Pop-up greeting card with tab support of a laser-cut, slice-form pop-up element

摘要

An article comprising a pop-up card is provided. The article comprises a single sheet of paper including a single crease and separating the sheet of paper into a left panel and a right panel, wherein the sheet is in a closed position when folded along the crease, and wherein the sheet is in the open position when not folded along the crease, a pop-up sliceform element coupled to said sheet, wherein the sliceform includes a first plurality of sliceform elements perpendicular to a second plurality of sliceform elements when in the open position, wherein the sliceform element comprises a first and last sliceform element each with a distal tab, and wherein in the open position the pop-up sliceform element is displayed as a three-dimensional configuration, and in the closed position said pop-up sliceform element folds together into a flat configuration.

主权项

1. An article comprising a pop-up card, the pop-up card comprising:
a single sheet of paper including a single crease and separating the sheet of paper into a left panel and a right panel, wherein the sheet is in a closed position when folded along the crease, and wherein the sheet is in the open position when not folded along the crease; a pop-up sliceform element coupled to said sheet, wherein the sliceform includes a first plurality of sliceform elements perpendicular to a second plurality of sliceform elements when in the open position; wherein the first plurality of sliceform elements comprises: a) a first sliceform element with a distal tab perpendicular to the first sliceform element when in the open position, wherein said tab is coupled to the left panel, and b) a last sliceform element with a distal tab perpendicular to the last sliceform element when in the open position, and wherein said tab is coupled to the right panel; wherein the second plurality of sliceform elements comprises: a) a first sliceform element with a distal tab perpendicular to the first sliceform element when in the open position, wherein said tab is coupled to the right panel, and b) a last sliceform element with a distal tab perpendicular to the last sliceform element when in the open position, and wherein said tab is coupled to the left panel; and wherein in the open position the pop-up sliceform element is displayed as a three-dimensional configuration, and in the closed position said pop-up sliceform element folds together into a flat configuration.