Dioramic greeting card

• US 5,822,896 A
• Filed: 08/21/1996
• Issued: 10/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paper House Productions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Jeffrey Milstein
• Inventors: Milstein, Jeffrey
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Brian K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOP, ANDREA MARIE
• Application Number:
  US08/701,310
• Time in Patent Office: 790 Days
• Field of Search: 40/124.01, 40/124.07, 40/124.09, 40/124.12, 40/124.16, 40/124.19, 40/738, 40/743, 40/750, 40/752, 40/786, 40/788, 40/789, 40/100 , 40/155, 40/152.1, 229/92.8
• US Class Current: 40/124.07
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/042 Foldable cards or sheets B42D15/045 and B42D15/08 take precedence

Abstract

A dioramic greeting card is provided. The card has a construction comprising three panels or segments. One panel has a viewing window, the second panel typically has a written message imprinted thereon, and the third panel includes an attractive picture or photo display. The card'"'"'s construction is made from a cardboard blank which is appropriately folded and manipulated in order to construct the greeting card. The blank includes a series of panels foldably connected to each other along common fold lines.

Claims

1. A flat blank for constructing a dioramic display card comprising:

first, second and third panels, said panels having the same width, said first panel foldably connected to said second panel along a first common fold line, said second panel having a slit, said second panel foldably connected to said third panel along a second common fold line, said first panel foldably connected to a tab along a third common fold line, said first, second and third panels and said tab being connected lengthwise along said first, second and third fold lines;

wherein said second and third panels are substantially rectangular and have substantially the same dimensions;

wherein said first panel has a length dimension somewhat smaller than that of said second and third panels and is formed with a cutout window;

wherein each said panels have a front and a back side with said front sides and said back sides being respectively contiguous when said blank is flat, with said third panel having a decorative indicia on its front side;

said blank being foldable along said fold lines and by insertion of said tab into said slit, to form a dioramic display card with said decorative indicia being viewable through said window.

2. The blank of claim 1, wherein the blank is formed from one of a paper and a paper equivalent material.

3. A dioramic greeting card comprising:

a front panel formed with a viewing window,

a back panel foldably connected to said front panel along a common fold line and disposed substantially behind said front panel, and

a display panel foldably connected to said back panel along a second common fold line located opposite said first common fold line and disposed between said front and back panels, said display panel having display material on one side thereof viewable through said window;

wherein said back and display panels are substantially the same width and height and said front panel has a width in one lateral direction somewhat smaller than that of said back and display panels;

a tab foldably connected to said front panel for fastening said front panel to said back panel such that each of said back and display panels have a concave configuration with said back and display panels being adjacent, whereby said display material viewed through said window of said front panel has a three dimensional appearance.

4. A greeting card of claim 3, wherein the panels are flat, one above the other, when said tab is disengaged and for shipping purposes.

5. A flat blank for constructing a dioramic card comprising:

first, second and third panels, said first panel foldably connected to said second panel along a first common fold line, said second panel foldably connected to said third panel along a second common fold line;

wherein said second and third panels are substantially rectangular and have substantially the same dimensions;

wherein said first panel has a length dimension somewhat smaller than that of said second and third panels and is formed with a cutout window, and has an edge opposite and parallel to said first common fold line with a tab extending outwardly of said first panel and attached to said second panel at said edge;

wherein each said panels have a front and a back side with said front sides and said back sides being respectively contiguous when said blank is flat, with said third panel having a decorative indicia on its front side;

said blank being foldable along said fold lines to form a dioramic card by attaching said tab adjacent to said second fold line, said card having a frame formed by said first panel and said second and third panel being adjacent to each other to form a back for said dioramic card with said decorative indicia being viewable through said window.