FR2692842A1 - Post card with self-adhesive face for attaching photograph - has removable protective film covering self-adhesive face, with folded transparent sheet for securing and protecting photograph when attached - Google Patents

Abstract

A photograph may be attached to a self-adhesive area of one face of the card, centred relative to the periphery of the card. The self-adhesive layer is covered by a removable protective film until the time of use. A transparent plastics self-adhesive film is attached to the other face of the card, for folding over to cover the photograph once it has been attached to the card. The self-adhesive portion of this film is covered by a removable protective film, and the transparent film is of a material selected for its polymerising properties to ensure secure attachment to the photograph and card. USE/ADVANTAGE - User can include own photograph to form personalised post card.

Description

DFECRIPTION
The present invention relates to a description for the self-manufacture of personalized postcards using photographs of a standard format.
The standard postcard is made up of cardboard boxes of dimensions corresponding to post office standards having:
on the front side: light background, two separate locations1 one for the
correspondence, one for the address of the correspondent and I affixing the stamp
postal.

on the back side: a pre-printed pattern on all or part of the surface having
as an illustration of a place, a site or a situation.

The device according to the invention allows a user to benefit from the chic recognized advantages of the traditional postcard (ease of use, reduced cost of sending, visual information on a site; custom and use during trips, trips, etc.). . etc). and to add to it the originality and the personalization of the photographic illustration of your choice, by having on the back of the postal cane a pre-defined zone (the size of a photo in standard format). This area is provided with an auto-collani system allowing the easy and fast fixing of the chosen photo. Once the collage is made, a transparent and self-adhesive flap (of paper or plastic) in the format of the postcard will be folded over this reverse side so as to protect it from impact and possible scratches (this protective flap is an option for the basic model).

According to the particular embodiments:
On the basis of a paper (or other) support in postcard format (format accepted by the postal administration) having a conventional front postcard (Figure 1).

The back figure 2 consists of a frame (the dimension of which will be the difference between] e postcard format and the conventional photo format (1).

Inside this frame, a self-adhesive area (2) the size of a conventional photo format (embossed or not) covered with a removable film (3) protecting the glue that is removed for applying (and paste) the photograph of his choice.

Once this operation has been carried out, it will be possible to fold the self-adhesive protective film (4) after removing the protective film (5),
As an indication, nonlimiting the card will have a dimension of 15 cm x 10.5 cm. The photo collage area (Figure 2 (2)) will be in a 9.5 cm x 14.5 cm (or 8 cm x 8 cm) format.

The transparent protective flap (figure 2 (4)) will have a format of 15 cm x 10.5 cm (plus 0.3 cm corresponding to the fixing of this flap on the front of the card (figure 1 (5)).

Figure 1 - Front
1 - Correspondence area
2 - Correspondence address registration area (4 lines)
3 - Delimited stamping area
4 - Line delimiting the zones
5 - Film bonding area Figure 2 - Back
1 - Frame
2 - Application area of the photograph (self-adhesive area)
3 - Protective film for the sticky area (remove before applying the
Photo).

4 - Transparent protective film (in card format) sticker on the front
be folded down on the back of the card.

5 - Protective film of the self-adhesive transparent protector (to be removed before application)
6 - Rim (photo collage) all along the inside of the frame.

Claims (3)

1 - Device to allow the self-manufacture of personalized postcards; characterized by the collage of a photograph on a self-adhesive zone (fig 2 (2)) provided for this purpose, allowing its centering and fixing. This self-adhesive area being protected by a protective film which must be removed to allow bonding (fig 2 (3)). 2 - Device according to claim 1; characterized by the flap on the back of a protective, transparent, self-adhesive plastic film (fig 2 (4)) of the exact format of the postcard allowing the protection of the pasted photograph and the joining of the whole postcard. The self-adhesive part of this transparent film being protected by a protective film which must be removed to allow bonding (fig 2 (5)). 3 - Device as claimed in t characterized by the use of a type of transparent self-adhesive plastic film chosen Xur these polymerizing qualities ensuring an inviolable bonding of this film on the cardboard part (fig 2 (1)).