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(11) | EP 1 074 283 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | A device for use in lotteries, promotions, gaming, amusement, education and the like |
| (57) A novelty, lottery or game ticket is disclosed which is manufactured ideally from
a single sheet of cut and creased sheet material. The sheet is divided into three
panels along fold lines in one direction parallel to one pair of the sheet edges,
and has lateral frangible lines extending transversally across the sheet from said
pair of sheet edges and substantially perpendicular to said fold lines. The fold lines
divide the sheet into three panels which are folded together so that an intermediate
panel is trapped between the two others. The frangible lines allow respective end
portions of the ticket to be removed, and the intermediate panel is provided with
a central portion frangibly connected to end portions of said intermediate panel.
The act of folding and gluing the end portions of the various panels traps the intermediate
panel central portion within the ticket in apertures provided in the remaining two
panels, and the act of breaking the ticket along the frangible lines releases the
end portions which can be slid without the ticket, said intermediate panel central
portion remaining trapped within the ticket. The intermediate panel central portion
can then be turned to provide the ticket with the novelty feature. The ticket described
thus needs no rivets to secure the intermediate panel central portion within said
ticket. |