Unitary elastic mold and cutter combination

摘要

A unitary elastic mold and cutter combination configured to mold and cut moldable material is disclosed herein. The mold and cutter combination comprises an elastic mold cavity having an elastic bottom wall with an embossed inner surface and an elastic sidewall extending from and unitary with a perimeter of the bottom wall. An elastic cutting blade extends from and is unitary with the sidewall of the mold cavity and is configured to cut moldable material and maintain a substantially consistent perimeter upon cutting. The cutting blade comprises a cutting edge disposed between an inner cutting blade surface and an outer cutting blade surface. The mold and cutter combination may have an elasticity sufficient to release molded material therefrom by hand stretching, wherein the cutting edge, inner cutting blade surface, and the inner surface of the sidewall of the mold cavity are stretched by an amount sufficient to release the molded material.

主权项

1. A single piece unitary elastic mold and cutter combination configured to mold and cut moldable material, said mold and cutter combination comprising:
an elastic mold cavity having a bottom wall with an embossed inner surface configured to emboss moldable material; an elastic sidewall extending from and unitary with a perimeter of said bottom wall; said bottom wall enclosing an end of said sidewall and configured to form said mold cavity; an elastic cutting blade extending from and unitary with said sidewall of said mold cavity, said cutting blade being configured to cut a design from moldable material and to resist collapse, toward or away from the mold cavity, by an amount that maintains a substantially consistent perimeter upon cutting; said elastic cutting blade being configured to elongate upon stretching the mold into a releasing configuration and comprising a cutting edge, an inner cutting blade surface extending outward from an inner surface of said sidewall of said mold cavity to said cutting edge, and an outer cutting blade surface extending from said cutting edge and extending toward a plane of said mold cavity bottom wall; said cutting edge, said inner cutting blade surface, and said inner surface of said sidewall of said mold cavity are solely of an elastic material configured to allow releasing of cut molded material from said mold and cutter combination by hand stretching; and said sidewall of said mold cavity has a thickness greater than or equal to a maximum thickness of said cutting blade.