Greeting card with magnetic picture frame
US5375351A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 7, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 27, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47G2001/0672
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A greeting card has on its front surface a picture frame formed of a single, integral piece of magnetic sheeting. The magnetic sheeting picture frame is held to the front of the card by adhesive which will release the frame when the frame is pulled away with a small amount of force. The one-piece integral frame has a central opening for cropping and displaying a photograph or other picture on the front of the greeting card, inserted between the front of the greeting card and the back of the magnetic frame. The releasable adhesive can be in contact with the back surface of the frame along three legs but not along the fourth, so that a purchaser of the greeting card can slide a picture down between the card and the frame. Alternatively, the adhesive can contact all four legs of the back surface of the frame, with the frame to be pulled off and replaced by the purchaser to retain a picture behind the frame. The magnetic picture frame when removed can be used by the recipient of the card to hold the picture (or any other display article) against a metal surface such as a refrigerator door or a desk top flat ferrous metal stand, to display the picture.
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