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Greeting card construction and methods of making and using same

US6293592A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1999
Grant dateSep 25, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42D15/042
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A sheet construction has side-by-side first and second panels separated from one another by a fold line. In a single pass through a printer or copier normal-orientation (first) indicia is printed on the first panel and reverse-orientation (second) indicia is printed on the second panel on the same (first) face of the sheet construction as the normal-orientation indicia. The second panel, but not the first panel, has a backlit film construction such that the reverse-orientation indicia shows through the second panel clearly as normal-orientation (second) indicia on the opposite (second) face. The sheet construction is then folded on the fold line to form a printed half-fold card. Thereby, the first face of the second panel (which has the normal-orientation (second) indicia) defines the front cover of the printed card and the second face of the first panel (which has the normal-orientation (first) indicia) defines the inside of the printed card.

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