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US 2014/0183252 A1Published application
Container with articulating closure
AssigneeGift Card Impressions, LLC
InventorsBrett R. Glass, Nicole E. Glass
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Abstract
A container for receiving a gift, having an articulating closure feature such that arms extending from the flap mimic a waving or hugging motion of a character or other design depicted on the character. The container includes pleated sides to accommodate different size gifts and may further include a closing tab to securely close the container and a handle for carrying the container.
Claims12
A container with articulating closure comprising:
- a main body including a plurality of sides and a closed bottom portion, wherein the plurality of sides define a chamber having an open end opposite the closed bottom portion;
- a closure flap engaged to an upper margin of the main body, wherein the closure flap includes a central panel engaged to a central portion of the upper margin, a first articulating side panel engaged to a first side portion of the upper margin, and a second articulating side panel engaged to a second side portion of the upper margin;
- wherein pivoting the central panel about the upper margin of the main body causes the first articulating side panel to pivot about the a first side portion of the upper margin and the second articulating side panels to pivot about the second side portion of the upper margin.
A container with an articulating comprising:
- a main body having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the main body further including:
- a bottom end;
- an upper end;
- a plurality of sides, wherein the plurality of sides and the bottom end are substantially closed, while the upper end is typically substantially open;
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- the plurality of sides engaged to one another around outer margins of the main body and transversely spaced apart from a longitudinal axis extending from the bottom end to the upper end, each of the plurality of sides is generally parallel to the longitudinal axis when the main body is in the open configuration and where each of the sides terminate at their lower margins at the closed bottom end and terminate at their upper margins at the open upper end;
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- a closure flap having multiple articulated panels, extending from the main body, where the flap extends from the upper margin of at least one side of the plurality of sides, the closure flap further comprising:
- a plurality of articulated panels including central major panel, a first minor panel extending from a left portion of the upper margin of the at least one side of the plurality of sides and proximate to the left margin of the central panel, and second minor panel extending from a right portion of the upper margin of the of the at least one side of the plurality of sides and proximate the right margin of the central panel;
- wherein the central panel is engaged to the first minor panel along one or more left folds and engaged to the right panel along one or more right folds;
- and
- whereby, when the central panel is raised or lowered, the first minor panel and the second minor panel are concomitantly raised or lowered by the action of the central panel.
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