3D Gift Card Assembly with Foldable Support Structure
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gift card assemblies lack a three-dimensional display configuration that enhances visibility while maintaining a compact stowed configuration, failing to effectively showcase the card's design and conserve space during storage or display.
Innovation Solution
A three-dimensional gift card assembly featuring a card carrying member with at least two folds, allowing the gift card to be spaced from the substrate in a displayed configuration and moved adjacent to it in a stowed configuration, utilizing adhesives for secure attachment to both the substrate and the gift card, and optionally to a gift, with materials like paper, cardboard, or plastic.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If the gift card is displayed in a three-dimensional configuration spaced from the substrate, then visibility and aesthetic appeal are improved, but storage space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The card carrying member incorporates hinges that enable dynamic transformation between a displayed configuration (where the gift card is spaced from the substrate for visibility) and a stowed configuration (where the gift card lies flat against the substrate for compact storage). This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to adapt its spatial occupation based on whether it is being displayed or stored.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention utilizes a multi-dimensional folding structure with hinges that allow the card carrying member to occupy different spatial arrangements. In the displayed configuration, the structure extends outward in three dimensions to maximize visibility, while in the stowed configuration, it collapses into a two-dimensional flat plane for space-efficient storage, effectively managing the volume requirement.
2Ease of operation
If the card carrying member is made resilient to allow movement, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The card carrying member is segmented into multiple portions connected by hinges, allowing each segment to move independently. This segmentation provides the necessary resilience and ease of movement for transitioning between configurations while keeping each individual component simple in structure, thereby managing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The card carrying member is constructed from flexible materials such as paper, cardboard, or plastic that inherently provide the necessary movement capability. This flexible construction achieves ease of operation through material properties rather than complex mechanical mechanisms, thus avoiding excessive device complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A gift card assembly includes a substrate, a gift card, and a card carrying member interposed between the substrate and the gift card. The card carrying member is releasably attached to the substrate and releasably attached to the gift card. The card carrying member resiliently or movably carries the gift card relative to the substrate such that the gift card is allowed to be spaced from the substrate when the gift card assembly is in a displayed configuration (which thereby provides a three-dimensional effect to the gift card assembly) and is allowed to achieve a position adjacent to the substrate when the gift card assembly is in a stowed configuration.