Improvements in Folded Cards or Paper or other Materials, and Means of Folding same for Advertising and other purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Folded Cards or Paper or other Materials, and Means
of Folding same for Advertising and other purposes.
WALTER STRANDERS, 115, Junction Road, Upper Holloway, London, N.,
Inventor, and JOHN DOHERTY, 1, Temple Chambers, Temple Avenue, London,
E.C., Color Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention consists of a card, paper, or other suitable material which is
cut out and folded in a certain manner, that is to say, the card or other material
when open and flat, has a design which is printed or otherwise impressed upon
its inner surface, depicting at some portion of the surface of the card or other
material a representation of a box or boxes or other receptacles or packages
placed at an angle, the lids or cover of which boxes or other receptacles being
shown as being open as at Fig. 1; the portion of the card or other material
whereon the lid or cover is depicted being extended beyond the edge of the rest
of the car or other material. The card or other material is made to fold in
such a way that when it is closed the lid of the box or boxes or other receptacles
depicted upon the inner surface automatically closes within the folds of the card
or other material, this being effected by folding the card or other material book-
wise up to the point where the lid or cover depicted is shown, that is to say
from A, to B, from which point, 13, to C the card or other material is folded in
the opposite way, i.e., outwards, and with a diagonal fold inwards from B to D
and Di, extending on both sides from the point B where the folds taking the
inward and outward direction meet, the diagonal folds on the sides taking or
being along the line where the lid of the box or other receptacle is depicted
being hinged. In order to fold the card or other material in the desired manner
a mould or shape is made of card, metal, wood, or other material, the mould or
shape being identical with and having hinges or folds at the portions corres-
ponding to the folded card or other material when finished. The card or other
material to be folded is placed upon or within the mould or shape, which is then
folded in the required manner with the card or other material inside; on open-
ing the mould or shape the card or other material will be found to be folded in
the desired way.
At Fig. 2 is a representation of the card or other material
when partially folded and at Fig. 3 as perspective view of the same. The card
or other material is for advertising purposes, or for Christmas or greeting cards.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is;-
1. Improvements in folded cards or other materials, and means of folding same,
for use as advertisements or otherwise, and made as set forth in the foregoing
specification.
2. A folding card or other material cut to a certain shape and having depicted
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page_text: upon some portion of its inner surface a representation of a box or boxes or
other receptacle or receptacles the lid or lids of whch automatically open and
close when the card or other material is opened or closed, substantially as
described above.
3. The use of a mould or shape for folding the cards or other materials in the a
desired or required manner, as set forth in the specification.
Dated this 3rd day of August 1898.
A. G. PRITCHARD,
21, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, S.W., Agent for Applicants.