Abstract A message bearing photo easel adapted to enclose a small photo print for mailing and subsequent display purposes. The device includes a frame-forming portion having a pair of oppositely disposed foldably interconnected flaps, the side edges of which are disposed at an acute angle relative to the edges of the frame-forming portion to permit the device to be self supporting upon a substantially horizontal surface when the flaps are placed at substantially a right angle relative to said frame-forming portion. Instructions relative to the insertion of a photographic print are positioned to be visible through the main display aperture and are concealed when the print is slid into place. A back plate carries first and second indicia, the first indicia being the above mentioned instructions, while an oppositely disposed surface forming the second indicia carries a message which may be augmented by the user. By virtue of indented or cut out segments at the ends of the back plate, the prints may be inserted or removed by movement of the print in either of two opposite directions, the back plate being secured to the frameforming portion along two oppositely disposed rectilinear edges.
A message-bearing photo easel comprising: a planar main body element and a print-retaining panel; said main body element including a rectangularly-shaped centrally disposed panel and first and second trapezoidally shaped side flaps foldably interconnected to said centrally disposed panel along oppositely disposed side edges thereof to selectively overlie one surface of said panel, and substantially conceal the same; said centrally disposed panel having a through rectangularly shaped opening therein, said print-retaining panel being of a size and configuration sufficient to at least partially overlie said opening, and being secured along a pair of oppositely disposed side edges to overlie the opening and form a print-retaining interstice therebetween, said print-retaining panel having curvilinear indented free edges interconnecting said last mentioned side edges to facilitate the manual engagement of a rectangularly shaped photo print for insertion and removal with respect to said interstice.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A message-bearing photo easel comprising: a planar main body element and a print-retaining panel; said main body element including a rectangularly-shaped centrally disposed panel and first and second trapezoidally shaped side flaps foldably interconnected to said centrally disposed panel along oppositely disposed side edges thereof to selectively overlie one surface of said panel, and substantially conceal the same; said centrally disposed panel having a through rectangularly shaped opening therein, said print-retaining panel being of a size and configuration sufficient to at least partially overlie said opening, and being secured along a pair of oppositely disposed side edges to overlie the opening and form a print-retaining interstice therebetween, said print-retaining panel having curvilinear indented free edges interconnecting said last mentioned side edges to facilitate the manual engagement of a rectangularly shaped photo print for insertion and removal with respect to said interstice.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Structure in accordance with claim 1, further characterized in said print-retaining panel having a first planar surface positioned within said opening in said centrally disposed panel, said surface having an instructional legend which is concealed with the insertion of a print within said interstice, and a second oppositely disposed surface for the reception of a second legend which is concealed by the folding of said first and second flaps thereover.