DE29902092U1 - Business card, business card, business card - Google Patents

Description

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Dipl.-Ing. Harald Ostriga*
Dipi.-ing. Bernd Sonnet*

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Dipi.-ing. Jochen-Peter Wirths _{S[reserTiannstr M}

* Authorized by the European Patent Office 42275 Wuppertal-Barmen

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Applicant: Uwe Stefan Meschede

Beckstr. 3
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59557 Lippstadt

Designation

of invention: business card, business card,

Business card

The invention relates to a visiting card, business card, business card or the like with information arranged on at least one side surface about, for example, a person distributing the visiting card.

Such business cards are known in numerous designs. In addition to the usual rectangular cardboard cut-outs, labelled on at least one side and no larger than a credit card, there are numerous other variants. However, since there is relatively little space on a standard business card to add personal and possibly company-related information, fold-out business cards are also often used, which already offer additional space.

The object of the invention is to create a business card that can accommodate significantly more information without leaving the otherwise convenient business card format.

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The solution to this problem arises from the features of claim 1, in particular the features of the characterizing part, according to which the business card is designed as a pocket provided with an opening into which an additional information carrier can be inserted.

With the business card according to the invention, it is very advantageous to provide not only the outside of the pocket-like business card but also an information carrier that can be inserted into the pocket with personal or, for example, company-related information. It is also advantageous that, for example, different types of information - personal/company-related - data can be optionally separated. Furthermore, all of this is advantageously possible without deviating from the usual format of a business card.

A business card is known from the heterogeneous, non-generic prior art (DE 32 47 964 C2) which consists of a cover provided with an insertion opening, with at least one side of the cover being provided with punched-out letters. However, lettering or the like only appears by inserting a colored background on the outside of the business card cover.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the opening of the pocket is arranged on one end face, with handle recesses for the information carrier advantageously being provided opposite one another in the area of the opening. This makes it very easy to separate the pocket-like business card from the information carrier.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the pocket-like business card is made from a one-piece cardboard blank that has a front and a long connecting tab. In this case, it is possible to easily fold the blank in the area of the fold lines and glue it together in the area of the connecting tabs to form the pocket-like business card.

In a further preferred embodiment of the invention, the information carrier is designed to have multiple sides, so that considerably more information can be integrated into the business card.

In this context, however, it is also conceivable that the information carrier is significantly larger than the business card and can be folded to the size of the inside of the bag.

Further advantages of the invention emerge from the following subclaim and from the description of the embodiments. They show:

Fig. 1 a representation of a business card,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a business card blank according to Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 a top view of another business card blank,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of an unfolded information carrier according to Fig. 1,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of another information carrier according to Fig. 1,

Fig. 6 a plan view of another information carrier and

Fig. 7 is a plan view of another information carrier.
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In the drawings, a business card is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 10.

The business card 10 has a business card pocket 11 and an information carrier 13 that can be inserted into an opening 12. The pocket 11 is provided with opposing handle recesses 14 for the information carrier 13 in the area of the front opening 12, which makes it easier to remove the information carrier 13. Of course, the arrangement of an opening 12 of the pocket 11 is also possible on the long side.

Fig. 2 shows the cardboard blank 15 for the business card pocket 11. A front wall 16 can be seen, which can be provided with personal data, for example - as indicated - and a rear wall 17, which offers additional space for information. The front and rear walls 16, 17 are each provided with the handle recess 14 on one side, which lie congruently on top of one another after the cardboard blank 15 has been folded around a fold line 18.

To connect the front and rear walls 16, 17, the front wall 16 is provided with a front and a longitudinal connecting strap 19 and 20.

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In this case, a fold line 18 is arranged between the connecting tabs 19 and 20 and the front side 16. The actual connection of the parts is achieved by applying adhesive in the area of the connecting tabs 19 and 20.
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Fig. 3 shows another one-piece cardboard blank 23 of a business card 10, in which connecting tabs 24, 25 are arranged along the length of the front wall 16.

Figures 3 and 4 show exemplary information carriers 21 and 22. According to Fig. 3, the information carrier 21 is designed as an elongated strip that can be folded together like an accordion in the area of folding lines 18. The information carrier 22 shown in Fig. 4 has a landscape format and can be folded together to the format of the information carrier 13 shown in Fig. 1 using the folding lines 18 that are also shown.

Finally, two further information carriers 26 and 27 are shown in Fig. 5 and 6, which are designed in booklet form. The only difference between the two information carriers 26, 27 is that the information carrier 26 is joined together at the front and the information carrier 27 is joined together at the lengthways to form a booklet.

Claims (7)

Expectations 1. Visiting card, business card, business card or the like with information arranged on at least one side surface about, for example , a person distributing the visiting card, characterized in that the visiting card (10) is designed as a pocket (11) provided with an opening (12) into which an additional information carrier (13, 21, 22) can be inserted.
10 2. Business card according to claim 1, characterized in that the opening (12) is arranged on a front side of the pocket (11). 3. Business card according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the pocket (11) forming the business card (10) has opposite grip recesses (14) for the information carrier (13, 21, 22) in the area of the front opening (12). 4. Business card according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pocket (11) is formed from a one-piece cardboard blank (15) which has connecting tabs (19, 20). 5. Business card according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information carrier (21, 22) is multi-sided. 6. Business card according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the information carrier (21, 22) can be folded to the dimensions of an interior of the pocket (11). 7. Business card according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the information carrier (26, 27) is designed in booklet form.