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EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION |
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Mention of the grant of the patent: |
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13.11.1991 Bulletin 1991/46 |
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Date of filing: 29.08.1988 |
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Composite folding sheet
Zusammengesetztes Faltblatt
Feuille pliée composite
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03.09.1987 NL 8702077
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08.03.1989 Bulletin 1989/10 |
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Proprietor: ALPHENAAR STANSEN BV. |
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NL-1521 NC Wormerveer (NL) |
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- Alphenaar, Gerrit
Wormerveer (NL)
- Aafjes, Reindert
Wormerveer (NL)
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Representative: Koomen, Jan |
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DE-B- 1 203 112 GB-A- 164 812
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GB-A- 128 508 US-A- 3 758 693
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patent, any person may give notice to the European Patent Office of opposition to
the European patent
granted. Notice of opposition shall be filed in a written reasoned statement. It shall
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have been filed until the opposition fee has been paid. (Art. 99(1) European Patent
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[0001] The present invention relates to a composite folding sheet, which may be folded open
or over from bordering- or separating lines to successively expose text and/or pictures
present on the surfaces of the sheet.
[0002] Such a composite folding sheet is disclosed in the DE-B-1203112, and in which the
composite folding sheet comprises a number of panels or cards which at bordering lines
or edges are connected to each other by means of flexible strips and the like, such,
that by rotating one panel, the other panels will be rotated too, to successively
expose the front sides and the back sides of the panels.
[0003] It is an object of the present invention to improve the known composite folding sheet,
so that more different text and/or pictures may be displayed when manipulating the
sheet.
[0004] According to the invention, the composite folding sheet thereto is characterized,
in that the bordering- or separating lines in the succeeding folding positions have
been rotated alternately over an angle of 90 degrees in respect to each other, while
further the composite sheet is formed out of four conform, hexagonal parts, with each
two middle lines of symmetry extending perpendicularly in respect to each other, in
which each part consists of a rectangular middle part, to which over two rectangular
sides, which are located opposite each other and which are formed as folding lines,
two triangular parts connect, while the four hexagonal parts are placed in two pairs
next to each other and in which the one pair is placed as being rotated over an angle
of 90 degrees in respect to and over the other pair, and the four hexagonal parts
are adhered to each other at the outwardly directed halves of the triangular parts,
such, that the two, next to each other located hexagonal parts of each pair from the
common, bordering- or separating line located in the middle of the folding sheet may
be rotated in a direction perpendicular thereon over an angle of 180 degrees around
the middle symmetry line, extending parallel to the bordering or separating line.
In this embodiment of the composite folding sheet according to the invention, four
folding positions may be obtained by going through the folding sheet, that is to say,
by folding the folding sheet on and on, in which for instance a stripcartoon may be
reproduced.
[0005] After folding on the fourth folding position, the first, initial folding position
is gotten back.
[0006] The invention will be further explained by way of example with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
[0007] In the drawing the figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 show four succeeding folding positions
of the composite folding sheet according to the invention.
[0008] As is shown more in particular in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, the composite folding sheet
is formed by a, in Fig. 1 upperlying first pair of two, conform hexagonal parts, placed
next to each other, and underneath which, as being rotated over an angle of 90 degrees
in respect to the first pair, a corresponding second pair of hexagonal parts is arranged,
and which is shown more in particular in Fig. 4. The first pair (a) is, is respective
the front or back side of the parts, shown darkly tinted, while the second pair (b)
has remained untinted.
[0009] Further the corresponding elements of both pairs are indicated with the same reference
numbers, however with this difference, that the reference numbers of the first pair
has been completed with the character -a- and those of the second pair with the character
-b-.
[0010] As more in particular is shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4, each hexagonal part consists
of a rectangular middle part 1a, resp. 1b, to which over the folding lines 2a, resp.
2b, the triangular parts 3a, resp. 3b, are connected.
[0011] Both pairs are connected to each other at the outwardly directed halves of the parts
3a and 3b, as is shown by little crosses in Fig. 1 and in Fig. 4, such as by means
of glueing of these halves to each other.
[0012] Starting from the initial position according to Fig. 1, both upperlying hexagonal
parts 1a, 3a may be rotated from the common separating line 4a in the direction of
the arrows around the middle symmetry lines 5a to abutment with the underlying parts
pair, and by which then the folding position according to Fig. 2 arises, in which
the rectangular middle parts 1b of the second pair have come on top.
[0013] By folding over then upwards and downwards around the middle symmetry lines 5b of
the second pair (b) from the separating line 4b of this second pair, the folding position
according to Fig. 3 arises, and in which then the middle parts 1a of the first pair
appear at the upper side of the folding sheet.
[0014] During the succeeding rotation of the middle parts 1a of the first pair (a) around
the middle symmetry lines 5a from the separating line 4a in the direction of the arrows,
the folding position according to Fig. 4 arises, in which the second pair (b) has
come on top.
[0015] When, at last, at the folding position according to Fig. 4 the second pair 1b, 3b
from the separating line 4b in the direction of the arrows are rotated around the
middle symmetry lines 5b, the folding position according to Fig. 1 arises again.
[0016] Thus, a short stripcartoon may be reproduced by the folding sheet, during which by
folding the folding sheet over or on, the succeeding pictures and text of the cartoon
may be exposed.
1. A composite folding sheet, which may be folded open or over from bordering- or
separating lines (4a, 4b) to successively expose text and/or pictures present on the
surfaces of the sheet, characterized, in that the bordering- or separating lines (4a,
4b) in the succeeding folding positions have been rotated alternately over an angle
of 90 degrees in respect to each other, while further the composite sheet is formed
out of four conform, hexagonal parts, with each two middle lines of symmetry (5a,
5b) extending perpendicularly in respect to each other, in which each part consists
of a rectangular middle part (1a, 1b), to which over two rectangular sides, which
are located opposite each other and which are formed as folding lines (2a, 2b), two
triangular parts (3a, 3b) connect, while the four hexagonal parts are placed in two
pairs (a), (b) next to each other and in which the one pair is placed as being rotated
over an angle of 90 degrees in respect to and over the other pair, and the four hexagonal
parts are adhered to each other at the outwardly directed halves of the triangular
parts (3a, 3b), such, that the two, next to each other located hexagonal parts of
each pair (a), (b) from the common, bordering- or separating line (4a, 4b) located
in the middle of the folding sheet may be rotated in a direction perpendicular thereon
over an angle of 180 degrees around the middle symmetry line (5a, 5b), extending parallel
to the bordering or separating line (4a, 4b).
1. Ein zusammengesetztes Faltblatt, welches über Rand- oder Trennlinien (4a, 4b) auseinander-
oder zusammengefaltet werden kann, um schrittweise auf den Oberflächen des Blattes
befindlichen Text und/oder Bilder offenzulegen, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Rand-
oder Trennlinien (4a, 4b) in den aufeinanderfolgenden Faltpositionen abwechselnd über
einen Winkel von 90° in bezug auf die jeweils andere gedreht wurden, während des weiteren
das zusammengesetzte Blatt aus vier gleichartigen, hexagonalen Teilen gebildet ist,
wobei jeweils beide symmetrischen Mittellinien (5a, 5b) in bezug auf die jeweils andere
senkrecht verlaufen und jedes Teil aus einem rechtwinkligen Mittelteil (1a, 1b) besteht,
an welches sich über zwei rechtwinklige Seiten, die einander gegenüberliegend angeordnet
und als Faltlinien (2a, 2b) ausgebildet sind, zwei dreieckige Teile (3a, 3b) anschließen,
während die vier hexagonalen Teile in zwei Paaren (a), (b) nebeneinander angeordnet
sind, und das eine Paar derart angeordnet ist, daß es über einen Winkel von 90° in
bezug auf und über das andere Paar gedreht ist, und die vier hexagonalen Teile an
den nach außen gerichteten Hälften der dreieckigen Teile (3a, 3b) miteinander verbunden
sind derart, daß die beiden hexagonalen Teile jedes Paares (a), (b) der gemeinsamen,
in der Mitte des Faltblattes befindlichen Rand- oder Trennlinie (4a, 4b), welche nebeneinander
angeordnet sind, in einer dazu senkrechten Richtung über einen Winkel von 180° um
die mittlere Symmetrielinie (5a, 5b), die parallel zur Rand- oder Trennlinie (4a,
4b) verläuft, gedreht werden können.
1. Feuille pliée composite, pouvant être dépliée ouverte ou repliée à partir de lignes
de bordure ou de séparation (4a, 4b) pour faire apparaître successivement des légendes
et/ou des images figurant sur les faces de la feuille, caractérisée en ce que les
lignes de bordure ou de séparation (4a, 4b) des positions de pliage successives présentent
l'une par rapport à l'autre un décalage angulaire de 90°, la feuille composite étant
en outre constituée par quatre parties hexagonales identiques, comportant deux paires
de lignes médianes de symétrie (5a, 5b) qui sont perpendiculaires l'une à l'autre,
chacune des parties étant constituée par une pièce médiane rectangulaire (1a, 1b) à laquelle deux pièces triangulaires (3a, 3b) sont raccordées par deux côtés
opposés du rectangle qui constituent deux lignes de pliage (2a, 2b), les quatre parties
hexagonales étant disposées en deux paires (a), (b) l'une à côté de l'autre, l'une
de ces paires ayant une position qui correspond à une rotation d'un angle de 90° par
rapport à l'autre paire et sur celle-ci, et les quatre parties hexagonales étant fixées
l'une à l'autre par collage à l'endroit des moitiés des pièces triangulaires (3a,
3b) qui sont disposées vers l'extérieur, de manière à permettre de faire pivoter les
parties hexagonales contigües de chaque paire (a), (b), à partir de la ligne commune
de bordure ou de séparation (4a, 4b) située au milieu de la feuille pliée, ce pivotement
s'effectuant dans une direction perpendiculaire à cette ligne suivant un angle de
180° autour de la ligne médiane de symétrie (5a, 5b) qui s'étend parallèlement à la
ligne de bordure ou de séparation (4a, 4b).
