Convertible and customizable greeting card
OwnerStephanie Whittaker-McKinneyinventor
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Abstract
A convertible greeting card that can be converted from a greeting card into an accessory such as a hat. The convertible greeting card can optionally include a message and a decoration. The shape and geometry of the convertible greeting card are typically selected such that brims will extend in a direction generally orthogonal to a first surface of the card when the brim flaps are releasably affixed to one another. Decorations can be disposed on one or more of a first or second surface of the card. A message can also be disposed on a surface of the card.
Claims10
A convertible greeting card, comprising:
- a central body having a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface;
- a first lid disposed at a first end of the central body and a second lid disposed at a second end of the central body;
- a first brim disposed on a first side of the central body;
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- a second brim disposed on a second side of the central body,
- wherein the first lid is folded to extend in a direction generally orthogonal to one of the first surface of the central body and second surface of the central body,
- wherein the second lid is folded to extend in a direction generally orthogonal to one of the first surface of the central body and the second surface of the central body,
- wherein the first brim is folded to extend in a direction generally orthogonal to the first surface of the central body,
- wherein the second brim is folded to extend in a direction generally orthogonal to the first surface of the central body,
- wherein a first brim flap of the first brim and a first brim flap of the second brim are affixed to one another at a position below the first and second surfaces of the central body, and
- wherein a second brim flap of the first brim and a second brim flap of the second brim are affixed to one another at a position below the first and second surfaces of the central body.
A method for converting a greeting card into an accessory, comprising:
- folding a first lid on a first end of a central body in a direction generally orthogonal to one of a first surface of the central body and a second surface of the central body;
- folding a second lid on a second end of the central body in a direction generally orthogonal to one of the first surface of the central body and the second surface of the central body;
- folding a first brim disposed on a first side of the central body in a direction generally orthogonal to a first surface of the central body, wherein the first surface is generally opposite the second surface of the central body;
- folding a second brim disposed on a second side of the central body in a direction generally orthogonal to a first surface of the central body;
- affixing a first brim flap of the first brim and first brim flap of the second brim to one another at a position below the first and second surfaces of the central body;
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- affixing a second brim flap of the first brim and second brim flap of the second brim to one another at a position below the first and second surfaces of the central body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.