Patent Application
20230190026
The present disclosure relates to trophies. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a reusable trophy with a dry erase board for reuse of the trophy.
The presentation of trophies and awards for achievements is common practice in many environments. However, such trophies may be expensive, especially when they are customized to a certain event, recipient, time period, or the like. It would be desirable to have a trophy that is reusable for different events.
In one embodiment, a trophy includes a base and an award element on a top of the base. A dry erase element on the trophy is configured to be reusable with a dry erase marker for reusing the trophy.
In another embodiment, a trophy includes a base, an award element on a top of the base, and a dry erase element integrated into the trophy, wherein writing on the dry erase element may be changed to reuse the trophy.
In yet another embodiment, a trophy kit includes a base, and an award element on a top of the base. A dry erase sheet having a pressure sensitive adhesive on one side and a dry erase surface on an opposite side is provided. The dry erase sheet is configured to be cut out to a desired dry erase element shape and affixed at a desired location on the trophy. A dry erase marker for marking the dry erase element to change a message on the affixed dry erase element for reuse of the trophy.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a trophy with a reusable dry erase/white board element on which writing may be made, changed, erased, and reused.
One embodiment of a trophy 100 is shown in isometric view in
In one embodiment, the white board/dry erase element is built into the base 102 and/or prize element 104. In another embodiment, the white board/dry erase element 106 is a dry erase board, white board or white board/dry erase element affixed to the base 102 and/or prize element 104, such as by being glued to the base 102 and/or prize element 104. In still another embodiment, a self-sticking white board/dry erase element 106 is provided with the trophy 100 so that an end user may affix the white board/dry erase element 106 to a location on the trophy of their choosing. In so doing, the user may place the white board/dry erase element 106 to the base 102, the prize element 104, including in numerous possible locations thereon.
When a trophy 100 is to be awarded to an individual, team, or the like, or a trophy is to be renamed, if an old writing is present on the white board/dry erase element 106, it may be removed by cleaning the white board/dry erase element 106. Then, using a dry erase marker or the like, a new recipient/trophy name may be written with the marker on the white board/dry erase element 106. In the event of multiple white board/dry erase elements 106, different inscriptions may be placed on different white board/dry erase elements 106. For example, a white board/dry erase element 106A may be positioned on a side of a base 102, and a white board/dry erase element 106B may be positioned on the prize element 104 above the white board/dry erase element 106A. In such a configuration, a year, competition, trophy name, recipient, or the like may be written on the white board/dry erase element 106B, and a different or same writing, such as a year, competition, trophy name, recipient, or the like may be written on white board/dry erase element 106A. Of course, the configuration of dry erase elements 106 may be switched, and any inscription may be placed on any of the white board/dry erase elements regardless of the descriptions provided herein, and without departing from the scope of the disclosure.
The base 102 need not be a square base, as described, but may be any shape. Further, it should be understood that the trophy 100 may comprise only a base 102, such as a monolith, cube, ball, or the like, in which the base 102 comprises an entirety of the trophy body. In such a configuration, a white board/dry erase element or elements 106 may be positioned at any point on the base 102, such as near a bottom, near a middle, at a top, or at multiple locations, with the location or locations being chosen by a user in the case of a fixed white board/dry erase element, or may be provided by a manufacturer in various configurations.
In the case in which a white board/dry erase element 106 is affixed to the trophy 100, a self-sticking white board/dry erase element may be provided with the trophy 100, and a user may then affect the white board/dry erase element 106 at a location or locations of their choice. In some configurations, multiple dry erase elements 106 are provided for affixing by the user to the base 102, prize element 104, or another part of the trophy 100.
In the embodiment of
In another embodiment, as shown in
As has been mentioned, a trophy 100 need not have a base 102 and a prize element. In
In use, when a trophy such as trophy 100, 400, 500, 600 is to be awarded, a user uses a dry erase marker such as marker 700 shown in
Pre-printed messages may be positioned on the trophy, such as one color black (1C black) printing of a specific message like message 802 shown in
In one embodiment, the trophies 100, 400, 500, 600 are made of a material such as Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic, and are covered with a metallic plating. For example, one metallic plating is a metallic gold UV plating. The base 102, 602 may comprise molded plastic and metallic plating. It should be understood that other materials may be used without departing from the scope of the disclosure.
While white board and dry erase elements are shown and discussed herein, and ABS plastic and metallic coatings are discussed and shown herein, it should be understood that different materials may be used for the composition of the trophies. Further, it should be understood that other forms of dry erase type elements may be used without departing form the scope of the disclosure. For example, a trophy may be made of ceramic, and provided with a spray-on coating that acts as a dry erase material. Any type of dry erase configuration, such as spray-on materials that act as dry erase materials, or the like, may be used with embodiments of the present disclosure, and are within the scope thereof. Such coatings may be sprayed on to or applied to any number of materials comprising the trophies, such as plastic, ceramic, and other materials.
Although the present disclosure has been described with reference to preferred embodiments, workers skilled in the art will recognize that changes may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.
