Memorabilia card

• US 6,142,532 A
• Filed: 09/08/1998
• Issued: 11/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Media Technologies Licensing LLC
• Original Assignee: LNCJ Limited
• Inventors: Gluck, Adrian
• Primary Examiner(s): Fridie, Jr., Willmon
• Application Number:
  US09/149,747
• Time in Patent Office: 791 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. 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.

2. An article as in claim 1 wherein the first member is a card having a face surface, and said portion is attached to said face surface.

3. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a baseball bat, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of wood taken from that bat.

4. An article as in claim 1 wherein 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 the authentic item normally would appear.

5. An article as in claim 1 wherein the first member comprises a scaled version of the sports or entertainment personality.

6. An article as in claim 1 wherein said portion comprises a tiny piece of an authentic item of clothing worn by the sports or entertainment personality.

7. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a baseball, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of material taken from said baseball.

8. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a football, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of material taken from said football.

9. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a basketball, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of material taken from said basketball.

10. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a hockey puck, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of material taken from said hockey puck.

11. An article as in claim 1 wherein the authentic item is a soccer ball, and said portion comprises a tiny piece of material taken from said soccer ball.

12. An article of memorabilia comprising,

a first member, and

a portion, but not the entirety, of an authentic memorabilia item used in a popular sport or form of entertainment or during a memorable event, said portion incorporated into said first member.

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

14. An article as in claim 13 wherein the implement is a baseball bat, and the piece comprises a tiny piece of wood from that bat, thereby enabling a large number of such articles to be manufactured from the bat.

15. An article as in claim 13 further including a card having an image surface, and the article being adhered to said surface near where an image of the implement normally would appear.