DE8124817U1 - "MODULAR CARD FOR USE AS A BUSINESS OR BUSINESS CARD" - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a modular card for use as a Business or visiting card on which data relating to the cardholder are recorded.

Such cards are known and are commonly used by both business people and private individuals. Business and personal data, such as names, addresses, etc. of a personal or professional nature are common passed on with the help of such business cards or personal business cards. Such cards are normal

Usually available in the form of a rectangular cardboard box that is approximately 10 cm long and 5 cm wide. The different ones to look at Information relating to the cardholder is usually printed on a side surface of the card. Once in a while it is desirable to have more information on the map

to write.

The usual technique of distributing such cards to third parties, be they persons or corporations, is very simple and practically. This is because an immediate and complete transmission of information is thereby achieved in a simple manner enough. In addition, those are relevant to the cardholder

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Data is stored on the card and remains in the possession of the Card recipient, as long as he does not throw away the card.

However, the use of such cards is impaired by a certain number of inconveniences Line are related to their predefined type, with the result that the card with the large number is not compatible with the requirements that arise in personal or business dealings. So must, depending on the situation and the nature of the relationship between the cardholder and the card recipient, the cardholder for example transmit the following information using the card:

a) Personal data such as his identity, his address and his private telephone number. as well as the various Information about his club,

b) Data relating to his professional and / or personal background, for example his titles and degrees, and
c) very often data related to his professional activity, for example:

the phone numbers of companies he represents and

the addresses and possibly the flogans and emblems of these companies.

Therefore, one is often forced to have a personal business card and carry one or more business cards with you. A systematic transfer of his personal data to his business partners would run the risk of intrusion into the privacy of the person concerned. In addition, listing degrees would be intrusive to his friends and would be deemed redundant and pretentious viewed. In addition, in the case of personal contacts, when handing over a card that contains information that is on relate to professional activities, there is a risk that business connections will be disrupted. In cases Finally, where a person has multiple professional activities

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it is currently necessary to have several business cards in order to avoid any confusion.

The recipient of the business cards must, depending on his activity the information provided by the cardholder in one or more transcripts on its various classification systems distribute in order to keep the information and to be able to find it again in a short time if this is required. To do this, the recipient of a business card must enter the data in the various alphabetical Enter the registers he uses as well as in his files and corresponding address books.

So when a businessman is working with a delivery company for the first time through one of the employees of the delivery company and when the employee gives the businessman his business card then the businessman has to copy or manually copy the information provided transferred and entered in its various alphabetical registers, i.e. r

a) under the name of the company concerned, so that the company can be found quickly and

b) under the name of the employee, i.e. the card holder, in order to come into direct contact with him can if the businessman so wishes.

In addition, if the recipient wishes to contact the cardholder for personal reasons, he must also do so transfer personal data to his personal diary or address book. When finally the cardholder is very methodical, then he will, after he has classified the data for use, the business card in Line up a card register specially designed to hold these cards.

The total amount of these activities is large and bothersome. It " therefore it often happens that the cardholder transfers that

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who postpones information in his own files and that the card is finally lost in the meantime before it can be used by the card recipient or that the card itself is thrown away shortly after it has been received «This is with a view to advancement extremely disruptive to business and personal relationships.

The invention has for its object to provide a card of the type in question, in which the above-mentioned inadequacies are avoided, but at the same time of simple construction and the usual cards of this type are sufficient is similar so that there is no need for users of this card to change their habits.

According to the invention, the problem posed by the patent claim 1 specified features solved. This eliminates the annoying transfer of information in the various files, alphabetical registers and address books of the card recipient, as they had to be carried out with conventional cards as annoying and time-consuming activities, reduced to the simple removal of data modules, for example in the form of slips of paper, preferably with self-adhesive Means are attached.

The invention makes it possible to provide a single and compact card that is descriptive of a compilation Contains data that relate to the cardholder and can be conveniently modified by the cardholder, see above that for this there is the possibility of a single card to a plurality of circumstances and ^ n different potential Adapt card recipients with whom he meets.

The cardholder can use his card without its appearance » to change, to remove such data, which he would like to pass on to a given potential card recipient for un-

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The recipient of the modular card according to the invention, which has at least one data module / which is detachably attached to the base carrier of the card, this can have at least one remove the existing data module from the base support for the purpose of classifying the data module separately from the base support, i.e. classify. On the other hand, the cardholder can use the relevant data modules before the card is handed over remove in order to adapt them to his respective needs.

The information contained in the data module can relate to the identity, the address, the private telephone number, the business phone number, professional or personal background, title, degree or occupation of the cardholder or to the company represented by the cardholder, their telephone number, their telex number, their address or refer to their slogan.

In one embodiment, the card includes at least two data modules.

The base support can be made rigid and provided with at least one non-adhesive or non-adhesive surface be. The data modules can be designed as sticky notes that can be detached and attached to the non-stick surface of the base support.

The base support can also be provided with data on at least one side.

In a further embodiment, at least one sticky note is provided on each side of the base support forms one of the removable data modules.

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In a further exemplary embodiment, the base carrier has a carrier card, which on at least one side has a non-stick layer is provided, wherein the outer surface of this layer is non-stick.

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Further details and advantages of the invention emerge from the following description, in which reference is made to the drawing. Description and drawing are in none Limiting in a way, but concern only examples.

Show it:

1 is a perspective view of a preferred one Ausfüh ^ ungsbeispiels the invention in the form of a multi-module business card, in which certain modules are partially replaced by others;

Fio. FIG. 2 shows a partial longitudinal section of that shown in FIG Map;

3 is a perspective view of another

Embodiment in the form of a multi-module business card in partly off

different condition;

Fig. 4 is a partial longitudinal section of the map shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a further embodiment in the form of a multiple

modular business card, partially folded and taken apart, and

6 shows a schematically drawn representation,

in the dio different ways of using an ordinary business

or business card and a card according to a preferred embodiment of FIG Invention are compared in comparison.

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The invention essentially provides a modular business or business card. The different modules are designed in such a way that they are easily detachable from one another. Each module has a sub-group c r information contained on the card.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention :. According to the card, the modules are formed from adhesive leaflets that are arranged on a rigid base support, the is the size of a business card. Means are provided to render the carrier non-adhesive such that the Leaflets can be easily detached from it.

According to the invention it is also proposed that the information relating to the cardholder, which on are provided as labeling on the card, divided into different modules, according to different classifications are.

Each classification includes some kind of special data that:

a) relate to one or more personal or professional characteristics or characteristics of the cardholder,

b) are intended to be included in a special classification system for prospective card recipients <*

fit.

Individual modules can in particular focus on one or more? - re the following special features:

a) The company (s) employing the cardholder and the relevant data provided by the recipient under should be classified in the register index of the represented company (companies),

b) a professional profile of the cardholder, in which in particular- * re his professional training, his

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Grade and its various areas of responsibility are summarized, i.e. information that the Recipients taken under the corresponding register index under the first letter of the cardholder like to classify;

c) purely personal data that the card recipient can enter in his / her diary and

d) other data of any kind that relate to a particular characteristic of the cardholder.

Fig. 1 shows a business card according to an embodiment of the invention. This card, owned by Mr. John C. Barton has a non-stick base support 1. On this carrier, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the card, there are several! detachable, abutting leaflets or sticky notes 2, 3 and 4 arranged, the rear surfaces of which are self-adhesive are. These sticky notes are formed by cutting a sheet of paper.

Data relating to the owner of the card, John C. Barton, are printed on both slips 2, 3 and 4 as well as on the base support 1. Since the data that each | these parts are not of the same type, the data are distributed differently.

So the sticky note 3 is overwritten with the name of the owner, see 3a. It should also be noted that a list of the owner's degrees is at 3b, his professional status at 3c within the company indicated at 3d where he is employed. The address and various other identifying information Company data is also included. The company's address is at 3e and 3f and yours P.O. Box no. at y. Phone number. and Telex number, are at k resp. i specified. This note therefore contains the information about the owner information of a professional nature ends.

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Similarly, slip 2, which likewise has the name of the cardholder printed thereon, contains both the professional data given at 3d as well as personal data at 2c.

The note 4 finally contains the name of the company at which the owner is employed, at 4d as well as on this Company related information. Note 4 also contains the details of 3b and 4c of the company as well as the details of the professional position of the card holder within the company 4d.

As can be seen from Fig. 2, the base support has a rigid support part 5, which is coated with an anti-stick film 6 made of paraffin or the like is. The sticky notes lying on the carrier are designed as flexible paper strips 7 which are attached to their surface facing the base carrier are covered with a film of a self-adhesive substance 8. Every note can therefore easily be peeled off the carrier and glued to another substrate at a different location be reattached.

It should be noted that when all the slips of paper are detached from the base carrier 1, this has the appearance of a conventional rigid business card has all the information relating to the cardholder and printed on the slip 3 are also available. This information is printed underneath the non-stick film, which is transparent is.

A card whose external appearance is similar to the card described above is shown in FIG. This card type however, differs from the previously described card in construction. The difference is best off the sectional view of the card in FIG. 4 can be seen. The card has the carrier part 5 on which, by means of a

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Adhesive film 9 a layer 10 is attached, which with a non-stick product 11 is coated. In the illustration of FIG. 4, the adhesive film is partially lifted off and into a layer 9a, which remains as an integral part on the carrier 5, and a layer 9b, which is separated the layer 10 adheres.

The unit made up of the parts marked 5, 9 and 10 represents a non-stick base carrier. Three sticky notes 2-3 and 4? which are similar to the notes described above are arranged on the front of this base support. The notes bear the same inscriptions 2a to 2c, 3a to 3f _f y, k, i and 4a to 4b as in the first embodiment. Furthermore, information analogous to that which is located on the slip 3 is printed on the rear surface 12 of the base support. This information summarizes his professional activities under the name of the card base owner, whereas the base support is unprinted on its front surface 13.

However, it is equally possible to create a card that has information modules that can be detached on both broad sides of the invention.

When all of the sticky notes are detached from the base carrier, this therefore forms, just as with the previous one card, a business card of the usual type. The value of the card type described above is special in terms of manufacturing costs. Large amounts of adhesive layers 10 and 11, which with a Film coated self-adhesive paper 7 and 8 are currently being manufactured cheaply. You use these materials especially in the production of self-adhesive labels, which are very common. In contrast, it is proportionate It is unusual and therefore more expensive to coat supports, especially those made of cardboard, with non-stick products, * as described above.

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The card shown in Figure 5 is an alternate embodiment to the card type described in FIGS. 1 and 2. The face of this card has the same properties as described above. The back of the However, the carrier is covered with an anti-stick film 14. A sheet of 15 flexible paper, the one facing the wearer Surface is coated with a self-adhesive film 16, is located on the rear surface of the carrier. The sheet 15 is partially detached from the carrier in FIG. 5 Position shown. The free surface of this sheet 15 is printed. The details of the name of the card owner, his wife (at 17) and children (at 18) are included Information. The cardholder's home address, etc. is printed (at 19) in the lower area of sheet 15. This compact and complete card can therefore be converted into a business card according to the wishes of the cardholder separating them from the back layer, or converting them into a personal business card by adding some of the at the The front of the card peeled off a piece of paper.

Fig. 6 enables a comparison between the usage of business cards as they are usually obtained and the way of using cards according to the invention.

The situation is assumed to be that Mr. John C. Barton, the cardholder and executive director of the Tomil Engineering Company, allied with the CMI Company to offer its services to this company in response to a job advertisement posted by CMI has given up under the code 12224. Mr. Barton gave his business card to an employee of the CMI company. Considered if you first have a business card 20 of the usual type, it can be determined that the card recipient in question has passed through a copying process or manual transcription of the information the card for entry in the various files and registers in which the information is to be recorded, must copy.

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One of the possible types of classification is symbolic indicated by an address book 21. Files are symbolized by a job offer 22. Some of the information must be transferred manually; in order to be able to be classified or filed as the requirements of the card user is equivalent to. In particular, the name of Mr. Barton must be entered in address book 21 under the letter B (see dashed line f). The cardholder's employer, i.e. the Tomil Engineering Company, must be entered in the address book 21 under the letter T (dashed line g). Also need the entire Data are transferred to the files represented by the job advertisement 22 (dashed line h). The card 20 can then finally stored in a card register 23 (line

i) or thrown away in a waste container 24 (line j).

If the card used is of the type shown in Figure 3, the information need not be transmitted manually will. More precisely, all that is required is the various slips of paper 2, 3 and 4 affixed to the carrier 25 are to be taken over and to take these over into the various address books and files. So note 2 with the name Barton under the letter B in the address book 21 (line k). Note 4 with the The name of the Tomil Engineering Company can be found under the letter T can be glued into the address book 21 (line 1). Finally, slip 3, which contains both the person's data and the also contains the company into which the files represented by the job offer 22 are pasted (line m). After these In the work steps, the carrier 25 has the same appearance as the card 20 and can be arranged in the card register 23 or ultimately thrown away (see line ο to waste bin 24).

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It is readily apparent that the type of business or business card proposed by the invention saves the recipient considerable time in classifying and transmitting the information contained on the card offers, while at the same time there is a »- Sitzer is more likely that the card recipient is keeping his information. The value of the invention Card for the cardholder is to be appreciated in the same way. So the cardholder only needs Carry a card type with you by knowing the content of information carried by the card when it comes to it be passed on to any contact person as a function can adapt to the particular purpose for which the information is intended. In the same way it should be noted that the use of the cards according to the invention the general habitus and habits of the users of such cards neither disrupts nor disturbs. Rather, the card according to the invention can have the same format properties as usual Own cards and replace them in all areas of application.

The examples discussed above are in no way to be regarded as limiting. In particular, it is possible to do this to apply the proposed characteristics in any combination. Although the invention is above With reference to specific means, materials and embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is in no way limited to the details concerned, but refers to all equivalents used by the Claims are included.

Claims (7)

G 81 24 817.2 February 10, 1982 - 15 - protection claims 1. Modular card for use as a business or visiting card, on which data relating to the cardholder are recorded and which has a base support and at least one data module which is detachably attached to the base support, characterized in that it has at least two on the base support (1, 5) has arranged, different data modules (2, 3, 4, 15). 2. Card according to claim 1, characterized in that the base support is rigid and provided with at least one non-stick surface and that at least one of the data modules has an adhesive label which can be detachably attached to the non-stick surface of the base support. 3. Card according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that at least one side of the base support as information Drawing area is formed. 4. Card according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that that each side of the base support has at least one sticky label which forms one of the removable data modules. 5. Card according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that that the basic carrier has a carrier card (5) and that on at least one side of this card an anti-adhesive one Surface (6) is provided. 6. karts according to claim 5, characterized in that at least one of the data modules is designed as a strip (7) which is glued to the non-stick surface. 7. Card according to claim 1, characterized in that the base carrier has a card (5) and that at least one side of the same a layer (10) is glued to this.