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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2019
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City, MO (US);
Michael Robert Adair, Overland Park, KS (US);
Charity Robin Fluharty, Kansas City, MO (US);
Takako Tokugawa, Tokyo, JP;
Thomas A. Wallen, Merriam, KS (US);
HALLMARK CARDS, INCORPORATED, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
A foldable article may have a first panel separated from a second panel by a fold, a paper mechanic affixed to at least one of the first panel and the second panel, and a sliceform affixed to the sliceform, the foldable article is movable between a closed state and a fully open state, the paper mechanic is configured to move the sliceform from a substantially two-dimensional, collapsed state to a substantially three-dimensional, expanded state when the foldable article is moved from the closed state to the fully open state.