Decorative match book type assembly and photographic display
AssigneeWorld Graphic Resources, Inc.
InventorArnoldo Galvez-Moran
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Abstract
A match book type assembly including two side flaps movably interconnected to one another by a base portion wherein the outer surfaces of both side flaps are dimensioned and structured to respectively include a decorative photograph and advertising or like indicia thereon and further wherein the base portion is disposed and configured to maintain the assembly in an upright orientation for viewing of the photograph and advertising most efficiently when the assembly is in a closed, protective position relative to a plurality of items such as matches or sticks of chewing gum fastened to the housing and disposed within it.
Claims10
A match book type assembly designed to removably retain and protect a plurality of generally flat items therein, said assembly comprising:
- a. housing means having an elongated configuration and secured to said plurality of items and structured for at least partially enclosing and shielding said plurality of items when in a closed position,
- b. said plurality of items removably mounted on an interior of said housing means and positioned in adjacent relation to one another and collectively disposed in an elongated row extending along a major portion of the length of said housing,
- c. a mounting portion formed on said housing and extending along the length of said housing means, said plurality of items commonly oriented and secured to said mounting portion at a base end thereof,
- d. said housing means further comprising a first side flap and a second side flap, said first side flap secured along one longitudinal edge to said mounting portion and extending outwardly therefrom in spaced relation to and on one side of said plurality of items,
- e. a base portion extending along the length of said housing means and removably secured to correspondingly positioned longitudinal edges of said first and said second side flap in interconnecting relation therebetween,
- f. said second side flap including a free longitudinal edge selectively disposed into and out of retained engagement with said mounting portion to respectively define said closed position and an open position,
- g. said base portion comprising a greater transverse dimension than said mounting portion and of sufficient transverse and longitudinal dimension to support said housing in an upright orientation when in a closed position,
- h. said base portion spaced from correspondingly positioned free ends of said plurality of items and said first and second side flaps extending outwardly in a divergent orientation from said mounting portion to said base portion when said housing means is in said closed position, and
- i. wherein said first side flap and said second side flap each include an outer surface portion, at least one of said outer surface portions including a photograph secured thereto and extending along a length thereof;
- said mounting portion on said housing comprising an elongated distal base zone, intermediate zone, and a connector zone,
- j. said connector zone extending along said one longitudinal edge of said mounting portion and extending outwardly and defining a channel space floor to receive the flat items and said connector zone having an outer edge,
- k. said intermediate zone being connected to said outer edge and extending along said outer edge and defining an outer surface portion of said housing means when in said closed position and said intermediate zone having an upper edge spaced from said outer edge,
- l. said distal base zone extending along said upper edge and having a terminal edge extending towards said connector zone and in general, parallel relation to said intermediate zone and together with said intermediate zone defining an outer side wall of said mounting means to receive said free longitudinal edge, and
- m. said plurality of items being secured to said distal base zone.
An assembly as in class 8 wherein said base is about at least one inch in transverse dimension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.