IP Library Granted Patent US 9,460,580
Granted Patent B1
US 9,460,580 · App. 12/841,933 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Gift card holder

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Patent No.
US 9,460,580
App. No.
12/841,933
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

A gift card holder including a carrier panel for holding a removably attached gift card and a flap attached forward of the carrier panel to cover and obscure the gift card when the holder is presented for sale. The flap may include decorative elements or information and may include additional flaps or pages to form a greeting card or booklet.

Claims (27)

1. A gift card holder comprising:

a relatively planar carrier panel, said carrier panel including means for holding a gift card to a forward surface of said carrier panel,

a removable presentation portion attached to said carrier panel and folded over a portion of said forward surface, said presentation portion comprising a front flap hingedly engaged to a rear flap, said presentation portion obscuring said gift card from view when said gift card is attached to said forward portion, said presentation portion including means for receiving and holding said gift card within said presentation portion, following removal of said gift card from said forward surface, said presentation portion removable from said carrier panel

wherein the front flap and the rear flap of the presentation portion are hingedly engaged at a first fold; and

wherein the carrier panel is hingedly engaged to the presentation portion by a second fold and wherein the first and second folds are perpendicular to one another.

2. The gift card holder of claim 1 wherein said presentation portion includes a pocket for receiving and holding said gift card.

3. The gift card holder of claim 2 wherein said presentation portion includes a pocket for receiving and holding said gift card after activation or loading of said gift card.

4. The gift card holder of claim 1 wherein said means for receiving and holding said gift card within said presentation portion comprises a pocket within said front flap.

5. A gift card holder comprising:

a relatively planar carrier panel having a forward surface,

a presentation portion comprising a front flap hingedly engaged to a rear flap; where the presentation portion is removeably engaged to said carrier panel and obscuring a portion of said forward surface,

a gift card attached to said forward surface whereby said presentation portion overlies said gift card, said gift card including a bar code on a rearward surface thereof, said presentation portion including means for receiving and holding said gift card within said presentation portion,

a window in said carrier panel in alignment with said bar code, whereby said bar code may be viewed through said window

wherein the front flap and the rear flap of the presentation portion are hingedly engaged at a first fold; and

wherein the carrier panel is hingedly engaged to the presentation portion by a second fold and wherein the first and second folds are perpendicular to one another.

6. The gift card holder of claim 5 wherein said carrier panel includes a hang tag portion, said presentation portion removable from said hang tag portion along a line of perforations therebetween.

7. The gift card holder of claim 5 wherein said front flap comprises an inner wall and an outer wall, said front flap including a slot and defining a pocket for receiving and holding said gift card between said inner wall and said outer wall.

8. A gift card holder comprising:

a relatively planar carrier panel having a forward surface,

a presentation portion comprising a front flap hingedly engaged to a rear flap; where the presentation portion is removeably engaged to said carrier panel and obscuring a portion of said forward surface, said presentation portion including means for receiving and holding said gift card within said presentation portion,

a gift card attached to said forward surface whereby said presentation portion overlies said gift card, said gift card including a magnetic strip on a rearward surface thereof,

a crease formed in said carrier panel to overlie said rearward surface along a line above said magnetic strip whereby said carrier panel may be bent away from said gift card at said crease to thereby expose said magnetic strip

wherein the front flap and the rear flap of the presentation portion are hingedly engaged at a first fold; and

wherein the carrier panel is hingedly engaged to the presentation portion by a second fold and wherein the first and second folds are perpendicular to one another.

9. The gift card holder of claim 8 wherein said presentation portion includes means for receiving and holding said gift card within said presentation portion.

10. The gift card holder of claim 8 wherein said carrier panel includes a hang tag portion, said presentation portion removable from said hang tag portion along a line of perforations therebetween.

11. The gift card holder of claim 8 wherein said presentation portion comprises a hinged front flap and rear flap, said front flap including a pocket for receiving and holding said gift card.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: E2INTERACTIVE, INC.
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 061604/0493 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2020
From: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
To: E2INTERACTIVE, INC. D/B/A E2INTERACTIVE, INC.
Reel/Frame 051685/0525 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 050097/0118 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 28, 2019
From: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048465/0430 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2019
From: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 048105/0602 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2013
From: GLASS, BRETT R.; GLASS, NICOLE E.
To: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 030276/0769 →