System and method for a canvassed self healing bulletin board

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to a system and method for converting a client order into a custom canvassed bulletin board, where the client accesses a board maker's web site and uploads a digital image over the internet to a server. The client verifies the uploaded image, selects an image print size, and submits personal information to the server. The uploaded image is retrieved by the board maker and resized. The board maker prints the image onto a canvas, fixes the printed canvas onto a bulletin board, and delivers the custom board to the client. The bulletin board can be framed, hung on a surface, used with push pins to attach messages to the canvassed surface, or be used as decorative art. Cork's self-healing properties causes holes through the printed canvas and tack receptive cork layers to close up and restore the printed image to its near original quality.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system and method for converting a client order into a self healing bulletin board, with the steps comprising:
 a. client's computer accessing a board maker's website over the internet and uploading a digital image to a remote server;   b. the server of step a. returning a compressed file of the uploaded image to the client's browser for verification;   c. the client selecting the image print size for the uploaded image of step a.;   d. the client selecting a decorative frame for the bulletin board;   e. the client submitting their personal information to the server;   f. the board maker using an internet connected computer to download the digital image from step a. from the remote server and resizing the digital image in a computer according to step c.;   g. the board maker transferring the resized digital image to a computer enabled printer;   h. the board maker using the printer of step f. to print the resized digital image onto a cotton canvas; and   i. forming a self-healing bulletin board by adhering the back surface of the printed cotton canvas of step g. to a bulletin board.   
     
     
         2 . The self-healing bulletin board of  claim 1 , wherein the self-healing bulletin board comprises a printed cotton canvas layer, a tack receptive layer, and a solid support layer. 
     
     
         3 . The uploaded image of  claim 1 , wherein a printer applies solvent based inks to print the uploaded image onto the top surface of the cotton canvas layer. 
     
     
         4 . The printed cotton canvas of  claim 1 , wherein the canvas includes a poly-cotton osnaburg or polyester nonwoven fabric that mimics an artist's canvas, where vinyl may be 17 ounces per lineal yard and the cotton may be about 3 ounces per lineal yard with a fabric thickness from about 0.015 inches to about 0.030 inches and the top surface can absorb solvent based inks and the back surface comprises the same cotton fibers adhered to a vinyl based polymer. 
     
     
         5 . The tack receptive layer of  claim 2 , wherein this layer is a cork sheet or a cork hybrid sheet having polymer or rubber particulates, where either cork sheet has a thickness from about an ⅛ inch to about a ¼ inch. 
     
     
         6 . The solid support of  claim 2 , wherein the solid support may be made from a wood fiber, a particle fiber, or a hard wood fiber having a thickness from about a ¼ inch to about a ½ inch. 
     
     
         7 . The self-healing bulletin board of  claim 1 , wherein the board maker delivers the self-healing bulletin board to the client via a mailing system. 
     
     
         8 . The digital image of  claim 1 , wherein the digital image includes restaurant menus, calendars, or any business advertisement. 
     
     
         9 . A self-healing bulletin board comprising a printed cotton canvas layer, a tack receptive layer, and a solid support layer. 
     
     
         10 . The printed cotton canvas of  claim 9 , wherein the canvas includes a poly-cotton osnaburg or polyester nonwoven fabric that mimics an artist's canvas, where vinyl may be 17 ounces per lineal yard and the cotton may be about 3 ounces per lineal yard with a fabric thickness from about 0.015 inches to about 0.030 inches and the top surface can absorb solvent based inks and the back surface comprises the same cotton fibers adhered to a vinyl based polymer. 
     
     
         11 . The tack receptive layer of  claim 9 , wherein this layer is a cork sheet or a cork hybrid sheet having polymer or rubber particulates, where either cork sheet has a thickness from about an ⅛ inch to about a ¼ inch. 
     
     
         12 . The solid support of  claim 9 , wherein the solid support may be made from a wood fiber, a particle fiber, or a hard wood fiber having a thickness from about a ¼ inch to about a ½ inch.