Greeting card and picture frame combination

• US 5,575,094 A
• Filed: 10/19/1993
• Issued: 11/19/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Albert O. Cota, Michael J. Leake
• Original Assignee: Albert O. Cota, Michael J. Leake
• Inventors: Leake, Michael J., Cota, Albert O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE
• Application Number:
  US08/139,508
• Time in Patent Office: 1,127 Days
• Field of Search: 40/124.1, 40/152, 40/152.1, 40/725, 40/748, 40/746
• US Class Current: 40/124.09
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 1/12 Frames therefor

Abstract

A greeting card and picture frame combination (10) that consist of a greeting card (12) and a picture frame assembly (50). The card includes a front cover (14) having a front surface (16) that includes indicia (20) and a foldable back section (22). The picture frame assembly (50) includes a picture frame (52) having a front side (54), an inner longitudinal member (56), a back surface (58) and a lower member (64). The foldable back section (22) is attached to back surface (58) of the picture frame'"'"'s inner longitudinal member (56). When the foldable back section (22) of the card (12) is extended outward, away from the back surface (58) of the picture frame (52), the lower edges of the card'"'"'s front cover (14) and the lower member (64) of the picture frame (52) can be placed on a horizontal surface to allow both the front cover (14) and the front side (54) of the picture frame to be viewed. The combination (10) may also be assembled with a pocket section (86) that allows the card (12) to be easily removed from the picture frame (52) to allow the card and the picture frame to be viewed and handled as separate items.

Claims

1. A greeting card and picture frame combination comprising:

A. a greeting card having;

(1) a front cover having a front surface and a back surface,

(2) a foldable back section having a front surface and a back surface,

(3) a living hinge that foldably retains the front cover to the back section,

B. a picture frame assembly comprising;

a) a picture frame further comprising;

(1) a front side,

(2) an inner longitudinal member having a back surface,

(3) an outer longitudinal member,

(4) an upper member and

(5) a lower member, where the upper and lower members are attached by an attachment means to the inner and outer longitudinal members respectively and where the inner, outer, upper and lower members define said picture frame having a central opening with an inner perimeter,

(6) a perimeter lip cut into the inner perimeter of said picture frame,

b) a transparent member inserted into said picture frame and held within said frame by means of the perimeter lip,

c) a picture facing toward the front side of said picture frame and inserted into said frame over the transparent member where the picture is viewed from the front side of said frame,

d) a frame backing inserted into said frame over the picture,

e) means for securing the frame backing to said picture frame, and

C. means for attaching the back surface of the foldable back section of said greeting card to the back surface of the inner longitudinal member of said frame, where when so attached, said front cover can be moved outward away from the back surface of said frame assembly to allow said greeting card and picture frame combination to be placed on a horizontal surface to allow the front surface of the front cover and the front side of the picture frame to be viewed wherein the back section of said greeting card further consists of a longitudinal tab having a width substantially equal to the width of the inner longitudinal member of said frame, where the longitudinal tab has a back surface that is attached by an attachment means to the back surface of the inner longitudinal member of said picture frame.