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US4014121A
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Photograph holder
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1974-08-29
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Granted: 1977-03-29
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Expires: 1994-08-29
Abstract
Abstract A photograph holder comprising a base sheet of material from the surface of which four tabs protrude, two bottom tab means facing upwardly and having tabettes formed by notches therein and suitable for representing fingers of two upturned hands and two side tab means facing inwardly toward each other in combination with a second piece of material which can be a photograph disposed between said base piece and all, or at least one, of said tabs.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert D. Moser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 14:55
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09F; G09F1/00; G09F1/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
234 words
A card holder comprising a base sheet of material having a forward side having a card-receiving area for receiving thereagainst a card having planar forward and rearward sides, right and left tab means sections disposed on said forward side of said base sheet, said tab means sections having inner and outer ends, each of said inner ends being further from a respective certain edge of said sheet than the outer end of the same tab means section, said tab means sections each having its said outer end attached to said base sheet and each tab means section being separate from said base sheet except at said attached outer end thereof whereby a card can be inserted between said tab means sections and said base sheet, said tab means sections being horizontally spaced apart when said base sheet is held in vertical position, said tab means being of one piece of material with said sheet, said base sheet having a visible coating thereon on its forward side, said coating illustrating at least a portion of the figure of a human being and each of said tab means sections having a portion of said coating thereon illustrating portions of the fingers of said human being, said respective certain edge being the closest edge of said sheet along a line extending from the said inner end of a respective tab means section to its said outer end.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
234 words
A card holder comprising a base sheet of material having a forward side having a card-receiving area for receiving thereagainst a card having planar forward and rearward sides, right and left tab means sections disposed on said forward side of said base sheet, said tab means sections having inner and outer ends, each of said inner ends being further from a respective certain edge of said sheet than the outer end of the same tab means section, said tab means sections each having its said outer end attached to said base sheet and each tab means section being separate from said base sheet except at said attached outer end thereof whereby a card can be inserted between said tab means sections and said base sheet, said tab means sections being horizontally spaced apart when said base sheet is held in vertical position, said tab means being of one piece of material with said sheet, said base sheet having a visible coating thereon on its forward side, said coating illustrating at least a portion of the figure of a human being and each of said tab means sections having a portion of said coating thereon illustrating portions of the fingers of said human being, said respective certain edge being the closest edge of said sheet along a line extending from the said inner end of a respective tab means section to its said outer end.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The photograph holder of claim 1, said right and left tab means sections each comprising a plurality of tabettes, said tabettes having terminal ends spaced apart by notches, the terminal edge of each of said tabettes being convex on terminal end portions thereof for serving as the tips of simulated fingers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
The card holder of claim 2 in which the majority of said notches between said tabettes extend inwardly of the respective tab means section less than completely to a line between the ends of the base of respective ones of said bottom tab means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
The card holder of claim 1 having said right and left tab means sections attached to said base sheet at their lower ends and being attached to said base sheet at places disposed substantially at the same horizontal level when said base sheet is held in vertical position whereby a rectangular card having a horizontal lower edge can be upheld by said tab means sections when its lower edge is inserted between said tab means sections and said base sheet, said human figure having open hands held in a palms-up position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
76 words
The card holder of claim 4 further comprising spaced right and left side tab means disposed on said forward side of said base sheet and having attached ends attached to said base sheet and having terminal ends, said right and left tab means extending from their attached to their terminal ends in directions opposing each other, said right and left side tab means being disposed on the right and left sides of said bottom tab means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The photograph holder of claim 5 further comprising a photograph disposed in the position described between said base sheet and said tab means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The photograph holder of claim 5 further comprising said holder being free of any other tab means facing in directions parallel to said side tab means and in addition thereto whereby a minimum amount of the side edges of a photograph are obscured.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
25 words
The photograph holder of claim 5 further comprising said right and left tab means each being of one piece of material with said base sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The card holder of claim 4 further comprising a photograph disposed in the position described between said base sheet and said bottom tab means sections.
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