Patent ID: 9308767
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A47B,B42D,B43K,F16M

Claim Text:
1. A convertible business card device, comprising: a business card having business information indicia thereon on at least, the card having a rectangular configuration with a top side and a bottom side and a left side and a right side, the card consisting of three parallel elongated foldable hinge lines, the three elongated foldable hinge lines being parallel to the top and the bottom of the card, the card having a front face and a rear face, the three parallel elongated foldable hinge lines consisting of a first elongated hinge line and a second elongated hinge line and a third elongated hinge line; a folding midportion in the card, the folding midportion formed by a generally U-shaped cut consisting a left contiguous straight edge and a bottom contiguous straight edge and a right contiguous straight edge and a top edge forming the first elongated hinge line, wherein the first elongated hinge line allows for the midportion of the card to fold outward from the rear face of the card down into a rear stand with the bottom contiguous straight edge being supported on a surface, where a remaining portion of the front face of the card forms a frame surface; the a second elongated hinge line for allowing the bottom side of the card to bend outward from the front face of the card as a ledge, wherein the business card is useful as a stand for a portable electronic device, which can be supported in a generally upright position by being placed on the bent up ledge with aback of the portable electronic device adapted to be placed against the frame surface: and the third elongated hinge line located between the second elongated hinge line and the bottom side of the card, the third elongated hinge line being foldable upward as a raised lower edge forming a channel, and the channel assists in supporting a lower end of the portable electronic device.