Flipover box card holder assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9352898-B2
Application number	US-201213594868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 26, 2012
Priority date	Aug 25, 2011
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

An assembly for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, within a sliding box assembly. The sliding box assembly includes a sliding tray portion that fits into, and slides within, an outer sleeve. The tray portion fits entirely within the sleeve when the assembly is in a closed disposition. When the tray is withdrawn from the sleeve, a panel holding a removably attached transaction card flips over to present the card in an outward disposition.

First claim

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is:

1. A card holder assembly comprising:
a removable transaction card;
a tray including a bottom panel and at least one tray side panel;
a box sleeve including a front panel, where the tray is slidably received in the box sleeve;
an articulating connector panel comprising a tray segment, an intermediate segment, and a sleeve segment, where the tray segment is hingedly engaged to an interior facing surface of the bottom panel of the tray, the sleeve segment is hingedly engaged to an interior facing surface of the sleeve, and the intermediate segment is disposed between the tray segment and the sleeve segment, wherein the intermediate segment is hingedly engaged to the tray segment at a first fold line and the intermediate segment is hingedly engaged to the sleeve segment at a second fold line;
an articulating card panel having a first surface and second surface, where the first surface is configured to removably engage the transaction card and the second surface is engaged to the intermediate segment of the articulating connector;
wherein, in a closed configuration, the tray is disposed within the sleeve and the at least one tray side panel is proximal to the front panel, and wherein the first surface of the articulating card panel faces the interior facing surface of the bottom panel; and
wherein, in an open configuration, the tray is translated away from the box sleeve and the first surface of the articulating panel faces away from the bottom panel.

2. The card holder of claim 1 , whereby:
in the closed configuration, a first interior angle between the tray segment and the intermediate segment is obtuse and a second interior angle between the intermediate segment and the sleeve segment is acute; and
in the open configuration, the first interior angle between the tray segment and the intermediate segment is acute and the second interior angle between the intermediate segment and the sleeve segment is obtuse.

3. The card holder of claim 2 , wherein the articulating card panel rotates and protrudes from the card holder during a transition from the closed configuration to the open configuration.

4. The card holder of claim 1 further comprising a pull loop engaged to the at least one tray side panel.

5. The card holder of claim 1 wherein the sleeve segment of the articulating connector is slidably engaged to the front panel of the box sleeve, and where the front panel comprises a track panel positioned within the box sleeve, the track panel including one or more elongated slits to receive the sleeve segment, wherein the elongated slits limit a complete removal of the sleeve segment.

6. The card holder of claim 1 further comprising:
a removable header panel removably engaged to at least one of the tray or the box sleeve, where the transaction card is removably engaged to the header panel prior to attachment to the articulating card panel.

7. The card holder assembly of claim 1 further comprising a material loop attached to a sidewall of the tray; wherein the material loop protrudes out of the box sleeve portion when the tray portion is fully disposed within the box sleeve in a storage position.

8. A card holder assembly comprising:
a removable transaction card;
a generally rectangular sliding tray portion;
an outer sleeve portion that receives the tray portion, wherein the tray portion is fully disposed within the outer sleeve in a storage position;
an articulating panel disposed within said tray portion in the storage position, said articulating panel pivotally engaged to said tray portion and said sleeve portion, said articulating panel further configured to retain the removable card thereon using removable adhesive;
whereby, when said tray portion is withdrawn from said sleeve portion, said articulating panel rotates outward from said storage position towards said sleeve portion to a presentation position; and
wherein the removable transaction card is retained upon a first surface of said articulating panel, said first surface facing a back panel of said tray portion when in said storage position, and whereby when said articulating panel pivots outward, said card engaged to the first surface and the first surface are rotated to an outward presentation position facing away from said back panel.

9. The card holder of claim 8 , further comprising a header panel attached to the outer back surface of said sleeve.

10. The card holder assembly of claim 8 further comprising a material loop attached to a sidewall of the tray portion; wherein the material loop protrudes out of the outer sleeve portion when the tray portion is fully disposed within the outer sleeve in a storage position.

Assignees

• Glass Brett R
• Glass Nicole E
• Gift Card Impressions Llc

Inventors

• Glass Brett R
• Glass Nicole E

Classifications

• B65D5/5213

  Internal elements supporting the contents and movable for displaying them, e.g. movable bottoms or trays · CPC title

• B65D5/38 Primary

  Drawer-and-shell type containers · CPC title

• B65D5/4208

  Means facilitating suspending, lifting, handling, or the like of containers (handles B65D5/46) · CPC title

• B65D85/00 Primary

  Containers, packaging elements or packages, specially adapted for particular articles or materials (bundles of articles held together by packaging elements for convenience of storage or transport B65D71/00) · CPC title