US2727622A - Greeting card - Google Patents

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Dec. 20, 1955 v. s. Nr-:UMANN GREETING CARD Filed April 9, 1952 IN VEN TOR.

VERA /VEuMA/v/v A TTOAIVEV r our: l i Jtt-yerdlnroiril .when esta Munt/:htsrv zjflgz CR?? Yara S. Neumann, Ossillng, N, Y. Altltlienfitlll. April 9 1.95% .lls 2 Claims. (Cl, 2,06*-279) l This invention relates to. osreetins eers,-

The npplieetion of this intentionfi'to, greeting eater o f virtnnllv everv dese tion eheh .Chti 'enr birthday tenis ehn," ,Y Posee of illnetretion, however! be described solely in terms o f it's'relati cards. But this shoull'not` be construed as ,the invention in any way whatso The principal ohieot of t..

of a greeting card which in` Vrpo component part thereof a useful y or 'rennt or other err-lele. of trentine. eretitel. or env eecessory thereto or any other article which isuurse'tul apart from iteeonneetion With 'thegreetins'eatd When the article is mounted on greeting `c'ard it constitutes an integral part thereof in the serri'se' that it completes or supplements the message, greeting or other material which appears on the. card. Stated ,diterently,` the greeting or message or other material appears on the card is not complete without the detchable'article above mentioned. f

thewillusvtrated form of this inventifo is provided and on said C-hmristiiials"v N y, or 4representation of a tireplaceadfSan'ita Clap', ",lfh'e major part of Athe fireplace and'thewvisiblye part pfiSwanta Glau's are printed or otherwise perrri'ariently applied dyirectly to the card. The remaining part pf the fireplace and Santa Claus hat are formedfb-y'the very `riiartieijial ofwhichthe detachable article is itself made'. rIn the illustrated case, the fireplace is built of simulated bricks and the detachable article is a tie or narrow scarf which is imprinted with a brick pattern or design corresponding in appearance to the brickwork of the fireplace. The ends of the tie or narrow scarf are tapered and tasselled and they are disposed atop the head of Santa Claus to represent the crown of his hat. When the tie or scarf is removed from the card, the replace is incomplete and so is the hat which Santa Claus wears. Thus the greeting card is incomplete without the tie or scarf mounted thereon. However, when the tie or scarf is removed from the card, it constitutes a complete and useful entity in itself and may be worn on the person in precisely the same manner as any other tie or scarf of like character which is made solely for wearing purposes and devoid of any connection with a greeting card.

A preferred form of this invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a face view of Christmas card made in accordance with this invention, said Christmas card being unfolded and disposed in open position.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through said open Christmas card, said section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side edge View of the same Christmas card showing it folded over into closed position.

It will be seen in the drawing that the greeting card herein described and claimed comprises two basic ele- United States Patent O 2,727,622 Ice Patented Peo- 39?, .195,5

niente: n greeting card proper ll! and .n .ueefnl ort'ele of manufacture 12. In the illustrated form .0f Elli?? vention, the greeting card is intended for. nee @loting the. YChristinen'holidny season and it embodies .the therne of Safta Clans yelirnhine down .the ehintney an er. ns from n fireplace- .Thisy of eonrse, is purely rlln te ,ve of the invention .and it should not in env sense whatsoever be regarded as limiting the invention to its lfllus.-V trated form. The useful article of manufacture inl the illnsrraterl form of the invention vis a, nnrrovv sent. or, tie ofthe type which Weinen tie eronnrl their neeks This too should be understood ,as ilhistratlnss ,rather than limiting, the invention. The pictorial representation .1,4 vvllioh is Printed on or otherwise applied to the greeting card, iS that of an ineontplete brick roplnee and the upper ont! of the replnoe may be iinnginotively viewedy .as ,conf St' ating the ohiinney to vvhieh seid replaoo is .enligne o., There is also a pictorial representation lo of .te Clone and the two pictorial representations are juxtaposed So es .to sive the impression of Santa YClans descending or ascending the combined fireplace and chimney. v

The replace is incomplete in the sense that a narrow vertical strip 18 appears to be missing therefrom as Fig. l clearly shows. `The P ietoriel rehreeentetion of Santa Claus is incomplete Ain the sense that his body appears t0 he hidden behindv the .tireplaee and also in the sense that his hat is without a crown.

The narrow scarf or tie 12 has the pictorial representation. of hrielsvvork printen. thereon or applied thereto in any conventional manner. The brickworlg of the tip andfthe brickworlc of the fireplace correspond lto captar other in. appearance So that the brielovorlr of the tie. may he einnloved to Supplement or eornplete the hrielswork of the iireplace in the manner shown in the draw,- ine`- More epeeilienll i greeting entriv 1,0 iS. provided with thee parallel slits 29,22 ono 24 frnrnetl therein in spaced'relation to each other., LoopelV through slits eine' 2.4 itnd Proieeting npvverdlv through slitv .29 le., the. fie 1h2- lt Will he Seen that, the tie envers the. hl'f1 lt entree 18 which rendere the lirepleee inoomplete.- Since, the hrieltwork on the tie ,Corresponde to the. ihriolsworls. of the lrepleee the ineontplete Portion. ot the hleplare is covered"over in such mannerv as to provide the impression of being complete. Thus the tie is an integral part 0f the replace since without the tie the fireplace is incomplete.

The two ends 12a and 12b of the tie are tapered to a point and tassels 26 are tied or sewn loosely thereto. These tapered and tasselled ends of the tie project upwardly through slit 20 and thereby extend above that portion of the hat 28 which lies below the crown. There is no representation of a crown, however, on the greeting card and these upwardly extending ends of the tie take its place. They strongly resemble the crown of a hat that Santa Claus is usually represented as wearing and hence they function on the card to complete the hat.

The greeting card 10 may be made of any suitable material of the type used by the greeting card industry. A stit grade of paper would be very suitable for this purpose but other materials are also useful in this connection. The tie or scarf 12 may also be made of any suitable tie or scarf material, such as silk, rayon, nylon, cotton and similar fabrics. The pictorial representations on the greeting card and on the tie may be applied thereto by any conventional means and method. For example, screen printing and other printing methods may be employed for this purpose.

The greeting card may be mailed in the form shown in Fig. l. It is more convenient, however, to fold it over 011 line 30 as shown in Fig. 3 and to mail it out in folded condition. This helps protect the tie and it also endows the greeting card with the form of a book whose secret is contained between its covers. After the greeting card performs its function as a greeting card, the tie may be slipped out of the slits through which itis looped and it may then be used as an article of wearing apparel.

The foregoing illustrates one form of this invention, This illustrative form may be modified in many ways and other forms may be provided within the broad spirit of the invention and the broad scope of the claims. For example, speaking only of the illustrated form, it will be noted that the tie is folded over double before it is threaded through the slits of the greeting card. This is one way of attaching the tie to the card but there are other ways too. However, the invention is not limited to a tie, irrespective of whatever way it is secured to the greeting card. Other articles of wearing apparel and otheruseful articles of manufacture may be substituted for the tie and they may be attached to greeting card either by threading them through slits as shown in the drawing or by any other suitable means and method. The pictorial representations both on the greeting card and on the useful article secured thereto are matters of choice and preference is not limited to the representation of Santa Claus and a fireplace.

I claim:

1. A greeting card having a useful article of manufacture detachably secured thereto, said greeting card having an incomplete, interrupted pictorial representation printed thereon and said article comprising a narrow scarf for women which is adapted to be worn around the neck, said card having a plurality of slits formed therein and said narrow scarf being drawn through said slits and being wound around at least one portion of the card between at least two of said slits in order to secure said narrow scarf to said card, said narrow scarf having a complementary pictorial representation printed thereon which completes the incomplete pictorial representation of the card when said narrow scarf is mounted thereon and gives it continuity, said slits being three in number and being in spaced parallel relation to each other, said narrow scarf being doubled upon itself and being drawn through the uppermost slit from the front to the back of the card and then down to the intermediate slit and through said intermediate slit t'o the front of the card and then down to the lowermost slit and through said lowermost slit to the back of the card and then upwardly to and through the intermediate slit to the front of the card.

2. A greeting card having a useful article of manufacture detachably secured thereto, said greeting card having an incomplete, interrupted pictorial representation printed thereon and said article comprising a narrow scarf for women which is adapted to be worn around the neck, said card having a plurality of slits formed therein and said narrow scarf being drawn through said slits and being wound around at least one portion of the card between at least two of said slits in order to secure said narrow scarf to said card, said narrow scarf having a complementary pictorial representation printed thereon which completes the incomplete pictorial representation of the card when said narrow scarf is mounted l thereon and gives it continuity, said slits being three in number and being in spaced parallel relation to each other, said narrow scarf being doubled upon itself and being drawn through thel uppermost slit from the front to the back of the card and then down to the intermediate slit and through said slit to the front of the card and then down to the lowermost slit and through said lowermost slit to the back of the card and then upwardly to and through the intermediate slit t'o the front of the card, the incomplete representation on the card being that of an incomplete brick fireplace and a pictorial representation of Santa Claus, the narrow scarf bearing the pictorial representation of fireplace brick-work which completes the incomplete fireplace on the card, the upwardly projecting end of the narrow scarf which projects across the front of the card immediately adjacent the uppermost slit being tapered to a point to simulate a hat for Santa Claus.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,273,945 Sooy July 30, 1918 1,398,364 Davidson Nov. 29, 1921 1,407,792 Hutzung Feb. 28, 1922 1,644,963 Ulich et al. Oct. 11, 1927 1,808,303 Freiler June 2, 1931 1,865,377 Lewis June 28, 1932 1,929,167 Goldsmith Oct. 3, 1933 2,153,976 T horman Apr. 1l, 1939 2,294,527 Weiss Sept. 1, 1942

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