# US 10,308,417 B2 · Package convertible into a frame > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,308,417 B2 - Document ID: US10308417B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/749,196 - Filed: 2016-05-10 - Published: 2018-08-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-08-07 - Applicants: Sergiu Vrabie - Inventors: Sergiu Vrabie; Andrei Santevoi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10308417B2 ## CPC - B65D 81/368: {Foldable carton-boxes simulating, or transformable into, a special configuration, e.g. a car, a house, an animal (cartons with spaced apart images to give a 3-D effect B65D5/4258; toy models made by folding paper A63H33/16)} - A63F 3/0023: {Foldable, rollable, collapsible or segmented boards (A63F3/027 takes precedence)} - A63F 9/1044: {Display boards therefor} - A63F 2003/00936: {Handle on the board or box for carrying} - A63F 2003/00943: {Box or container for board games} - A63F 2003/00946: {with a storage for playing pieces next to the playing field} - A63F 2003/00949: {with a lid} - A63F 2003/00955: {with a lid (A63F2003/00949 takes precedence)} - A63F 2003/00962: {with a game board on the lid or the inside of the lid} - A63F 2009/0012: {the other object being a container or part thereof} - A63F 2009/105: {with provisions for storing and transporting an interrupted game} - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract Disclosed herein is a package convertible into a frame, comprising: a flat rectangular support plate, a rectangular frame element, and a rectangular lid element. The support plate, the frame element and the lid element are formed and arrangeable with respect to each other in such a way that in the package state the support plate is circumferentially grippable by at least a lower edge of an outer wall of the frame element. On an upper wall of the frame element parallel to the support plate the lid element is arranged so that a package in parallelepiped shape is created. In the frame state the frame element is arranged on a front surface of the support plate along its circumference, and the lid element is arranged either on a rear surface of the support plate or between a front surface of the support plate and the frame element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A package (10) convertible into a frame, comprising: a flat rectangular support plate (11) comprising a front surface (70) and a rear surface (72), a rectangular frame element (19) comprising an outer wall (40) arranged at its outer circumference with a lower and an upper edge (43, 44) and an upper wall (42) of the frame element (19) adjoining with the upper edge (44) on the inside of the frame element (19), and a rectangular lid element (60), characterised in that the support plate (11), the frame element (19) and the lid element (60) are formed and arrangeable with respect to each other in such a way that in the package state the support plate (11) is adapted to be circumferentially grippable by at least the lower edge (43) of the outer wall (40) of the frame element (19), and on the upper wall (42) of the frame element (19) parallel to the support plate (11) the lid element (60) is arranged so that a package in parallelepiped shape is created, wherein the support plate (11) and at least the lid element (60) form the top and the bottom side of the package (10), and the outer wall (40) of the frame element (19) forms the side walls of the package, and in the frame state the frame element (19) is arranged on the front surface (70) of the support plate (11) along its circumference, the lid element (60) is arranged either on the rear surface (72) of the support plate (11) or between the front surface (70) of the support plate (11) and the frame element (19), wherein the profile of the upper wall (42) of the frame element (19) is formed with at least one step (80) with an upper (82) and a lower leg (81), which step is lowered towards the side of the opposite outer wall (40), wherein the length and width of the lid element (60) enable an arrangement of the lid element (60) on the lower leg (81) of the step (80). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the thickness of the lid element (60) is equal to the height of the step (80). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which a continuous or discontinuous side wall (18) is formed on the lateral sides (13, 14, 15, 16) of the support plate (11) on the side of its rear surface (72), wherein the front surface (70) of the support plate (11) faces outward in the package state. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The package according to claim 3, in which the frame element (19) comprises at least one support element (29) on the inside of each of the four outer walls (40), with a support surface (45) protruding from the lower edge (43) of the outer wall (40) by the height of the wall (18), so that in the package state the wall (18) abuts on the support surface (45) of the support element (29) and the front surface (70) of the support plate (11) is arranged flush with the face of the lower edge (43) of the outer wall (40). ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The package according to claim 3, in which the upper wall (42) of the frame element (19) comprises an arc-shaped portion with an edge portion (41) arranged parallel to the outer wall (40), the face (47) of which is arranged in the same plane as the support surface (45) of the support element (29). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the support plate (11) is formed either semi-transparent, with a surface allowing a diffuse light transmission, or completely transparent. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the support plate (11) is formed either continuously or continuously with a multitude of recesses or with a multitude of apertures or as a rigid grid with meshes of predetermined size. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1 comprising at least one fixing element (30, 38) formed in such a way that the lid element (60), the frame element (19) and the support plate (11) are adapted to be jointly maintainable by the fixing element (30, 38) in the package state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The package according to claim 8, in which the at least one fixing element (30, 38) comprises two cover portions (31, 32) arranged at a distance above each other and each having two lateral edges (33, 34) arranged at a right angle towards each other, wherein the cover portions (31, 32) are connected to each other in the area of their lateral edges (33, 34) by a side wall (35) arranged perpendicularly to them, wherein the fixing element (30, 38) in the package state surrounds at least the opposite corners of the package (10). ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The package according to claim 8, in which the fixing element (30, 38) is formed as at least two clamps holding the lid element (60) and the support plate (11) together in the package state. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the support plate (11) comprises several apertures (50) adjacent to the circumference, and the frame element (19) comprises pins (46) that are engageable with the apertures (50) in the frame state. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the frame element (19) is formed in such a way that its outer wall (40) is adapted to be affixable under tension on the lateral sides (13, 14, 15, 16) of the support plate (11). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The package according to claim 1, in which the lid element (60) is formed in such a way that its side walls is adapted to be affixable under tension in the recess formed by the step (80).