IP Library Granted Patent US 9,102,442
Granted Patent B2
US 9,102,442 · App. 14/151,743 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Container with presentation element

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Patent No.
US 9,102,442
App. No.
14/151,743
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container for receiving a gift, having a reclosable presentation engaged to a surface thereof. The container includes pleated sides to accommodate different size gifts and may further include a graphics or other indicia to indicate a holiday or other gift giving occasion.

Claims (16)

1. A container with an articulating comprising:

a main body comprising a plurality of sides and a closed bottom portion, where the plurality of sides define a chamber having an open end opposite the closed bottom portion; and

a reclosable presentation element engaged to a side of the main body, the presentation element defining a receptacle having an open configuration and a closed configuration, the presentation element further comprising:

a central panel having plurality of margins;

a plurality of articulating major panels corresponding to the plurality of margins, where each of the plurality of articulating major panels is hingedly engaged to the corresponding central panel margin;

a plurality of articulating minor panels disposed between the plurality of articulating major panels, where a first margin of each of the plurality of articulating minor panels is hingedly engaged to one articulating major panel and a second margin of each of the plurality of articulating minor panels is hingedly engaged to another articulating major panel;

where each of the plurality of articulating major panels rotates about the corresponding central panel margin inwardly and towards the central panel to assume the closed configuration; and

where each of the plurality of articulating major panels rotates about the corresponding central panel margin outwardly and away from the central panel to assume the open configuration.

2. The container of claim 1 , where each of the plurality of articulating minor panels rotates about each corresponding first and second margins away from the central panel to assume the closed configuration.

3. The container of claim 1 , where each of the plurality of articulating minor panels rotates about each corresponding first and second margins towards from the central panel to assume the open configuration.

4. The container of claim 1 , where two opposing articulating minor panels include pull tabs, where actuation of the pull tabs causes the presentation element to transition from the closed configuration to the open configuration.

5. The container of claim 1 , when in a closed configuration, a first side of each of the articulating major panels overlaps a first portion of an adjacent articulating minor panel of the plurality articulating minor panels and an opposing second side of the each of the articulating major panels is disposed underneath another portion of another adjacent articulating minor panel of the plurality articulating minor panels.

6. The container of claim 1 , the receptacle is adapted to receive a card.

7. The container of claim 6 , where the center panel comprises one or more slits to engage the card disposed within the receptacle.

8. The container of claim 6 , where at least one side of the plurality of sides is pleated and the presentation element is engaged to a non-pleated side of the plurality of sides.

9. The container of claim 1 , where the presentation element is engaged to an exterior surface of the main body.

Assignments (5)
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 Jul 7, 2015
From: GLASS, BRETT R.; GLASS, NICOLE E.
To: GIFT CARD IMPRESSIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 036005/0677 →