AU2007100722A4 - Chocolate card - Google Patents

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AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990

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INNOVATION PATENT CHOCOLATE CARD The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me: Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg l of 4

DESCRIPTION

People like to commemorate important events in people's lives and businesses, such as weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, corporate achievements, occasions uch as Valentines Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas and show their appreciation and affection for others by sending gifts and social or business expression cards, such as greeting cards. Likewise, chocolates are frequently used gifts at such commemorative events.

SBoth, greeting cards and chocolates are well known and the marketplace for Sthese products is highly competitive.

Chocolate gifts are often accompanied by a card or note upon which the giver of the gift can write a personal message to the recipient. The card might be adhesively attached to the chocolate packaging, or might be secured by a ribbon or cord which wraps the packaging.

This invention relates to a new type of composite gift product a Chocolate Card, and particularly to a gift product comprising a greeting card and chocolate block in a single-piece carton design.

The greeting card component of the invention comprises: a) a front double-walled hinged panel of the carton. The hinged panel has an front surface which is visible and printed with different works of art, designs, images and/or words to convey sentiments when the panel is in a closed position.

b) an inside panel that provides a brief introduction to the work of art. It also has slits to hold a business card or gift card, where used for business gift giving.

c) front wall of the carton component facing the inside panel and provides a writing surface for a personalised message by the gift giver. This can be viewed when the hinged panel is in its open position.

The carton component of the invention comprises: d) The front wall of the carton, as described in c) above which has tuck-in flaps on the top and bottom, that secure the chocolate block within. The chocolate block is wrapped in a re-sealeable plastic bag or may be flow or foil wrapped.

Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg2 of 4 Se) The side and back walls of the carton are printed with nutritional, product, 4 branding and marketing information.

Thus, the entire new gift product, the chocolate carton, the greeting card, and the chocolate block, convey the common personal sentiment of the gift giver.

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It is a first object of the invention to provide a composite new gift product comprising a greeting card and chocolate block placed in an integrally formed -carton.

SAnother object of the invention is to create a hinged greeting card and chocolate bar carton through a single-sided print process. This is achieved by designing a double-walled cover for the greeting card component, which is formed by folding together and pasting two panels of the carton blank.

A further object of the invention is to provide a chocolate bar packaging with structural integrity which may be opened and closed repeatedly for consumption of the chocolate over multiple sessions, without significant wear on the components or contamination of the partially consumed chocolate block.

A still further object of the invention is to promote awareness and appreciation of visual pleasures of art and design together with the taste pleasures of chocolate.

A yet still further object is to create a 'novel' presentation for a premium quality chocolate block.

In summary, all of the embodiments of the Chocolate Card disclosed herein provide the common benefit of a composite new gift product comprising a greeting card so formed and assembled as to include a chocolate block in a carton. A personal message may be pre-printed, handwritten or affixed as a printed label on the inside panel of the carton.

For ease of handling, display, and mailing in an envelope, the Chocolate Card will be relatively flat and not bulky in its fully assembled condition with a flat chocolate block inside the carton. Tuck-in wall flaps over the opposite ends of the carton hold the chocolate block within the carton.

Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg3 of 4 As sold and displayed by gift, card, or other retailers, the Chocolate Card will Sbe folded and secured in its fully assembled condition with a chocolate block ,1 contained within the carton. Thus, no special folding, securing, or assembly is p required by the retailer or user.

c1 Cl o-, t o, Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg4of 4 DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS The invention is further described with reference to the following drawings: Fig 1 Plan View showing scored sheet blank from which the Chocolate Card is assembled Fig 2 Perspective view of the Chocolate Card after it has been assembled using blank in Fig 1 SFig 1 comprises: Four main panels 1. Front Inside (Fig. Panel 1) this is folded away in an anti clock-wise direction and glued to panel 2. It has slits to hold a Business Card or Gift Card. The space between the slits may be printed with a brief description of the work of art, design, image and/or words printed on panel 2.

2. Front Face (Fig. Panel 2) this is the front face of the Chocolate Card which is printed with the work of art, design, image and/or words along with branding and essential product information such as type of chocolate and Net Weight etc.

3. Back (Fig. Panel 3) this is the back of the rectangular carton formed along all the fold lines with thumb space to open flaps. This is used to print Marketing, Nutrition and other food labelling information.

4. Back Inside (Fig. Panel 4) this is the top surface of the carton formed by folding along the carton walls 5 and 6 and pasting wall 7 overlapping wall 5. This surface is used to hand write or paste a personal message label Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg2 of 4 Three side wall panels

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Left Wall (Fig. Panel 5) -this hinges the double-walled Front (and Front-Inside) Panel.

6. Right Wall (Fig. Panel 6) -this forms right hand side panel of the carton.

7. Inside Overlap Wall (Fig. Panel 7) this is pasted to Wall 5 from the inside and completes the enclosure for the carton. It structurally re- Oenforces Wall 5 to support the hinged panels 1 2.

Two Tuck-in Flaps 8. Top flap that folds over 2 tabs folding inward 9. Bottom flap that folds over 2 tabs folding inward Panels 1 2 make up the hinged component of the Greeting Card, whilst items 3 9 make up the carton that holds the chocolate bar.

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0 Fig 2 provides a perspective view of the assembled box where reference numeral: Front Face is the visible front of the Greeting Card 21. Back Inside is the surface for hand written message on the Greeting Card S22. Top Flap is the tucked in top flap that secures the block of Schocolate S23. Left Wall this hinges the double-walled Front Face.

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Claims (4)

1. Chocolate Card, a composite new gift product made of a chocolate block packaged within a single piece blank having a plurality of score lines for folding into: a. a front double-walled greeting card component, which is hinged to a carton component at a second fold line along adjacent longitudinal edges of the carton left wall and second panel (as shown in Fig 1) b. a back carton component hinged to the said greeting card component, formed by folding along third, fourth, fifth and sixth fold lines, with wall seven pasted to wall five and walls eight and nine folded and tucked in at the top and bottom (as shown in Fig 1), thereby creating the said carton component to hold a block of chocolate

2. A Chocolate Card as claimed in 1 above with a Back Inside panel (reference numeral 3 in Fig 1) provided for hand writing or printing or affixing a personalised message.

3. A Chocolate Card as claimed in 1 2 above with graphic representations, designs, images and/or words to arouse or depict human sentiments for various ocassions and events.

4. A Chocolate Card as claimed in 1 to 3 above with slits on the front inside (as shown on panel 1 in Fig 1) to tuck hold a Business Card or a Gift Card. A Chocolate Card as claimed in 1 to 4 above with openable closures of the chocolate block carton and re-sealable plastic bag around the chocolate block itself, to enable a user to consume the chocolate block in small portions over multiple sessions. SANJIV (Monty) SACHDEV August 1, 2007 For Sensoryum Pty Ltd t/as cocoa-le-art Chocolate Card Complete Specification Innovation Patent Pg 2 of 2