Magnetic badge assembly

Claim 2

A self-adhering badge assembly, comprising: a pair of separable substantially flat badge panels adapted to be placed in face-to-face clamping assembly alignment with a selected area of an article of clothing clamped between the panels and thereby supporting the badge assembly in place on the article of clothing; each of said panels having a similar substantially flat core comprising magnetic material providing alternating polarity at each of opposite side edge portions of the panel; the poles of one of said panels being in complementary orientation relative to the poles of the other of said panels in the clamping assembly and attaining efficient magnetic attraction of each panel for the other panel; and one of said panels being adapted to lie in exposed relation at the outer side of said area of the article of clothing and having an outer face provided with means for displaying badge indicia.

Claim 3

A badge assembly according to claim 1 wherein said flat core of magnetic material comprises magnetic tape.

Claim 4

A badge assembly according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic core material has on each of the badge panels a plurality of alternating N-S pole stripes with the poles reversed in each adjacent stripe.

Claim 5

A badge assembly according to claim 1, wherein said means for displaying badge indicia comprises an indicia carrying sheet laminated between said core plate and a transparent plastic film cover on said outer face of said outer of said one panels.

Claim 6

A badge assembly according to claim 1, wherein said means for displaying badge indicia comprises indicia carrying sheet means on the outer face of said one panel.

Claim 7

A badge assembly according to claim 1, comprising a respective substantially rigid ferromagnetic core plate in laminar relation to said layer of magnetic core material of each of said panels and providing a stiffening and magnetic flux enhancing part of the core, means securing said laminar layer and plate of each of said panels in unitary relation in the panel, said magnetic material core layers being located at faces of said badge panels which are adapted to face toward one another in the badge assembly, and said plates of said cores being located at the faces of the panels which are adapted to face away from each other in the assembly, said location of said plates assuring that the enhanced magnetic flux will cause enhanced clamping cooperation of the panels on said selected area of said article of clothing.

Claim 8

A badge assembly according to claim 1, wherein the core of each of said panels is enclosed in a respective plastic film jacket.

Claim 9

A badge assembly according to claim 7, wherein said plastic film jacket comprises respective plastic film sections on each face of each of the panels, said plastic film sections having margins projecting beyond the edge of said flat core, and filler material about the edges of the core and between said margins, said margins and said filler material being secured fixedly together.

Claim 10

A badge assembly according to claim 7, wherein said means for displaying badge indicia comprises indicia carrying means laminated within the plastic film jacket which is transparent and also indicia carrying means mounted on the outer face of the jacket of said one panel.

Claim 11

A self-adhering badge assembly, comprising: a pair of separable substantially flat badge panels adapted to be placed in face-to-face clamping assembly alignment with a selected area of an article of clothing clamped between the panels and thereby supporting the badge assembly in place on the article of clothing; each of said panels having a similar substantially flat core comprising a layer of magnetic material providing at least one N-pole alternating polarity at each of opposite sides of the panel, and with the poles of one of said panels in complementary orientation relative to the poles of the other of said panels to attain efficient magnetic attraction of each panel for the other panel in clamping assembly; a respective laminated plastic film jacket enclosing said core of each of the panels; said laminated plastic film jacket of each panel comprising respective plastic film sections on each face of each of the panels; margins of said plastic film sections projecting beyond the edges of said flat core; and a frame of filler material about the edges of the core and between said margins; said margins and said filler material frame being secured fixedly together; and one of said panels being adapted to lie in exposed relation at the outer side of said area of the article of clothing and having an outer face provided with means for displaying badge indicia.

Claim 12

A self-adhering badge assembly, comprising: a pair of separable substantially flat badge panels adapted to be placed in face-to-face clamping assembly alignment with a selected area of an article of clothing clamped between the panels and thereby supporting the badge assembly in place on the article of clothing; each of said panels having a similar substantially flat core comprising a layer of magnetic material providing at least one N-pole alternating polarity at each of opposite sides of the panel, and with the poles of one of said panels in complementary orientation relative to the poles of the other of said panels to attain efficient magnetic attraction of each panel for the other panel in clamping assembly; a respective laminated plastic film jacket enclosing said core of each of the panels; said laminated plastic film jacket of each panel comprising respective plastic film sections on each face of each of the panels; margins of said plastic film sections projecting beyond the edges of said flat core; and a frame of filler material about the edges of the core and between said margins; said margins and said filler material frame being secured fixedly together; and one of said panels being adapted to lie in exposed relation at the outer side of said area of the article of clothing and having an outer face provided with means for displaying badge indicia.

Claim 13

A self-adhering badge assembly, comprising: a pair of separable substantially flat badge panels adapted to be placed in face-to-face clamping assembly alignment with a selected area of an article of clothing clamped between the panels and thereby supporting the badge assembly in place on the article of clothing; each of said panels having a similar substantially flat core comprising magnetic material providing alternating polarity at each of opposite sides of the panel; the poles of one of said panels being in complementary orientation relative to the poles of the other of said panels in the clamping assembly and attaining efficient magnetic attraction of each panel for the other panel; a respective laminated plastic film jacket enclosing said core of each of the panels; said core of each of said panels comprising magnetic tape and said magnetic tape being located adjacent to that face of each of the panels which is adapted to face toward the other panel in the clamping assembly; a thin stiffening ferromagnetic plate in laminar relation in the core with the magnetic tape and laminated at the face of the magnetic tape which is adapted to be adjacent to the outer face of each of the panels in the clamping assembly; said plastic film jacket of each panel comprising film sections having margins projecting beyond all edges of said core; filler means between said margins and about the laminar core; said filler means and said margins being permanently secured together; and one of said panels being adapted to lie in exposed relation at the outer side of said area of the article of clothing and having an outer face provided with means for displaying badge indicia.

Claim 14

A self-adhering badge assembly, comprising: a pair of separable substantially flat badge panels adapted to be placed in face-to-face clamping assembly alignment with a selected area of an article of clothing clamped between the panels and thereby supporting the badge assembly in place on the article of clothing; each of said panels having a similar substantially flat core comprising magnetic material providing alternating polarity at each of opposite sides of the panel; the poles of one of said panels being in complementary orientation relative to the poles of the other of said panels in the clamping assembly and attaining efficient magnetic attraction of each panel for the other panel; a respective laminated plastic film jacket enclosing said core of each of the panels; said core of each of said panels comprising magnetic tape and said magnetic tape being located adjacent to that face of each of the panels which is adapted to face toward the other panel in the clamping assembly; a thin stiffening ferromagnetic plate in laminar relation in the core with the magnetic tape and laminated at the face of the magnetic tape which is adapted to be adjacent to the outer face of each of the panels in the clamping assembly; said plastic film jacket of each panel comprising film sections having margins projecting beyond all edges of said core; filler means between said margins and about the laminar core; said filler means and said margins being permanently secured together; and one of said panels being adapted to lie in exposed relation at the outer side of said area of the article of clothing and having an outer face provided with means for displaying badge indicia.

Claim 15

A badge assembly according to claim 11, wherein said means for displaying badge indicia comprises an indicia carrying sheet mounted in display position at said outer face of said one panel.