Greeting card and gift package combination

Abstract

The Combination Greeting Card & Gift Package is a gift card that can have a personal message written inside, but also with a compartment containing a gift, such as chocolates, jelly beans or any other type of gift. The invention has extension flaps (G, K) which seal the inner compartment in order to hold the gift inside, and at the same time, make the package ready for posting. When received the removable or tear-off segments so the outer packaging can be removed, leaving a greetings card that can be stood up as a regular greeting card.

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         18 . A packaging means comprising a content storage section, a panel section foldable against said storage section along lines of weakness, and means for sealing said content storage section, said panel section being configurable in at least two configurations in which said means for sealing can seal said content storage section such that the panel section is not free to move when the content storage section is so sealed,
 wherein said sealing means comprises at least two different sealing mechanisms,   wherein the first sealing mechanism comprises covering flaps for covering openings in said storage section, integrally attached to said panel section, and sealing flaps integrally connected to said covering flaps, such that said sealing flaps fold inside the storage section to seal said content storage section and can be withdrawn to unseal said content storage section.   
     
     
         19 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein, in all said configurations, the folded panel section lies substantially flat against the storage section and no lines of weakness cross the exposed part of the panel section. 
     
     
         20 . A packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein, in all said configurations, part of said panel section is exposed whilst the rest of the panel section is concealed, a different part of said panel section being exposed in each configuration, and said exposed part of said panel section being exposed above the same face of the storage section in all such configurations. 
     
     
         21 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein a first sealing mechanism of said at least two different sealing mechanisms allows for repeated unsealing and resealing. 
     
     
         22 . The packaging means according to  claim 21 , wherein a second sealing mechanism of said at least two different sealing mechanisms can only be sealed and unsealed once. 
     
     
         23 . The packaging means according to  claim 22 , wherein said first sealing mechanism can still be used after the second sealing mechanism has been used and unsealed. 
     
     
         24 . The packaging means according to  claim 18  wherein said second sealing mechanism comprises adhesive, disposed on said sealing flaps, for sticking said sealing flaps to said storage section, such that said covering flaps cover and seal the openings in the storage section. 
     
     
         25 . The packaging means according to  claim 24  wherein the second sealing mechanism is released by separating the part of the sealing flap containing the adhesive from the part of the sealing flap no containing the adhesive along a line of weakness. 
     
     
         26 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein said sealing flaps and said cover flaps are separable along lines of weakness from said panel section. 
     
     
         27 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein said two sealing means can each be used in all said configurations. 
     
     
         28 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein said packaging means is integrally formed from one piece of material. 
     
     
         29 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein the template from which the packaging means is formed can be perfectly tessellated with identical templates. 
     
     
         30 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein said storage section is foldable, along lines of weakness, into a rectangular tube. 
     
     
         31 . The packaging means according to  claim 18 , wherein the packaging means can be folded to be substantially flat.