Aesthetically pleasing greeting card

• US 6,209,924 B1
• Filed: 03/05/1999
• Issued: 04/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Larry Pyle, Theresa Pyle
• Original Assignee: Larry Pyle, Theresa Pyle
• Inventors: Pyle, Theresa, Pyle, Larry
• Primary Examiner(s): Gerrity, Stephen F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): PHAN, DANIEL TIEN
• Application Number:
  US09/262,937
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: 283/117, 283/61, 283/62, 40/124.1, 40/365, 40/700, 40/427
• US Class Current: 283/117
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 15/042 Foldable cards or sheets B42D15/045 and B42D15/08 take precedence

Abstract

An aesthetically pleasing greeting card having a light transmitting carrier with a scene printed on both sides of the front cover thereof inserted and adhered between two substantially equal sized folded over sections with substantially equal sized cutouts therethrough. The scenes are identical with one being the reverse of the other so that when viewing through the cutouts and the light transmitting carrier from either side thereof toward a light source one bright common scene is viewed with one side having a reverse scene from the other side. The greeting card has a solid back either with printed indica thereon or left blank for the user to inscribe thereon.

Claims

1. An aesthetically pleasing greeting card comprising:

a frame, said frame being folded in three sections with at least two of the sections being of substantially equal sized areas, an outer one of said at least two substantially equal sized areas being folded toward and fixedly secured to the adjacent center one of said at least two substantially equal sized areas forming a double thickness, said frame forming said double thickness having an opening there through with the remaining one of said three folded areas being folded toward the two fixedly secured areas for forming a solid back surface for said greeting card and

a piece of light transmitting material having a first outer and a second inner side with a pleasing image positioned on said first outer side and the reverse of that image positioned on said second inner side, the images registering one over the other to form a single image when viewed from either the first outer or second inner side, said piece of light transmitting material being inserted between said two folded over areas prior to fixedly securing the two areas together and located substantially coextensive with said opening, said pleasing image can be viewed from either said first outer or second inner side of said two folded over areas through said light transmitting material whereby a greeting card is formed having a front outer side and a second inner side with said pleasing image viewable from either side thereof.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said frame is rectangular.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said light transmitting material is transparent.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said light transmitting material is translucent.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the opening through the double thickness is rectangular.

6. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said three sections are of substantially equal size areas.

7. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein one of said sections is of a different sized area from said at least two sections of equal sized areas.