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Three dimensional paper structure enclosed in a transparent box

  • US 5,157,852 A
  • Filed: 05/02/1991
  • Issued: 10/27/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A display device comprising:

  • a three-dimensional transparent housing having sides and a sculpture formed from paper products enclosed within said housing, said sculpture comprising a single sheet folded into a plurality of panels.said sheet having a first vertical panel having a bottom edge and a top edge, said first panel disposed adjacent to a rear side of said housing,a second vertical panel connected to said top edge of said first panel along a first fold line and disposed in a generally vertical parallel relationship to said first panel,a third generally horizontal panel having a forward, a rear, a left side edge, and a right side edge, said rear edge of said third panel connected to a second panel along a second fold line in a generally perpendicular relationship,said forward edge of said third panel connected to a fourth vertical panel in perpendicular relationship along a third fold line,a fifth horizontal panel having a forward and a rear edge, said forward edge of said fifth panel connected to said fourth panel in a perpendicular relationship along a fourth fold line, said fifth panel extending such that said rear edge of said fifth panel meets with said bottom edge of said first panel,a sixth and a seventh vertical panel connected to said right and left side edges, respectively, of the third panel in a perpendicular relationship such that the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh panels form a generally rectangular base structure,means for securing a plurality of characters to at least said second and third panels,indicia adapted to be disposed on said characters,a foam-like material disposed within said rectangular base structure, such that said characters are visible from all sides of said housing except the rear and a bottom side of said housing,and indicia disposed on first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh panels such that indicia is visible from all sides of said transparent housing.

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