action image of a baseball batter, the item is a miniature replica of a baseball bat formed from a bat used by that sports player at a memorable event, and the certificate includes a statement attesting to the authenticity of the miniature bat being formed from the actual bat.

3. A card as in claim 2 wherein the miniature bat is adhered to the card by an adhesive.

4. A card as in claim 1 wherein the foreground image is spaced from the background image within the range of approximately ten to sixty-thousandths of an inch, and the item comprises a miniature bat adhered over an area of the background image.

5. A card as in claim 1 including a card section foldable in a manner to provide a stand substantially in the form of the shape of an "A" for displaying the images thereon.

6. A memorabilia article comprising at least a piece of an authentic implement used either by a popular sport or entertainment person or during a memorable event, wherein less than all of the implement is included, and

a card having an image surface, and the article being adhered to said surface near where an image of the implement normally would appear.

7. An article of memorabilia comprising

a first member, and

a portion, but not the entirety, of an authentic memorabilia item used by a popular sport or entertainment personality or during a memorable event, said portion attached to said first member, and

the first member includes a sports trading card having an image surface, and said portion is affixed to said surface near where an image of an authentic item normally would appear.