WO2011095153A1

WO2011095153A1 - Device for accommodating card-shaped elements

Info

Publication number: WO2011095153A1
Application number: PCT/DE2011/000068
Authority: WO
Inventors: Klemenz Lunow
Original assignee: Klemenz Lunow
Priority date: 2010-02-02
Filing date: 2011-01-25
Publication date: 2011-08-11
Also published as: DE112011100408B4; DE202010001940U1; DE112011100408A5

Abstract

The invention relates to a device made from a print substrate (2) for accommodating a card-shaped element (3), comprising a first fold (4) and a second fold (5), wherein the two folds (4, 5) extend substantially perpendicularly to each other and thus divide the print substrate (2) into four segments (6, 7, 8, 9). According to the invention, an approximately V-shaped recess (11) is provided in the print substrate (2), wherein the V-shaped recess (11) extends approximately symmetrically over one fold (4) and is arranged at the edge (12) of the print substrate (2), and wherein the corners (14, 15) created by the edge (12) of the print substrate (2) and by the V-shaped recess (11) at the edge (12) of the print substrate (2) reach into the cut (10) in at least one of the segments (6, 7, 8, 9) after the print substrate has been folded.

Description

Device for receiving card-shaped elements

The invention relates to a device comprising a print carrier for receiving a card-shaped element comprising a first fold and a second fold, wherein the two folds are substantially perpendicular to each other and thereby divide the print carrier into four segments.

To exchange contact information and store aesthetically designed memory information, it is common in most cultures in the world to present business cards to each other at business meetings. Depending on the mutual appreciation and classification of the meeting, the persons meeting each other pass the business cards informally or combine the presentation with a formal gesture, for example a culturally appropriate bow.

On special occasions or in purely written contacts, it is also common to hand each other business cards in an envelope.

In order to present prospectuses to the prospective buyer during a sales pitch, it is also known to make incisions in the prospectus envelope which receive a business card in the manner of photo corners. These cuts allow for easy personalization of the brochure cover for the seller.

In order to attach more information besides the actual contact and address data to the actual business card, it is further known to fold business cards in the form of a Leporello

CONFIRMATION COPY or to stick to the business card a fold-out brochure or a city map.

However, any of the aforementioned tools for providing further information are not suitable for conveying further information in common business dealings with one another without adversely affecting cultural or practical aspects. Presenting business cards in a familiar envelope would be perceived in most cultural settings as a very high, appreciative gesture that is not always adequate. The presentation of a business card in a brochure cover with cuts would be perceived as an offensive intention to sell and the aforementioned business cards in Leporelloform or glued folded card are impractical to handle, since the simple card character of the business card is destroyed. As a result, a business card designed in this way can no longer be plugged into a business card holder or into the credit card compartment of a generic wallet.

The object of the invention is therefore to provide a device for receiving card-shaped elements of different types available, which overcomes the disadvantages mentioned above, but provides the receiver more information available.

The object according to the invention is achieved by a device comprising a print carrier for receiving a card-shaped element having at least one first fold and at least one second fold, wherein two of the at least two folds extend substantially perpendicular to one another and thereby subdivide the print carrier into four segments, and in each case at least an incision in at least one of the segments. According to the invention it is provided that an approximately V-shaped recess is present in the print carrier, wherein the V-shaped recess approximately extends symmetrically over a fold and is arranged on the edge of the print carrier, and that the edges formed by the edge of the print carrier and by the V-shaped recess at the edge of the print carrier after folding engage in the at least one cut in at least one of the segments.

Further advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

According to the invention it is provided to fold a print carrier by a special design to a bag-like configuration. The special design of the print carrier is an approximately V-shaped cutout at the foot of the print carrier. This V-shaped cutout is arranged approximately symmetrically over a fold, so that the V-shaped cutout after folding has the shape of a shortened corner. After refolding the print carrier, the shortened corner of the V-shaped cutout comes to rest on an indentation in the print carrier into which the shortened corner from the V-shaped cutout is inserted. In this configuration, the thus-folded print carrier has a pocket-like structure into which a business card, as an example of a card-shaped element, can be inserted and presented. The recipient of the inserted in the inventive device business card can easily unfold the print carrier and remove the additional information. The business card is then the known further use supplied, for example, it can be plugged into a business card holder or in a wallet. However, it is also possible to put the business card in the device according to the invention in the business card holder or in the wallet. The use of the device according to the invention is not limited to business cards. Rather, other card-shaped elements are suitable for transfer in the device presented here. Another example is a card-shaped key for a hotel room. Such keys are known in the form of punched cards or in the form of magnetic stripe or chip cards. The hotel guest removes the printed media from which the device is folded, the room number, which is not printed on the key itself for security reasons, and other current offers or information from the hotel.

Another example is the use of the inventive device with SIM cards for mobile phones. In this case, the print carrier carries contract data and / or PIN numbers, as well as important, especially at the beginning of a telephone contract important additional information, such as telephone numbers of call centers or references to further Internet sites.

Yet another example is the use of the inventive device for handing over credit or debit cards, insurance cards, customer cards or other identification cards for customer loyalty systems.

In order to store the print carrier in a file folder, it is provided that the print carrier has two recesses with which the print carrier can be accommodated in the webs of a file folder.

In a preferred embodiment of the print carrier according to the invention, it is provided to remove a corner of one of the segments of the print carrier formed by the folds by a diagonal cut. In this case, a corner is removed from the segment of the print carrier, which in the folded Condition would lie over the card-shaped element. By the diagonal section, the card is approximately half visible, so that a logo or other reference to the card is already visible from the outside when plugged in the device state.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the print carrier has a perforated, cut or approximately half cut by the thickness of the print carrier line in the form of an open triangle, an open quadrilateral, preferably in the form of an open trapezoid, through which a tab from the plane the print carrier is folded out, the tab in the unfolded state serves as a support stand for the folded device. The fold-out tab is arranged in the print carrier so that it can be folded out on the back of the folded device and erects the device in the manner of a picture frame support.

Through the tab, through which the device can be erected, it is possible, for example, to place a business card of the speaker on a place of the listener at a seminar or, for example, a ticket for the wellness area for hotel guests in the hotel room clearly visible. Also, the Aufrichtfunktion the tab is suitable for presentation on a retail space, for example, to set up SIM cards promotional. In order to prevent the flap from folding out prematurely, it is provided that the perforated or otherwise, as mentioned above material-weakened line is interrupted at least one point, so that the tab remains connected to the print carrier. Only when straightening this connection is broken and the tab folded out. The aforementioned incision for receiving the shortened corner, which results from the folding over of the two corners of the V-shaped cutout, is preferably curved, so that a convex bulge of the line points into the interior of the incision-bearing segment. The curvature makes it easier to open the incision so that it is easier for the user of the device according to the invention to insert it into the incision. In a further embodiment, the ends of the incision have a rounding, whereby the two opposite banks of the incision can be even easier to stand out from each other and thus tearing of the incision is prevented, in which the rounding the force acting on both banks of the incision, distributed. Therefore, the ends of the incision tend not to rupture and thereby lengthen the incision length, thereby reducing the occlusive effect of this incision.

A concrete and particularly preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention provides that the first fold extends approximately over the middle of a print carrier in the horizontal direction in the vertical direction and that the second fold extends approximately over the middle of this print carrier in the horizontal direction, wherein the print carrier through the folds is divided into four approximately equally sized rectangles as segments and wherein one of the segments, however, has a truncated corner, wherein the V-shaped cutout is arranged at a foot end of the print carrier symmetrical to the vertical fold at the edge of the print carrier, and wherein the vertical fold is consistently folded in the same direction and the horizontal fold is folded in opposite directions on both sides of the vertical fold.

The horizontal fold runs approximately in the vertical center of the print carrier, but is slightly shifted downwards. As a result, the foot end of the print carrier is hidden behind a segment that folds when folding Front side of the device according to the invention shows. Furthermore, it can be achieved that the folded device is present without curvature when the recessed corner is inserted from the V-shaped recess in the incision.

In order to prevent the device, when folding at the point of intersection of the folds, forming a cross-fold through which a kind of applied gusset is formed, it is provided that at the point of intersection of the folds there is a recess, which is preferably diamond-shaped, square or rectangular. The otherwise formed gusset is not only unaesthetic, but also allows the print carrier to apply, whereby the device is not perfectly flat. Through the recess of the region of the cross-rupture is cut off and the folded device is flat when the two folds are at the crossing point on top of each other.

The invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the following figures.

Show it:

FIG. 1 shows the unfolded print carrier as a development from which the device is folded,

FIG. 2 shows the printing substrate from FIG. 1 after a first folding,

3 shows the print carrier according to FIG. 2 completely lying on one another,

FIG. 4 shows the print carrier according to FIG. 3 in a second folding process,

FIG. 5 shows the device according to the invention in the completely folded state,

FIG. 6 shows the erected device with a magnetic stripe card drawn in, FIG. 7 shows the erected device with inserted magnetic stripe card,

8 shows an enlarged detail to illustrate the incision, FIG.

9 shows the unfolded print carrier as a development from which the device is folded in an alternative embodiment, FIG.

FIG. 10 shows the print carrier from FIG. 9 in the folded-up state,

11 shows the print carrier from FIG. 10 with a magnetic stripe card inserted, FIG.

Figure 12 shows the print carrier of Figure 1 1 with a closed tab.

FIG. 1 shows the development 1 of the device according to the invention as an unfolded print carrier 2. This unfolded print carrier 2 has printed information, notes, secret PIN numbers, advertising, hotel room numbers, country / city maps, price information or other advertising as desired. Print carrier 2 is folded together by folding twice along the folds 4 and 5, so that the device according to the invention can accommodate a card-shaped element 3 (FIG. 6 and FIG. 7). The vertical fold 4 is continuously folded in this view so that it moves forward when merging from the plane of the paper. The corresponding horizontal fold 5, however, is folded in opposite directions on the left and right sides of the vertical fold 4. The exact sequence of the intermediate states for merging is explained in more detail in the following figures.

By the two folds 4 and 5, the print carrier 2 is divided into four segments 6, 7, 8 and 9, which are approximately the same size in this view. However, the horizontal fold 5 runs slightly below the vertical center of the print carrier 2. The resulting advantage is explained in more detail in the description of FIG.

So that the folded print carrier 2 in the final state is horizontal and level one another, an incision 10 is provided in the upper right corner of the upper left in this view segment 9, in which a corner is inserted, consisting of a V-shaped recess 1 1 at Folds along fold 4 is created. This V-shaped cutout 1 1 leads to the formation of two shortened corners 14 and 15 of the two arranged at the foot 30 segments 7 and 8 at the edge 12 of the print carrier 2. After folding twice along fold 4 and 5, these corners are 14 and 15 one above the other and stuck in incision 10, whereby a deployment of the print carrier 2 is prevented when it is present in the final state as inventive device for receiving card-shaped elements.

Print carrier 2 has a shortened corner 16 in the segment 6 arranged on the top right in this view in order to visibly position a part of the card-shaped element stored in the device according to the invention.

So that the unfolded print carrier 2 can be received in a file folder, it is provided that the print carrier in the left in Figure 1 arranged segments 8 and 9 each have a recess 18 and 19. By positioning at this point, the recesses 18 and 19 are invisible in the folded state, whereby the aesthetic impression of the device according to the invention is not impaired.

In order to set up the device according to the invention, it is provided that a perforated line 20 is present in the form shown, wherein the line can also be cut or as a section to about in the half the depth of the print carrier thickness is formed. However, line 20 can also be designed as an open triangle, that is to say in the form of an angle, in the form of an open quadrilateral, that is to say in the form of a U with a round or angular bottom, preferably in the form of an open trapezoid. Along this line 20 can be pulled out a tab 21 formed from the print substrate, which is preferably protected by a broken point 22 of the perforation or other material weakening from spontaneous unfolding. To set up, it is sufficient to break this interrupted in the material weakening point 22 and pull the tab 21.

In order to prevent the double folding, that at the cross-punt 31 of the two folds 4 and 5 forms an applied gusset by a cross-fold, it is provided that there is a substantially diamond-shaped, square or rectangular recess 32 exists which the cross fracture is prevented. The corners 33, 34, 35 and 36 come to lie exactly on the folds 4 and 5, so that when folding the device according to the invention creates a clean-looking, smooth, cut corner.

FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of a first intermediate state during collapsing of the unwinding 2 relative to the device according to the invention, which is produced by folding the vertical fold 4. In this case, the left in Figure 1 arranged segments 8 and 9, as shown in Figure 1 by arrow A, folded behind the paper plane of this document. In this case, the segments 7 and 8 come to rest on each other and the corresponding segments 6 and 9 come to rest on each other, the segments 6 and 7 in FIG. 2 pointing forwards out of the plane of the paper. The folding A is made so far that the print carrier 2 forms a plane until it has the configuration shown in Figure 3. By folding along fold 4, the square recess 31 in FIG. 1 now forms a funnel-shaped recess 31A on the left edge of the folded print carrier 2.

Finally, FIG. 3 shows the previously folded configuration at fold 4, which is then folded again according to arrow B on the horizontal fold 5, whereby the segments 7 and 8 fall behind the plane of the paper, which is shown in perspective in FIG. In this folding segments 7 and 9 come to lie directly against each other and the funnel-shaped recess 31A of Figure 2 is in this convolution to a shortened corner 31 B, shown in the next Figure 4, through which a cross-fold is avoided.

In Figure 4, the second fold along fold 5 is shown in perspective. Due to the folding, in which two print carrier layers are superimposed, the inner part of the two print carrier layers of segments 7 and 9 seemingly longer than the outer part, consisting of segment 6 and 7. This slight length shift is due to the fact that the outer part of the print carrier 2 must include the inner along the fold along fold 5. This undesirable length tolerance results in that the edges 7k and 8k of the segments 7 and 8 do not lie exactly against one another and thus pretend a disorderly folding. In order to align these edges 7k and 8k exactly to one another, it is provided that the edge 7k be shortened somewhat with respect to the edge 8k, wherein the shortening can be carried out with a diagonal cut or a cut parallel to the original edge 7k.

Finally, FIG. 5 shows the device, folded twice to form a plane, for receiving card-shaped elements in a view from the front, the ones lying behind the plane of the paper of this document Edges of the segments 7 and 8 of the print carrier 2 are shown by dashed lines. As already mentioned before, the fold 5 is arranged somewhat outside the vertical center of the print carrier, as a result of which the rear 7 and 8 located in FIG. 5 are slightly shortened relative to the segment 9. As a result, the rear segments 7 and 8 can be inserted into an incision 10 in the front segment, without resulting in a curvature of the segments 7 and 8. In this form according to FIG. 5, the device according to the invention can already be used. To clarify the function, the view according to FIG. 5 is rotated somewhat, as shown by arrow C, in order to arrive at the perspective view 6.

In accordance with FIG. 6, a card-shaped element 3, in this case a magnetic stripe card, is inserted from the top right according to arrow D into the pocket of segments 6 and 9, so that the card-shaped element, as shown in FIG Device is stuck. In this case, the card-shaped element 3 hides the circular recess 18 in the segment 9 of the device according to the invention, so that the device according to the invention as a whole can be regarded as aesthetically pleasing with the card-shaped element.

To clarify a further detail, the device according to the invention is again rotated in FIG. 7 according to arrow E around the vertical, so that the rear view according to FIG. 8 is present. It can clearly be seen from FIG. 8 that the tab 21 is folded out in order to support the obliquely standing device according to the invention in the manner of a picture frame support. At the top right in Figure 8, a detail is highlighted. It can be seen how the corner 14 of the segment 7 from the V-shaped recess 1 1, which covers an identically shaped corner 15 of the segment 8, is inserted into the recess 10, wherein the convex bulge 25 of the incision 10, the in the inner region of the segment 7 shows the device according to the invention, engages over this corner 14 and thus fixes the device according to the invention in this configuration.

In an embodiment of the invention, it is provided that a tab 40 is provided laterally on the print carrier 2, as shown in FIG. Tab 40 is attached to the print carrier via a narrow connector 41 which is separated from the tab by a web weakening line 42 and serves several purposes. First, it is provided that the tab 40 serves as an additional enclosure in the device according to the invention, so that a card-shaped element 3 received in the device does not fall out of it. At the same time, this tab 40 can serve to serve as a demolition with information contained thereon. As a first use offers to accommodate the tab 40 lot information for a raffle. If the device is used as a recording for a ticket to a concert or a ball, it is provided that the demolition as a lot in one

Drum is thrown. In another use, it is provided that information to be used only once on the tab 40, such as access words or a personal identification number (PIN) are printed, if in the device, for example, a credit, debit, access or Telefoniekarte is included.

This tab 40 is after folding of the print carrier 2 laterally from the device, as shown in Figure 10. A card-shaped element 3 is inserted into the device, as indicated by arrow D in Figure 10 and then the tab 40, as indicated in Figure 1 1 by the arrow F, inserted under the front segment 6. This prevents the card-shaped element 3 from falling out of the device. The mechanical frictional resistance of the card-shaped element with respect to the device is in this closure by La- see 40 so high that the card-shaped element 3 also does not slide up out. Finally, FIG. 12 shows the completely closed state with tab 40 inserted underneath the segment 6. The connecting piece 41, which connects the tab 40 to the print carrier, has a material weakening line 42 through which material weakening is performed. Along this material weakening line 42, the tab 40 kinks. Since the connecting piece 41 in addition to the material weakening line 42 also has a fold 43, the connecting piece 41 is in a completely closed state of the device as a side wall, said side wall, the strength of the multi-layered superposed print carrier 2 and the strength of the card-shaped element 3 received therein balances. As a result of this compensation, the device in the final state with the card-shaped element picked up acts cleanly folded in the form of a very flat cuboid instead of an applied and cushion-shaped envelope.

E N G L I S H E S T E

Settlement 20 line

Print carrier 21 tab

Card-shaped element 22 broken point

Fold 25 bulge

Fold 26 end

Segment 27 end

Segment 30 foot end

k edge 31 crossing point

Segment 31A recess

k edge 31B shortened corner

Segment 32 recess

0 incision 33 tip

1 recess 34 tip

2 edge 35 point

4 corner 36 tip

5 corner 40 tab

6 shortened corner 41 connector

8 recess 42 material weakening line 9 recess 43 fold

Claims

Device for receiving card-shaped elements PATENT APPLICATIONS

1. Device comprising a print carrier (2) for receiving a card-shaped element (3)

- At least a first fold (4) and

at least one second fold (5),

wherein two of the at least two folds (4, 5) are substantially perpendicular to each other and thereby divide the print carrier (2) into four segments (6, 7, 8, 9), and

at least one incision (10) in at least one of the segments (6, 7, 8, 9),

characterized in that

- An approximately V-shaped recess (11) in the print carrier (2) is present, wherein the V-shaped recess (1 1) extends approximately symmetrically over a fold (4) and arranged on the edge (12) of the print carrier (2) is, and that

- The by the edge (12) of the print carrier (2) and by the V-shaped recess (11) at the edge (12) of the print carrier (2) resulting corners (14, 15) after folding in the incision (10) in at least engage one of the segments (6, 7, 8, 9).

2. Apparatus according to claim 1,

characterized in that

at least one of the segments (6, 7, 8, 9) has a shortened corner (16), preferably a diagonal cut, through which a corner of the originally substantially rectangular print carrier (2) is removed.

3. Apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,

characterized in that

the print carrier (2) has at least two recesses (18, 19) for inclusion in a file folder,

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3,

characterized in that

the print carrier (2) a perforated, cut or approximately half by the thickness of the print carrier (2) cut line (20) in the form of an angle, a triangle, in the form of a U with a round or square bottom, a quadrangle, preferably in the form of a Has trapezoidal, by a tab (21) out of the plane of the print carrier (2) can be folded out, the tab (21) in the unfolded state serves as a support stand for the folded device.

5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that

the line (20) is interrupted at at least one point (22), whereby the tab (21) is fixed in the plane of the print carrier (2), whereby the broken point (22) tears when folded out.

6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5,

characterized in that

the incision (10) has a curved line whose convex bulge (25) points into the interior of one of the segments (6, 7, 8, 9).

7. Apparatus according to claim 6,

characterized in that

the ends (26, 27) of the incision (10) have a rounding.

8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that

the first fold (4) runs in a vertical direction approximately over the middle of a print carrier (2) in the vertical direction and that the second fold (5) runs approximately over the middle of this print carrier (2) in the horizontal direction,

the print carrier (2) being divided by the pleats (4, 5) into four approximately equal rectangles as segments (6, 7, 8, 9) and wherein one of the segments (6) has a shortened corner (16), wherein the V-shaped cutout (11) at a foot end (30) of the print carrier (2) is arranged symmetrically on the vertically extending fold (4) at the edge of the print carrier (2), and wherein

the vertical fold (4) is continuously folded in the same direction and the horizontal fold (5) is folded in opposite directions on both sides of the vertical fold (4).

9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8,

characterized in that

At the intersection (31) of the two folds (4, 5) a recess (32) is present, preferably a diamond, square or rectangular recess (32) is present, wherein the tips (33, 34, 35, 36) of the previously Forms are each arranged on a fold (4, 5).

10. Apparatus according to claim 8,

characterized in that

the horizontal fold (5) is located slightly below the vertical center of the print carrier (2).

1 1. Device according to one of claims 1 to 10

characterized in that

a tab (40) is provided which is arranged laterally on the print carrier (2) and has a material weakening line (42), by which the tab (40) from the print carrier (2) is designed detachable.

12. Device according to claim 1 1,

characterized in that

between the print carrier (2) and the tab (40) a connecting piece (41) is arranged, which is separated by the material weakening line (42) of the tab (40).

13. Device according to claim 1 1 or 12,

characterized in that

the tab (40) is arranged on the print carrier (2) such that it can be inserted under a segment (6, 7, 8, 9) after being folded, whereby the card-shaped element is fixed.