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US 11,443,655 B2Granted
Removably securing a sliceform to a foldable article
AssigneeHallmark Cards, Incorporated
InventorThomas A. Wallen
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Abstract
A foldable article having a sliceform removably secured to one or more panels of the foldable article. A tab having a retaining portion may extend from at least one of the one or more panels of the foldable article. The tab may pass through an opening in the sliceform and the retaining portion may be wider than the width of the opening. The retaining member may be manipulated to pass through the opening to removably secure the sliceform to, and/or detach the sliceform from, the foldable article.
Claims20
A foldable article comprising:
- a panel having a first subpanel and a second subpanel, the first subpanel and the second subpanel being separated by a fold in the panel, the panel configured to move between a folded position and an unfolded position;
- a first retaining portion extending from the first subpanel, the first retaining portion extending away from a first plane defined by the first subpanel when the panel is in the unfolded position;
- a second retaining portion extending from the second subpanel, the second retaining portion extending away from a second plane defined by the second subpanel when the panel is in the unfolded position;
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- a sliceform detachably coupled to the panel by the first retaining portion and the second retaining portion such that the sliceform is moveable between a first collapsed, substantially flat configuration and a second three-dimensional configuration,
- wherein the sliceform is in the first collapsed, substantially flat configuration when the panel is folded closed along the fold, and
- wherein the sliceform is in the second three-dimensional configuration when the panel is unfolded and open.
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A method of removably securing a sliceform to a foldable article, the method comprising:
- providing a panel having a fold separating a first subpanel from a second subpanel;
- affixing a first foldable tab to the first subpanel, the first foldable tab having a first body portion and a first retaining portion;
- affixing a second foldable tab to the second subpanel, the second foldable tab having a second body portion and a second retaining portion;
- providing a sliceform that is moveable between a first collapsed, substantially flat configuration and a second three-dimensional configuration, wherein the sliceform includes a plurality of base panels that cooperate to form a vertical grid having a plurality of openings, including a first opening and a second opening, when the sliceform is in the second three-dimensional configuration;
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- placing the sliceform on the panel while the panel is in an open position and oriented such that the first body portion extends through the first opening and the second body portion extends through the second opening,
- wherein the first retaining portion has a first width that is wider than the first opening, wherein the second retaining portion has a second width that is wider than the second opening.
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A foldable article comprising:
- a panel having a first subpanel and a second subpanel, the first subpanel and the second subpanel being separated by a fold in the panel, the first subpanel having a first foldable tab affixed to a first interior surface of the first subpanel, the second subpanel having a second foldable tab affixed to a second interior surface of the second subpanel, the first foldable tab having a first free end opposite the first subpanel;
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- a sliceform detachably coupled to the panel by the first foldable tab and the second foldable tab such that the sliceform is moveable between a first collapsed, substantially flat configuration and a second three-dimensional configuration, the sliceform being retained between the first free end and the first subpanel when in the second three-dimensional configuration,
- wherein the sliceform is in the first collapsed, substantially flat configuration when the panel is folded closed along the fold,
- wherein the sliceform is in the second three-dimensional configuration when the panel is unfolded and open.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.