US 10,899,158 B2Granted

Hinged repositionable business card

AssigneeStik Out Cards, LLC

InventorJon Phillip Van Wagoner

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Abstract

A business card comprises front and back sides and a flap permanently attached to the business card. The flap comprises front and back sides and an adhesive on at least a portion of the flap's back side. The adhesive is capable of removably and reusably adhering to objects. The flap is foldable with respect to the business card such that the flap can be placed in at least two configurations. In a first configuration, the adhesive adheres to a portion of the back side of the business card, so that the business card is non-adhesive and can be used like a convention business card. In a second configuration, the flap aligns at least approximately with the business card, thereby presenting the flap's adhesive to be able to adhere to another object such that the front side of the business card faces outward from said another object.

Claims29

Dependent claims

A business card comprising:

a front side;
a back side opposite the front side;
four edges;
and
a non-removable flap permanently attached to the business card along substantially the entire length of one of the four edges, the flap comprising:
a front side;
a back side opposite the front side of the flap;
and
an adhesive on at least a portion of the back side of the flap, wherein the adhesive is capable of removably and reusably adhering to objects, the flap being foldable with respect to the business card such that the flap can be alternately and repeatedly placed in the following two configurations:
a first configuration wherein the adhesive on the back side of the flap adheres to a portion of the back side of the business card, and
a second configuration wherein the flap aligns at least approximately with the business card such that the front of the business card and the front of the flap face the same general forward direction, and the back of the business card and the back of the flap face the same general direction that is generally opposite the forward direction, thereby presenting the flap's adhesive to be able to adhere to another object such that the front side of the business card faces outward from said another object,
wherein the back side of the flap has a lengthwise central area in which there is no adhesive anywhere along the height of the flap.

9 more elements

A business card changeable between an adhesive configuration and non-adhesive configuration, the business card comprising:

a generally flat paper business card body having opposing front and back sides;
and
a non-removable plastic flap permanently attached to the generally flat paper business card body, the plastic flap having an adhesive side and an opposing non-adhesive side, the adhesive side of the plastic flap having an adhesive area that is adherable to, removable from, and re-adherable to another object, the plastic flap being moveable from a first position to a second position, wherein the plastic flap in the first position is folded against the paper business card body such that the adhesive side of the plastic flap adheres to the back side of the paper business card body, and wherein the plastic flap in the second position exposes the adhesive area to permit the business card to adhere to another object, and
wherein the plastic flap can be placed in a third position wherein the plastic flap's adhesive is able to adhere to said another object, and the third position is further characterized in that the paper business card body is further able to pivot with respect to the plastic flap such that the back side of the paper business card body is exposed outward from said another object, and wherein the paper business card body lies flat against said another object.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/322,870Filed 2 Jul 2014 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Jul 2013
Published: US 2015/0007466 A18 Jan 2015
Granted: 26 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

B42D 1/009
Books or other bound products: characterised by printed matter not otherwise provided for
B42D 1/006
Characterised by shape or material of the sheets: with at least one foldable or folded sheet
B42D 1/10
Books or other bound products: files with adhesive strips for mounting papers
B42D 5/003
Sheets united without binding to form pads or blocks: note-pads