IP Library Granted Patent US 11,967,254
Granted Patent B2
US 11,967,254 · App. 17/479,466 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Pop-up display structure

Inventors: Dariush S. Nejad (Somerville, MA); Jozef Karpiel (Cambridge, MA); Robin S. Rose (Cambridge, MA); Mansi Monhani (Jamaica Plain, MA); Xinzhi Jiao (Quincy, MA); Jonathan Aoun (Saugus, MA)
Assignee: LOVEPOP, INC.
G09F1/06B42D15/042
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,967,254
App. No.
17/479,466
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pop-up card includes an erectable pop-up display structure that can be easily removed from the card to be displayed. The pop-up card is foldable between closed and opened positions. The card includes a slot therein for holding the pop-up display structure. The pop-up display structure comprises a plurality of intersecting slice-form elements mounted on a foldable base. At least a portion of the foldable base is removably inserted in the slot such that when the card is closed, the foldable base is folded and the pop-up display structure is in a flattened state. When the card is opened, the foldable base is unfolded and the pop-up display structure is in an erected 3-D state. The pop-up display structure can be slid out of the slot in the card and displayed when desired.

Claims (36)

1. A pop-up structure comprising:

a foldable base including a top surface;

a bottom surface opposite the top surface;

a crease line defined in the foldable base, the crease line separating a first portion of the foldable base from a second portion of the foldable base, an unfolded position of the foldable base including the first portion and the second portion of the foldable base extending along a plane, a folded position of the foldable base including the first portion of the foldable base extending from the crease line adjacent to and in a same direction as the second portion of the foldable base;

a pop-up display structure comprising a plurality of intersecting slice-form elements; a first portion of the pop-up display structure mounted to the first portion of the foldable base on the top surface; and

a second portion of the pop-up display structure mounted to the second portion of the foldable base on the top surface, the pop-up display structure movable between a flattened state and an erected 3D state, the pop-up display structure being in the flattened state when the foldable base is in the folded position, the pop-up display structure being in the erected 3D state when the foldable base is in the unfolded position.

2. The pop-up structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a tab extending from the foldable base.

3. The pop-up structure of claim 2 , wherein the tab extends along the crease line.

4. The pop-up structure of claim 2 , wherein the foldable base is removable from a card using the tab.

5. The pop-up structure of claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface is at least partially covered with a material, the material configured to maintain the foldable base in the unfolded position.

6. The pop-up structure of claim 1 , wherein the foldable base is receivable into a slot of a pedestal to maintain the foldable base in the unfolded position.

7. The pop-up structure of claim 6 , wherein the slot is formed by a lip of the pedestal extending inwardly over an outer portion of a pedestal top surface.

8. The pop-up structure of claim 1 , wherein the foldable base is removable from a card.

9. A pop-up structure comprising:

a foldable base including a top surface;

a bottom surface opposite the top surface;

a crease line defined in the foldable base, the crease line separating a first portion of the foldable base from a second portion of the foldable base, an unfolded position of the foldable base including the first portion and the second portion of the foldable base extending along a plane, a folded position of the foldable base including the first portion of the foldable base extending from the crease line adjacent to and in a same direction as the second portion of the foldable base;

a pop-up display structure comprising a plurality of intersecting slice-form elements, the pop-up display structure mounted to the top surface of the foldable base and movable between a flattened state and an erected 3D state, the pop-up display structure being in the flattened state when the foldable base is in the folded position, the pop-up display structure being in the erected 3D state when the foldable base is in the unfolded position; and

a card having an opening defined in at least one surface, the opening removably holding the foldable base.

10. The pop-up structure of claim 9 , wherein the at least one surface includes a first surface and a second surface, a first potion of the opening being defined in the first surface and a second portion of the opening being defined in the second surface.

11. The pop-up structure of claim 10 , wherein the first surface and the second surface are disposed on an interior side of the card.

12. The pop-up structure of claim 9 , wherein the foldable base is removable from the opening using a tab.

13. The pop-up structure of claim 12 , wherein the tab extends from the foldable base.

14. The pop-up structure of claim 9 , wherein the first surface is separated from the second surface by a card crease line.

15. The pop-up structure of claim 14 , wherein the card crease line coincides with the crease line of the foldable base when the foldable base is disposed in the opening.

16. A pop-up structure comprising:

a foldable base including a top surface;

a bottom surface opposite the top surface;

a crease line defined in the foldable base, the crease line separating a first portion of the foldable base from a second portion of the foldable base, an unfolded position of the foldable base including the first portion and the second portion of the foldable base extending along a plane, a folded position of the foldable base including the first portion of the foldable base extending from the crease line adjacent to and in a same direction as the second portion of the foldable base;

a tab extending from an outer edge of the foldable base; and

a pop-up display structure comprising a plurality of intersecting slice-form elements, the pop-up display structure mounted to the top surface of the foldable base and movable between a flattened state and an erected 3D state, the pop-up display structure being in the flattened state when the foldable base is in the folded position, the pop-up display structure being in the erected 3D state when the foldable base is in the unfolded position.

17. The pop-up structure of claim 16 , wherein the tab extends along the crease line.

18. The pop-up structure of claim 16 , wherein the unfolded position of the foldable base includes the tab extending along the plane of the foldable base.

19. The pop-up structure of claim 16 , wherein the folded position of the foldable base includes a first tab portion of the tab extending from the base crease line adjacent to a second tab portion of the tab.

20. The pop-up structure of claim 16 , wherein the tab facilitates removal of the foldable base from an opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: NEJAD, DARIUSH; KARPIEL, JOZEF; ROSE, ROBIN S.; MONHANI, MANSI; JIAO, XINZHI; AOUN, JONATHAN
To: LOVEPOP, INC.
Reel/Frame 058617/0703 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16561286 · Sep 5, 2019
Provisional Application 62727304 · Sep 5, 2018
Related Publication 20220005379A1 · Jan 6, 2022