Method and apparatus for card image transformation and content securing

A display system comprising:

• a casing having a casing front and a casing back, said casing front and casing back affixed to one another and creating an envelope within said casing, said casing having an opening at one end for accessing said envelope;
• a drawer having a drawer front, a drawer back and a hidden section, said drawer back affixed to said drawer front and said hidden section such that said drawer front and said hidden section are displayed as a front surface of said drawer, said hidden section of said drawer being capable of insertion into said casing through said opening such that said display system hides said hidden section when said hidden section is fully inserted into said casing;
• a stopping mechanism attached to said casing and said drawer, said stopping mechanism preventing said drawer from being removed from said casing through said opening when said drawer is pulled to an extended display position, said hidden section being displayed between said casing front and said drawer front in said extended display position;
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• wherein said casing includes a slit on said casing front so as to form a crossbar section across said opening at said slit, said hidden section inserted through said slit such that said crossbar section is disposed between said hidden section and said drawer back, said hidden section including fasteners near a fold dividing said drawer back and said hidden section, said fasteners being in contact with said crossbar section at said slit when said display is extended to a fully extended position such that said fasteners and said crossbar section create said stopping mechanism.

A greeting card comprising:

• a casing having a casing front with an image and a casing back, said casing front and casing back affixed to one another with tabs on the sides of said casing and creating an envelope within said casing once said tabs are affixed, said casing having an opening at one end for accessing said envelope, said casing including a slit on said casing front so as to form a crossbar section across said opening at said slit;
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• a drawer having a drawer front, a drawer back having an image and a hidden section having an image, said drawer back affixed to said drawer front and said hidden section such that said drawer front and said hidden section are displayed substantially coplanar as a front surface of said drawer, said hidden section of said drawer being capable of insertion into said casing through said opening such that said casing hides said hidden section and image within said envelope and said card displays said casing front image and said drawer front image so as to appear as two parts of a single image when said hidden section is fully inserted into said casing, said hidden section inserted through said slit such that said crossbar section is disposed between said hidden section and said drawer back, said hidden section including fasteners near a fold dividing said drawer back and said hidden section, said fasteners being in contact with said crossbar section at said slit when said card is extended to a fully extended position so as to stop said card extension at said fully extended position, said hidden section image being revealed when said card is in an extended display position, and said image on said hidden section, said drawer front image and said casing front image appearing as three parts of a single image when said card is in said fully extended display position.

A method of assembling a display system comprising:

• inserting a drawer into a casing having an opening and a crossbar, said crossbar being formed by a slit in said casing;
• sealing a hidden section of said drawer near a fold at the top of said drawer with fasteners;
• lacing said hidden section of said drawer through said slit in said casing;
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• securing said hidden section to said drawer at a drawer bottom so as to encircle said crossbar and provide a stopping mechanism at said crossbar and said fasteners when said drawer is pulled out of said casing.