Stand up card holder
View Patent ↗A card holder for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, in an upright presentation position upon opening the front and back covers of the holder.
1. A gift card holder comprising:
a front cover;
a back cover, wherein the front cover is hingedly engaged to the back cover along a cover fold line;
a first interior panel;
a second interior panel; and
a pocket to receive a gift card, the pocket defined by a first pocket subpanel hingedly engaged to a second pocket subpanel along a pocket fold line, wherein the first pocket panel is engaged to the first interior panel and the second pocket panel is engaged to the second interior panel;
wherein when the front cover is pivoted about the cover fold line away from the back cover, a gift card disposed within the pocket pivots away from the second interior panel and projects away from the pocket; and
wherein the gift card is initially removably attached to a removable header panel extending away from the front cover or the back cover, wherein the gift card is removed from the header and positioned within the pocket.
2. The gift card holder of claim 1 where, in a closed configuration, an internal face of the first interior panel is disposed proximal to an internal face of the second interior panel, and the internal face of the first interior panel is pivoted away from the internal face of the second interior panel to provide an open configuration.
3. The gift card holder of claim 1 where the first interior panel is engaged to an interior front cover surface and the second interior panel is engaged to an interior back cover surface, and wherein the pocket fold line is aligned with the cover fold line.
4. The gift card holder of claim 1 where the gift card holder comprises a planar material.
5. The gift card holder of claim 1 where the second interior panel comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
6. The gift card holder of claim 1 where the back cover comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
7. The gift card holder of claim 1 where the back cover and the second interior panel comprise co-aligned slots to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
8. A gift card holder comprising:
a front cover;
a back cover, wherein the front cover is hingedly engaged to the back cover along a cover fold line;
a first interior panel;
a second interior panel;
a pocket to receive a gift card, the pocket defined by a first pocket subpanel hingedly engaged to a second pocket subpanel along a pocket fold line, wherein the first pocket panel is engaged to the first interior panel and the second pocket panel is engaged to the second interior panel;
one or more tabs hingedly engaged to and extending transversely away from the first pocket subpanel; and where the one or more tabs engage proximal portions of the second pocket subpanel; and
wherein when the front cover is pivoted about the cover fold line away from the back cover, a gift card disposed within the pocket pivots away from the second interior panel and projects away from the pocket.
9. The gift card holder of claim 8 further comprising a header panel removably engaged to the front cover or the back cover.
10. The gift card holder of claim 8 where, in a closed configuration, an internal face of the first interior panel is disposed proximal to an internal face of the second surface interior panel, and the internal face of the first interior panel is pivoted away from the internal face of the second surface interior panel to provide an open configuration.
11. The gift card holder of claim 8 where the first interior panel is engaged to an interior front cover surface and the second interior panel is engaged to an interior back cover surface, and wherein the pocket fold line is aligned with the cover fold line.
12. The gift card holder of claim 8 where the gift card holder comprises a planar material.
13. The gift card holder of claim 8 where the second interior panel comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
14. The gift card holder of claim 8 where the back cover comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
15. The gift card holder of claim 8 where the back cover and the second interior panel comprise co-aligned slots to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
16. A gift card holder comprising:
a front cover;
a back cover, wherein the front cover is hingedly engaged to the back cover along a cover fold line;
a first interior panel;
a second interior panel;
a pocket to receive a gift card, the pocket defined by a first pocket subpanel hingedly engaged to a second pocket subpanel along a pocket fold line, wherein the first pocket panel is engaged to the first interior panel and the second pocket panel is engaged to the second interior panel;
one or more tabs hingedly engaged to and extending transversely away from the second pocket subpanel; and where the one or more tabs engage proximal portions of the first pocket subpanel; and
wherein when the front cover is pivoted about the cover fold line away from the back cover, a gift card disposed within the pocket pivots away from the second interior panel and projects away from the pocket.
17. The gift card holder of claim 16 further comprising a header panel removably engaged to the front cover or the back cover.
18. The gift card holder of claim 16 where, in a closed configuration, an internal face of the first interior panel is disposed proximal to an internal face of the second surface interior panel, and the internal face of the first interior panel is pivoted away from the internal face of the second surface interior panel to provide an open configuration.
19. The gift card holder of claim 16 where the first interior panel is engaged to an interior front cover surface and the second interior panel is engaged to an interior back cover surface, and wherein the pocket fold line is aligned with the cover fold line.
20. The gift card holder of claim 16 where the gift card holder comprises a planar material.
21. The gift card holder of claim 16 where the second interior panel comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
22. The gift card holder of claim 16 where the back cover comprises a slot to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.
23. The gift card holder of claim 16 where the back cover and the second interior panel comprise co-aligned slots to receive a peripheral edge of the front cover when in a closed configuration.