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US5102171A
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Static cling greeting card
Assignee: ISLAND PRINTING Inc A Corp OF
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Filing: 1990-02-14
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Granted: 1992-04-07
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Expires: 2010-02-14
Abstract
Abstract A greeting card is constructed of at least one or two panels of a sheet-form material having at least a portion of one surface of at least one of the panels being substantially smooth and non-porous. All surfaces of the panels are printable. A thin sheet of static cling vinyl overlies and is electrostatically adhered to the material's smooth non-porous surface. The sheet of static cling vinyl is adapted to be manually peeled from the flexible material and electro-statically selectively adhered any number of times to any other smooth, non-porous surface to display printing on the sheet or to decorate the other surface.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert S. Saetre
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 17:53
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D15/00; B42D15/02; B42D15/04; B42D15/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
118 words
A greeting card comprising: a sheet-form material having a plurality of panels, the panels forming a front surface of said card and a second surface, said sheet-form material having at least a portion of one of said front and second surfaces that is substantially smooth and non-porus and at least the other of said front and second surfaces bearing printed indicia thereon, and a thin sheet of static cling vinyl material, said vinyl material at least partially overlying said smooth non-porus surface of said sheet-form material, being electrostatically, removably and reattachably adhered thereto, and at least a portion thereof being adapted to be manually peeled therefrom and electrostatically, removably and reattachably adhered to any other smooth non-porus surface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
118 words
A greeting card comprising: a sheet-form material having a plurality of panels, the panels forming a front surface of said card and a second surface, said sheet-form material having at least a portion of one of said front and second surfaces that is substantially smooth and non-porus and at least the other of said front and second surfaces bearing printed indicia thereon, and a thin sheet of static cling vinyl material, said vinyl material at least partially overlying said smooth non-porus surface of said sheet-form material, being electrostatically, removably and reattachably adhered thereto, and at least a portion thereof being adapted to be manually peeled therefrom and electrostatically, removably and reattachably adhered to any other smooth non-porus surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The greeting card defined in claim 1, wherein said sheet of static cling vinyl is formed of polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The greeting card defined in claim 1, wherein said sheet of static cling vinyl is die-cut, about a periphery of a design or figure printed thereon.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The greeting card defined in claim 1, wherein the sheet-form material includes a fold line formed between at least two of said panels.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The greeting card defined in claim 1, wherein each surface of the said panels of said sheet-form material is adapted to be printed upon.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
83 words
A greeting card comprising: a sheet-form material having at least a pair of panels with at least a portion of one of said panels having a substantially smooth and non-porus surface and the other of said panels having a greeting indicia printed thereon, and a thin sheet of static-cling vinyl material overlying and electrostatically adhered to said smooth non-porus surface of said sheet-form material and adapted to be manually peeled therefrom and removably and reattachably electrostatically adhered onto any selected, smooth, non-porus surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
A greeting card comprising: a sheet-form material having at least a pair of panels with at least a portion of one of said panels having a substantially smooth and non-porus surface and the other of said panels having a greeting indicia printed thereon, and a thin sheet of static-cling vinyl material overlying and electrostatically adhered to said smooth non-porus surface of said sheet-form material and adapted to be manually peeled therefrom and removably and reattachably electrostatically adhered onto any selected, smooth, non-porus surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The greeting card defined in claim 6, wherein said sheet-form material is foldable and includes a fold formed between said panels.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
The greeting card defined in claim 6, wherein said panels of said sheet-form material are attached by an adhesive means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The greeting card defined in claim 6, wherein said static cling vinyl is formed of polyvinyl chloride.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The greeting card defined in claim 6, wherein said vinyl sheet is an imprinted design, said design electrostatically adhered to said sheet-form material and adapted to be manually peeled therefrom and electrostatically adhered to any other smooth non-porous surface.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The greeting card of claim 6, wherein said sheet of static cling vinyl is die-cut, about a periphery of a design or figure printed thereon.
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