Three dimensional display device folded from a single sheet of material

A three dimensional decorative display device formed from a single sheet of foldable material having a plurality of fold lines therein thereby forming a plurality of panels therein, said display device comprising:

• (a) a plurality of endwise connected wall sections forming a side wall with initially open portions of the display device,
• (b) a first closure panel integrally connected to at least one of said spaced apart wall sections to close one open portion of said display device,
• (c) a second closure panel hingedly and integrally connected to another wall section and folded over to close another open portion of the display device to form a completely enclosed three dimensional display device, and
• (d) each of said wall sections in said single sheet having generally parallel first fold lines arranged so that when folded each of the wall sections on said side wall have lengthwise extending segments, said first fold lines being arranged so that certain of the lengthwise extending segments have a length greater than certain other alternating segments, and said side wall also having a plurality of second fold lines arranged so that when folded, certain of said segments in each of said wall sections have a lengthwise dimension which is less than other of said segments in that wall section thereby providing each wall section with a somewhat corrugated shape between the opposed edges thereof.

A sheet of material capable of being suspended or hung for use as a poster when in a flat sheet form and capable of being folded and assembled into a three dimensional display device, said sheet of material comprising:

• (a) a plurality of horizontally extending fold lines dividing said sheet into a front wall section and a back wall section with one of said front and back wall sections being initially located above the other,
• (b) a plurality of vertically disposed fold lines dividing said sheet into one end wall section on the side edge of one of said front or back wall sections and another end wall section on the side edge of the other said front or back wall sections and being diagonally located on said sheet with respect to the first of the end wall sections.
• (c) certain of said plurality of horizontally extending fold lines dividing said sheet into a plurality of horizontally disposed segments extending through said front and back wall sections and each of said end wall sections, certain of said horizontally extending fold lines also dividing said sheet into top and bottom wall sections capable of extending between said front and back wall sections when said sheet is folded into the three dimensional object,
• (d) angularly located fold lines extending with respect to and intersecting certain horizontally disposed fold lines and vertically disposed fold lines at the intersections thereof, said angularly located fold lines and horizontally and vertically extending fold lines cooperating to form corner portions when said sheet is folded into a three dimensional device, and
• (e) portions of certain of said horizontally extending fold lines and portions of certain of said vertically extending and angularly located fold lines being score lines so that portions of alternate ones of said horizontally disposed segments can be removed leaving some portion of some horizontally disposed segments spaced from next adjacent horizontally disposed segments so that when said sheet is folded into a three dimensional display device horizontially disposed segments in said front and back wall sections or end wall sections can fit into spaces between adjacent horizontally disposed segments in the other of said front and back wall sections or end wall sections.

A method of forming a three dimensional decorative display device from a single sheet of foldable material having a design on a flat face thereof comprised of a plurality of discrete generally horizontal and parallel segments, said sheet of material having a plurality of horizontal fold lines extending across said sheet and a plurality of vertical fold lines and a plurality of diagonal fold lines, said method comprising;

• (a) folding said sheet along said horizontal fold lines to form a plurality of vertically spaced apart horizontally extending wall segments with some of the segments so formed protruding beyond the plane of the sheet, certain of the horizontally extending wall segments containing one of the discrete design elements thereon such that each design element is on one of the horizontally extending wall segments.
• (b) folding said sheet with the segments therein along said vertical fold lines to divide said sheet into a plurality of wall sections forming a continuous wall with certain of the wall segments protruding beyond certain of the alternate wall segments, and
• (c) simultaneously with folding the sheet along said vertical fold lines also folding said sheet along the diagonal fold lines to form corner portions, the design elements cooperating with the wall segments to recreate the design on the display device with the design elements protruding beyond alternating design elements thereby recreating a three-dimensional representation of the design on the device.

A member capable of being suspended in the form of a sheet of material as a poster and capable of being folded into a three-dimentional display device, said member comprising:

• (a) a sheet of a foldable material initially having a flat front face with upper and lower edges and spaced apart side edges,
• (b) a design on the front face which allows the device to be suspended in the form of a poster and said design having a plurality of horizontally extending individual design elements thereacross,
• (c) a peripheral score line enabling removal of a portion of the sheet of material to enable the sheet to be folded into a three dimensional display device,
• (d) a plurality of horizontally extending fold lines dividing said sheet into a front wall section and a back wall section with one of said front and back wall sections being initially located above the other,
• (e) a plurality of vertically disposed fold lines dividing said sheet into one end wall section on the side edge of one of said front or back wall sections and another end wall section on the side edge of the other of said front or back wall sections and being diagonally located on said sheet with respect to the first of the end wall sections,
• (f) certain of said plurality of horizontally extending fold lines dividing said sheet into a plurality of horizontally disposed segments extending through said front and back wall sections and each of said end wall sections, and at least certain of the design elements conforming to and being registered with certain of the horizontally extending segments, certain of said horizontally extending fold lines also dividing said sheet into top and bottom wall sections capable of extending between said front and back wall sections when said sheet is folded into the three dimensional object,
• (g) angularly located fold lines extending with respect to and intersecting certain horizontally disposed fold lines and vertically disposed fold lines at the intersections thereof, said angularly located fold lines and horizontally and vertically extending fold lines cooperating to form corner portions when said sheet is folded into a three dimensional device, and
• (h) portions of certain of said horizontally extending fold lines and portions of certain of said vertically extending and angularly located fold lines being score lines so that portions of alternate ones of said horizontally disposed segments can be removed leaving some portions of some horizontally disposed segments spaced from next adjacent horizontally disposed segments so that when said sheet is folded into a three dimensional display device horizontally disposed segments in said front and back wall sections or end wall sections can fit into spaces between adjacent horizontally disposed segments in the other of said front and back wall sections or end wall sections.

A three dimensional display device formed a single sheet of foldable material having a design on the front flat face thereof characterized by a plurality of horizontally extending design elements and having a plurality of fold lines therein forming a plurality of panels therein, said display device comprising:

• (a) a plurality of endwise connected wall sections forming a side wall with initially open portions of the display device,
• (b) a first closure panel integrally connected to at least one of said spaced apart wall sections to close one open portion of said display device,
• (c) a second closure panel hingedly and integrally connected to another wall section and folded over to close another open portion of the display device to form a completely enclosed three dimensional display device, and
• (d) each of said wall sections in said single sheet having generally parallel first fold lines arranged so that when folded each of the wall sections on said side wall have lengthwise extending segments, and said side wall also having a plurality of second fold lines arranged so that when folded, certain of said segments in each of said wall sections have a lengthwise dimension which is less than other of said segments in that wall section thereby providing each wall section with a somewhat corregated shape between the opposed edges thereof,
• (e) said design elements corresponding to and certain of said design elements being in marginal registration with said lengthwise extending wall sections so that said design corresponds to and has certain elements projecting beyond other elements of said design in the decorative display device.