Claims
- 1. A card and display system, comprising:an object; a base having a housing surface and a display surface; an object housing integrally attached to the housing surface of the base and defining an opening for removably storing the object therein when the system is in a generally flat storage configuration, the base serving as a backing to the object when the object is stored in the object housing, the integral base and object housing comprising a display portion and a plurality of support portions; and at least one flap securable to at least one of the object housing and the base at a storage position when the system is in the generally flat storage configuration and at a display position when the system is in a display configuration, wherein when the system is in the display configuration, the object is displayed on the display portion and the display surface of the base and the display portion is generally supported by the support portions such that the opening defined in the object housing is generally hidden from view.
- 2. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein the object includes a display mechanism comprising at least one tab and the display portion of the base defines a corresponding aperture into which the at least one tab is insertable for display of the object on the base display portion.
- 3. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of support portions of the integral base and object housing comprises two support portions and the display portion of the integral base and object housing is disposed between the two support portions.
- 4. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein the at least one flap comprises two flaps disposed on each side of the display portion of the integral base and object housing.
- 5. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein the at least one flap comprises two flaps, each flap defining at least two pins configured to be received by and secured into two corresponding indentations defined in one of the object housing and the base when the system is in the storage configuration and to be received by and secured into two corresponding cavities defined in the support portions when the system is in the display configuration.
- 6. The card and display system of claim 5, wherein each pin and each corresponding indentation has one of a generally circular cross-sectional shape and a generally semicircular cross-sectional shape.
- 7. The card and display system of claim 5, wherein each pin and each corresponding indentation has a generally semicircular cross-sectional shape, each pin and each corresponding indentation defining an overhang to facilitate snapping and hooking the pin in the corresponding indentation.
- 8. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein the integral base and object housing comprises at least two display fold lines such that each of the support portions is foldable along one of the display fold lines relative to the display portion of the integral base and object housing.
- 9. The card and display system of claim 8, wherein each of the display fold lines includes a living hinge.
- 10. The card and display system of claim 8, wherein the support portions of the integral base and object housing are foldable along the display fold lines toward the display portion of the object housing to convert the system from the storage configuration to the display configuration.
- 11. The card and display system of claim 8, wherein each of the at least one flap is attached to one of the object housing and the base via a flap fold line such that the flap is foldable in a first direction along the flap fold line toward the object housing to be secured in the storage position and foldable in a second direction along the flap fold line opposite the first direction toward the display surface of the base to be secured in the display position.
- 12. The card and display system of claim 11, wherein the base comprises a plastic material and the object housing comprises a card stock material and each of the display fold lines and the flap fold lines includes a living hinge formed in the base and a card stock fold line defined in the object housing.
- 13. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein each of the at least one flap is attached to one of the object housing and the base via a fold line such that the flap is foldable in a first direction toward the object housing to be secured in the storage position and foldable in a second direction opposite the first direction toward the display surface of the base to be secured in the display position.
- 14. The card and display system of claim 1, wherein each of the object housing and the base comprises at least one of plastic, polypropylene, polyethylene, plastic laminate, card stock, cardboard, and laminated card stock.
- 15. A display card, comprising:a base having a non-display surface and a display surface opposing the nondisplay surface, the base comprises a platform portion disposed between at least two support portions for supporting the platform portion when the display card is in a display configuration; and at least two flaps securable to the non-display surface of the base at a storage position when the display card is in a generally flat, storage configuration and securable to the display surface at a display position when the display card is in the display configuration, wherein when the display card is in the display configuration the display portion is generally supported by the support portions and the non-display surface is generally hidden from view.
- 16. The display card of claim 15, wherein the at least two flaps are disposed on each side of the platform portion of the base.
- 17. The display card of claim 15, wherein each flap defines at least two pins configured to be received by and secured into two corresponding indentations defined in the base when the display card is in the storage configuration and to be received by and secured into two corresponding cavities defined in the support portions of the base when the display card is in the display configuration.
- 18. The display card of claim 17, wherein each pin and each corresponding indentation has one of a generally circular cross-sectional shape and a generally semicircular cross-sectional shape.
- 19. The display card of claim 17, wherein each pin and each corresponding indentation has a generally semicircular cross-sectional shape, each pin and each corresponding indentation defining an overhang to facilitate snapping and hooking the pin in the corresponding indentation.
- 20. The display card of claim 15, wherein the base comprises at least two display fold lines such that each of the support portions is foldable along one of the display fold lines relative to the platform portion of the base.
- 21. The display card of claim 20, wherein each of the display fold lines includes a living hinge.
- 22. The display card of claim 20, wherein the support portions of the base are foldable along the display fold lines toward the platform portion to convert the display card from the storage configuration to the display configuration.
- 23. The display card of claim 15, wherein each of the at least two flaps is attached to the base via a flap fold line such that the flap is foldable in a first direction along the flap fold line toward the non-display surface of the platform portion of the base to be secured in the storage position and foldable in a second direction along the flap fold line opposite the first direction toward the display surface of the base to be secured in the display position.
- 24. The display card of claim 23, wherein the base comprises a plastic material and each of the display fold lines and the flap fold lines includes a living hinge formed in the plastic material of the base.
- 25. The display card of claim 15, wherein each of the at least two flaps is attached to one of the object housing and the base via a fold line such that the flap is foldable in a first direction toward the object housing to be secured in the storage position and foldable in a second direction opposite the first direction toward the display surface of the base to be secured in the display position.
- 26. The display card of claim 15, wherein the base comprises at least one of plastic, polypropylene, polyethylene, plastic laminate, card stock, cardboard, and laminated card stock.
- 27. The display card of claim 15, further comprising:an object; and an object housing attached to the non-display surface of the base, the object housing defining an opening for removably storing the object therein, the base serving as a backing to the object when the object is stored in the object housing, the opening being generally hidden from view when viewed from the display surface of the base, the platform portion being for securing and displaying the object thereon such that the opening defined in the object housing is generally hidden from view when the display card is in the display configuration.
- 28. The display card of claim 27, wherein the object includes a display mechanism comprising at least one tab and the platform portion of the base defines a corresponding aperture into which the at least one tab is insertable for display of the object on the platform portion.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/336,974, entitled “Card with Pop-out Object and Display System,” filed Nov. 7, 2001, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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