Card – picture – or sign exhibiting – Display card – Three-dimensional pop-up display card
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-18
2001-01-16
Davis, Cassandra H. (Department: 3628)
Card, picture, or sign exhibiting
Display card
Three-dimensional pop-up display card
C040S124070, C229S128000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06173515
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is a card that can be used as a greeting card, souvenir, gift item, or display for information, advertising and the like. More particularly, the card of the invention is assembled, shipped and stored in a flat form. Upon a simple manual operation, the card takes on a three dimensional shape to form a diorama. The erected card has an opening through which a scene comprising an image in front of a background is viewed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates in general to a diorama card. The card is shipped and stored flat. The card is erected by a simple manual operation. The card is constructed of die cut blanks made from a thin foldable and flexible material such as cardboard, paper, or plastic sheet material. The flat storage and shipping of the card as well as the possible use of common and readily available materials makes the invention inexpensive to manufacture, ship, and store and therefore available at a low cost.
The card is constructed of a first blank having a front panel in which an opening is cut, a back panel to form the back of the card, and a tab to facilitate the construction of the card. The viewing window may be of any shape. The opening may also include a transparent or semitransparent material to further add visual effects.
The second blank of the card has a panel which forms the background of the scene. The background may be plain or it may be illustrated. Extending from the top and bottom of the background panel are pinched elliptical panels which form the structural support for the card in its erect state as well as the inside top and bottom, respectively, of the scene. Cut and fold lines at the bottom of the background panel of the second blank bridging the bottom ellipse panel form a pop up support for an image blank.
The back of the second blank is secured by means of an adhesive or the like to the back panel of the first blank. An image blank is also secured by means of an adhesive or the like to the vertical section of the pop up support.
The front panel of the first blank is folded over the second blank and the tab is secured by means of an adhesive or the like to the back of the second panel.
In general, the background panel and the elliptical panels feature an appropriate illustration and may also feature a text message. For example, the bottom elliptical panel may feature an illustration of grass, the background panel an image of grassy rolling hills and sky, the top ellipse sky, and a text message printed on the background panel such as “Thank you.” The image blank may be any image, for example an image of a bouquet of flowers in a vase. It may also feature text.
In operation, the sides of the card are squeezed, causing the front panel to bow outwardly and the back panel together with the background panel to bow outwardly. The elliptical panels of the second blank, due to the scored fold line between each elliptical panel and the background panel, extend downwardly and forwardly into the newly created space between the front panel and the background panel to provide structural stability to the card as well as to form their respective aspects of the scene. Also, when the sides of the card are squeezed, the pop up support extends upwardly and forwardly, bearing with it the image blank. Thus, in its erect state, the card produces a three dimensional scene or diorama in which through the window the image blank is viewed against a background.
The choice of materials, coloration, texture and illustrations of the various components are extensively variable.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a three dimensional or diorama card.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a three dimensional card featuring a window, a foreground image, and a background image.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a three dimensional card featuring a window, a foreground image, a background image and a bottom background image.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a three dimensional card featuring a window, a foreground image, a background image, a bottom background image, and a top background image.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a three dimensional card that may be simply constructed of inexpensive materials.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a three dimensional card that is assembled stored and shipped in a flat state.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a card that may be simply manipulated from a flat state to a three dimensional state.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein a preferred embodiment is described with reference to the drawings.
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patent: 1555566 (1925-09-01), Furste
patent: 4887709 (1989-12-01), Shimamine
patent: 5061501 (1991-10-01), Lowe
Davis Cassandra H.
Walsh Stacy A.
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