Foldable Card Assembly
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Abstract
A foldable card assembly for creating an envelope includes a panel that is selectively manipulated. The panel has a plurality of fold lines. Moreover, the panel is selectively folded along the plurality of fold lines such that the panel forms an envelope and the envelope may be mailed. The panel has a plurality of tabs and each of the tabs engages a card thereby facilitating the envelope to contain the card when the envelope is mailed.
Claims18
A foldable card assembly combining elements of a greeting card and an envelope, said assembly comprising:
- a panel being configured to be manipulated, said panel having a plurality of fold lines, said panel being selectively folded along said plurality of fold lines such that said panel forms an envelope wherein said envelope is configured to be mailed, said panel having a plurality of tabs, each of said tabs being configured to engage a card thereby facilitating said envelope to contain the card.
A foldable card assembly combining elements of a greeting card and an envelope, said assembly comprising:
- a panel being configured to be manipulated, said panel having a plurality of fold lines, said panel being selectively folded along said plurality of fold lines such that said panel forms an envelope wherein said envelope is configured to be mailed, said panel having a plurality of tabs, each of said tabs being configured to engage a card thereby facilitating said envelope to contain the card, said panel having a first surface, a second surface and a peripheral edge extending therebetween, said peripheral edge having an upper side, a lower side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, said plurality of fold lines including a set of first fold lines and a second fold line, said plurality of first fold lines intersecting to form a rectangle having a top side, a bottom side, a first sidelong side and a second sidelong side, said rectangle being offset with a center of said panel, said second fold line being spaced from said rectangle, said panel having a plurality of perforations, each of said perforations extending through said first and second surfaces, said plurality of perforations including a first perforation, a second perforation, a third perforation, a fourth perforation, a fifth perforation, a sixth perforation, a seventh perforation and an eight perforation, said first perforation angling between said upper side of said panel and an intersection between said top side and said first sidelong side, said second perforation angling between said upper side of said panel and an intersection between said top side and said second sidelong side, said third perforation angling between said first lateral side of said panel and an intersection between said top side and said second sidelong side, said fourth perforation angling between said first lateral side of said panel and an intersection between said bottom side and said second sidelong side, said fifth perforation extending between said intersection between said bottom and second sidelong sides and said lower side of said panel, said sixth perforation extending between said bottom and first sidelong sides and said lower side of said panel, said seventh perforation angling between said first lateral side of said panel and an intersection between said bottom and said first sidelong sides, said eighth perforation angling between said first lateral side of said panel and an intersection between said upper and first sidelong sides, each of said first and second perforations forming a first flap extending upwardly from said rectangle, each of said third and fourth perforations forming a second flap extending laterally away from said rectangle, each of said seventh and eight perforations forming a third flap extending laterally away from said rectangle, each of said fifth and sixth perforations forming a fourth flap extending downwardly from said rectangle, said fourth flap being folded along said second fold line to define a first half and a second half of said fourth flap, each of said tabs being positioned on said first half of said fourth flap, each of said tabs being configured to engage the card to retain the card on said first half of said fourth flap, said panel having a cut extending through said first and second surfaces, said cut being positioned on said second half of said fourth flap, said cut extending substantially between said fifth and sixth perforations, said first half of said fourth flap being folded over onto said second half of said fourth flap, each of said second and third flaps being folder onto said first half of said fourth flap, said first flap being folded over onto said second and third flaps such that said panel forms said envelope, said first flap being inserted into said cut to close said envelope.
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