System, kit and/or method of decorating a paperboard sheet

• US 9,108,332 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2012
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ArtSkills, Inc.
• Original Assignee: ArtSkills, Inc.
• Inventors: Golden, Steven B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US13/414,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20120251983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 434/81
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00 Board games; Raffle games racing games, traffic games, or obstacle games characterised by figures moved by action of the players A63F9/14
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/0005 Golf or putting board games
• CPC Class Codes: B26F 1/24 Perforating by needles or pins

Abstract

A display system or kit for displaying lights on a paper board product. In one embodiment, the invention can be a display system comprising: sheet of paperboard having a plurality of holes extending from a front surface to a rear surface of the paperboard; a light assembly comprising a string of lights and a controller comprising an internal power source, the string of lights comprising a plurality of light modules arranged in a spaced apart manner along a length of wire, each of the light modules comprising a light portion capable of being alternated between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state via the controller; and the light portions of the string of lights extending through the holes of the paperboard so as to protrude from the front surface of the paperboard, the wire of the light assembly located adjacent the rear surface of the paperboard.

Claims

1. A kit for decorating a paperboard sheet comprising:

a package;

a hole punch comprising a handle portion and a punching portion, the punching portion having a tapered section that terminates in a distal tip, the punching portion having a maximum transverse diameter; and

a light assembly comprising a string of lights, the string of lights comprising a plurality of light modules arranged in a spaced apart manner along a length of wire, each of the light modules comprising a light portion capable of being alternated between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state and a neck portion, the neck portion having a maximum transverse diameter that is less than a maximum transverse diameter of the light portion, wherein the neck portion extends from a proximal end to a distal end and the light portion extends from a proximal end to a distal end, the proximal end of the light portion being adjacent to the distal end of the neck portion, the proximal end of the light portion having the maximum transverse diameter of the light portion and forming an annular flange relative to the distal end of the neck portion;

wherein the maximum transverse diameter of the light portion is greater than the maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion; and

wherein the hole punch and the light assembly are disposed within the package.

2. The kit of claim 1 wherein the hole punch further comprises a longitudinal axis and a transverse shoulder located between the handle portion and the punching portion, the transverse shoulder extending radially outward from an outer surface of the punching portion to an outer surface of the handle portion, the handle portion and the punching portion extending along the longitudinal axis, the transverse shoulder having a maximum transverse diameter that is greater than the maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion.

3. The kit of claim 2 wherein the handle portion is an elongated member terminating at a distal end, the transverse shoulder located at the distal end of the handle portion and forming an annular flange at a base of the punching portion, and the punching portion extending from the transverse shoulder.

4. The kit of claim 1 further comprising at least one light transmissive cap comprising a bore configured to receive and detachably retain the light portion of the light module, the bore having a transverse cross-sectional profile that forms an interference fit with a transverse cross-sectional profile of the light portion of the light module.

5. The kit of claim 4 wherein the light transmissive cap comprises at least one three-dimensional decorative sculpture.

6. The kit of claim 1 wherein the light module further comprises a transversely extending flange and an annular groove located between the light portion and the transversely extending flange, the transversely extending flange having a maximum transverse diameter that is larger than the maximum transverse diameter of the light portion.

7. A kit for decorating a paperboard sheet comprising:

a package;

a hole punch extending along a longitudinal axis and being formed entirely of a material selected from the group consisting of wood and plastic, the hole punch comprising a handle portion and a punching portion, the handle portion extending from a proximal end to a distal end and terminating at a transverse shoulder that forms the distal end, the transverse shoulder forming an annular flange at a base of the punching portion, the punching portion extending from the transverse shoulder, the punching portion having a tapered section that terminates in a rounded distal tip, the transverse shoulder having a maximum transverse diameter that is greater than a maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion, the handle portion having a length and the punching portion having a length, a ratio of the length of the handle portion to the length of the punching portion being between 6;

1 and 10;

1;

a light assembly comprising a string of lights, the string of lights comprising a plurality of light modules arranged in a spaced apart manner along a length of wire, each of the light modules comprising a light portion capable of being alternated between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state; and

wherein the hole punch and the light assembly are disposed within the package.

8. The kit of claim 7 wherein the length of the handle portion is between 12 cm and 13 cm and wherein the length of the punching portion is between 1.3 cm and 2.0 cm.

9. The kit of claim 7 wherein the light portion has a maximum transverse diameter and the punching portion has a maximum transverse diameter, the maximum transverse diameter of the light portion being up to 10% greater than the maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion.

10. The kit of claim 9 wherein the maximum transverse diameter of the light portion is substantially equal to the maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion.

11. The kit of claim 7 wherein the handle portion has a substantially constant diameter along a length of the handle portion, the diameter of the handle portion being between 7 mm and 8 mm, and wherein the maximum transverse diameter of the punching portion is between 3 mm and 5 mm.

12. The kit of claim 7 wherein the punching portion comprises a non-tapered section that extends from the transverse shoulder to a transition point and the tapered section that extends from the transition point to the rounded distal tip of the punching portion, the non-tapered section of the punching portion having a substantially constant diameter and the tapered section having a diameter that decreases with axial distance from the transition point towards the rounded distal tip.

13. The kit of claim 7 wherein the transverse shoulder extends radially outward from an outer surface of the punching portion to an outer surface of the handle portion.