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US 2023/0391128 A1Published application
Greeting card for automated printing
AssigneeHallmark Cards, Incorporated
InventorsOrlanda Lacy, Susan Priscilla Crilley
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Abstract
This application is related to a greeting card that is conducive to automated printing, as well as methods and systems for printing on the greeting card. For example, the greeting card can include a three-dimensional (3D) card element that is containable, when the card is being printed, between a first panel of the greeting card and a protective panel of the greeting card. In addition, the greeting card can include a second panel for receiving a printed graphic (e.g., text, letters, numbers, pictures, symbols, etc.).
Claims20
A method comprising:
- forming, as part of a greeting card, a first fold between a front panel and a back panel, wherein:
- the front panel comprises a first outer card face, which comprises a front of the greeting card, and comprises a first inner card face;
- the back panel comprises a second outer card face, which comprises a back of the greeting card, and comprises a second inner card face;
- forming, as part of the greeting card, a second fold between the front panel and a protective panel, wherein the protective panel hinges via the second fold between a closed position, in which the protective panel overlays the front panel, and an open position, in which the protective panel is splayed outward relative to the front panel;
- arranging a three-dimensional (3D) card element with the greeting card, the 3D card element being contained between the front panel and the protective panel when the protective panel is in the closed position;
- feeding, with the protective panel in the closed position, the greeting card into a printer;
- and
- printing, on the second inner card face and via the printer, a graphic.
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A method comprising:
- forming, as part of a greeting card, a first panel and a second panel;
- forming, as part of the greeting card, a third panel, wherein the third panel hinges between a closed position, in which the third panel overlays the first panel, and an open position, in which the third panel is splayed outward relative to the first panel;
- arranging a three-dimensional (3D) card element with the greeting card, the 3D card element being contained between the first panel and the third panel when the third panel is in the closed position;
- feeding, with the third panel in the closed position, the greeting card into a printer;
- and
- printing, on the second panel and via the printer, a graphic.
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A system comprising:
- a greeting card comprising:
- a front panel comprising a first outer card face, which comprises a front of the greeting card, and comprising a first inner card face;
- a back panel hingedly connected to the front panel along a first fold and comprising a second outer card face, which comprises a back of the greeting card, and comprising a second inner card face;
- a protective panel hingedly connected to the front panel along a second fold, the protective panel being movable, by hinging via the second fold, between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the closed position, the protective panel overlays the front panel, and in the open position, the protective panel is splayed outward and apart from the front panel;
- and
- a 3D card element affixed to the greeting card, the 3D card element being contained between the front panel and the protective panel when the protective panel is in the closed position;
- and
- a printer comprising:
- a card feeder configured to receive the greeting card with the protective panel in the closed position and the second inner card face oriented towards a print head;
- and
- the print head configured to print, while the protective panel is in the closed position, a graphic on the second inner card face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.