Patent ID: 8336238
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
1. An expandable greeting card, comprising: a first greeting card cover; a second greeting card cover; a fan-folded insert connected at a first end to the first greeting card cover and at a second end to the second greeting card cover; a display surface comprised of at least four angled surfaces that are alternately joined together so as to create a recessed element between a pair of adjacent angled surfaces of the at least four angled surfaces and a protruding element between a second pair of adjacent angled surfaces of the at least four angled surfaces relative to a substantially planar surface on which the expandable greeting card can rest in an open position, the first pair and the second pair each sharing one common angled surface and each having a non-shared angled surface; a graphic image displayed on the display surface having a width, a height and a depth, the depth being reversed so that a distant part of an original scene of the graphic image is protruding relative to the recessed element and a near part of the original scene is recessed relative to the two protruding elements; and a support connected to the first and the second greeting card covers; wherein the first and the second greeting card covers will hold the display surface in a free-standing and upright position relative to the substantially planar bottom surface; wherein at least two of the at least four angled surfaces of the display surface are formed on the fan-folded insert; wherein the support holds the display surface in an appropriate shape to create a reverse perspective illusion; wherein the expandable greeting card can be folded up so that the display surface is not visible and the expandable greeting card has a substantially planar shape; wherein at least one recessed element is formed in the fan-folded insert and attached to the support; and wherein the support is comprised of a planar strap.