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| 040124030 |
Having sound-producing means
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Combined with receptacle means (e.g., pocket, container, envelope, etc.)
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Folded
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Having illuminating means
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Three-dimensional pop-up display card
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Multilayer sheet
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Having magnetic means | 5 |
| 20080196284 | Composite magnetic advertising mailing cards - A composite magnetic card for bearing printed data and suitable for mailing purposes comprising
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| 20090307946 | Instruction Apparatus and Instruction Methods - Educational tools are provided that can include a plurality of sets of placards with individual ones of these sets can include a plurality of individual placards, and individual placards within the sets having substantially the same surface area and can be associated with a common symbol. The educational tool can also include at least two of the sets including placards having different surface areas associated with different symbols. Educational methods are also provided that include providing a first set of placards, with the first set of placards including individual placards having a first surface area associated with a first symbol, and providing a second set of placards, with the second set of placards including individual placards having a second surface area associated with a second symbol. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20110283573 | DISPLAY CARD - A display card for attachment to a shelving system. The display card comprises a display panel including a front surface, a rear panel connected to the display panel, a base panel extending from the rear panel, and a lip extending from the display panel, wherein the base panel and the lip include a plurality of openings for attaching the display card to the shelving system, and wherein the display card is constructed from a one piece blank. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20120180348 | REUSABLE GREETING CARD AND METHOD - Provided is a reusable greeting card that includes a forward cover, and a replaceable decorative placard with an externally-exposed surface that is to be outwardly displayed adjacent to the forward cover to be viewable by a viewer observing the greeting card. The decorative placard includes a decoration specific to a theme of the greeting card. A support interchangeably receives the decorative placard and at least a second decorative placard to be outwardly displayed adjacent to the forward cover. The second decorative placard has a second decoration specific to a second theme that is different from the theme of decorative placard. A plurality of writing pages on which customized greeting content is to be applied by a user is also provided to the greeting card. The writing pages are at least partially concealed from view by the forward cover. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120279098 | POINT OF SALE DEVICE - A point of sale device includes a card mounted on a hanger on a vertically extending mounting structure of a retail shop. The card carries a reusable storage container in which articles are stored. The container includes a body with an opening closed by a transparent, sealable, removable and re-sealable lid. The container is mounted on the card and the device is mounted on the hanger so a prospective purchaser can see the articles through the transparent lid. In one embodiment, the body includes a permanent magnet abutting the base. | 11-08-2012 |
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Having a curved display panel | 3 |
| 20080244939 | HANGING BASKET COLLAR - A hanging basket display collar includes at least one pop-put panel when the conical collar is formed. In one embodiment, the pop-out panel is formed by two facing semicircular die cuts which define a generally circular pop-out panel coupled by integral hinges at the top and bottom edges, such that, when the collar is formed, the disk-shaped pop-out panel remains flat and extends in a plane spaced outwardly from the conical surface of the collar. A plurality of such pop-out panels can he provided and include printed plant identification and care information thereon. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090300952 | FREESTANDING DISPLAY CARD - A freestanding card can include a main display area. The card can also include a base that can hold the main display area in a generally upright position, such as a base including a left leg extending away from a left side of a central lower portion of the card, and a right leg extending away from a right side of the central lower portion of the card. The card can be a unitary card including the main display area and the base. The base may hold the main display area in a concavo-convex shape. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120036746 | Concave Information Display Unit - A display unit comprising of at least one display sheet of a substantially rigid and foldable material divided into a plurality of panels by crease and/or score lines that when erected forms a display unit with at least one concave presentation face. | 02-16-2012 |
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| 20080276502 | CARD WITH ADHESIVE ON ITS FACES FOR THE PLACEMENT OF INFORMATION - A card, cardboard, thick paper or similar material is presented as a substitute for a blackboard. The front face of the material has a series or strips of transparent adhesive or glue for the placement of graphic information. The rear face has some strips adhesive or glue for the placement on the wall. The card is protected by a film or cellophane or similar material, in order to avoid becoming stuck together. Consequently, this invention subscribes to the world of paper, and in particular, its scope of action is as an element in order to effectuate visual communication. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080289230 | ELECTRONIC GREETING CARDS - Electronic greeting cards include a greeting card with two or more interconnected panels in combination with a digital multimedia player device which includes an electronic display and an audio output, and circuitry which is operative to receive, store and play digital multimedia files and content. The various greeting card structures cover and encapsulate or otherwise house and adorn the digital multimedia player. Digital files are loaded on to the digital multimedia player by a connection to a network, or directly from a data storage device such as an SD card or USB connection or compact flash which interfaces with a port in the digital multimedia player. Pre-recorded digital multimedia greeting card content is either pre-loaded on a portable data storage device, or selected for purchase and downloaded or transferred for replay by the digital multimedia player of the electronic greeting card. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090007468 | METHOD OF TEACHING READING - A method of teaching a student how to read comprises selecting a word to be taught, the word comprising a letter; providing the letter with a visual indicium to form a phonogram, the visual indicium symbolizing a known word having a known pronunciation; using at least a portion of the known pronunciation of the known word to guide the student on how the phonogram is pronounced; and using the pronunciation of the phonogram to guide the student on how the word to be taught is read. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090031595 | ON-LINE LOTTERY GREETING CARD - This disclosure provides an on-line greeting card, on-line greeting card system and method of operating an on-line greeting card system. The on-line greeting card includes a greeting printed on one or more faces and one or more lottery numbers printed on one or more faces. A recipient of the greeting card enters the one or more lottery numbers into a field associated with a website to determine if the lottery numbers are associated with a prize. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100011632 | GREETING CARD HAVING CONNECTIVITY CAPABILITIES - The present invention relates to a greeting card with the capability of connecting to and interacting with a device. More particularly, this invention relates to a card having a connector that permits a memory device coupled with the card to interact with a device, such as a multimedia player or computing device. The memory device may include a file, such as a video or image, that has been stored by the card purchaser and that can then be executed on the device for the enjoyment of the card recipient. The memory device may store a file for the greeting card recipient to access or view on a device, such as a multimedia player, when the card is connected to the device. Additionally, the memory device may include executable software that causes the device to perform an action, such as opening up a webpage, once the card is connected to the device. In such an embodiment, the card may be a gift card, such as a standard gift card issued by retailers. When the card is connected to a device, such as a computing device, the card recipient will be able make purchases using a monetary value that has been placed on the gift card by the card purchaser. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100037496 | Announcement device - The present invention relates to an announcement device that incorporates a set of indicia that has been manufactured using an electrodeposition/electroforming process. The set of indicia can include pictorial graphics, text, images, communicating marks, or illustrative marks that communicate information related to an event such as a wedding, a social event, a religious event, a business event, or a family event. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100077639 | GREETING SIGN - The present invention combines the greeting message feature and the customary mailing feature of a greeting card with the display feature of a decorative wall sign. A greeting sign is a semi-rigid card that shows a decorative, inspirational or typographic attribute on its front and a space for a personal message on its back. It features a hanging wire element similar to a decorative wall sign. It can be shipped to the recipient like a greeting card and displayed by the recipient like a wall sign. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100095566 | Greeting card - A new kind of greeting card uses the stock removed from a cut opening to create a raised portion on another page. To make the card, a die cuts around a portion of the perimeter of an area on the stock that will be transferred to form the raised portion of the card. This transfer area is temporarily left in place in its original position on the stock. Adhesive is applied to an adhesive area on either the back of the transfer area or on the portion of the stock that will form the page where the transfer area will be adhered. When the stock is folded into a card, the adhesive is sandwiched between the back of the transfer area and the portion of the stock where the transfer area is to be adhered. When the card is opened, the transfer area is separated from its original position, creating a cut opening on one page of the card. The adhesive holds the transfer area to the other page, creating a raised portion on that page. In a multi-page card, transfer areas from multiple pages can be stacked on top of each other. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100175287 | VIDEO GREETING CARD - A greeting card may include a paper card featuring an expression, an input/output (I/O) unit, a memory, and a processor connected to the paper card and in communication with the I/O unit and memory. The processing unit may be configured to receive video content via the I/O unit, store the video content in the memory, and transmit video content via the I/O unit, thereby enabling a recipient of the paper card to view the video content. The greeting card may enable a sender of the video greeting card to download video content into the memory device on the video greeting card, and enable a recipient of the greeting card to upload the video content for display on an electronic display for the recipient to watch. The electronic display may be on a mobile telephone to which the greeting card communicates the video content. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100186270 | Greeting card, 3-D sculpture model kit combination, assembly system - A method system for a novelty greeting card combined with an embodied 3-D sculpture model kit is contained within a postal envelope. The invention's items are at least one or more inscribed parallel planar rectangular sheets bound in dependant form to enable an open and close greeting card function. The envelope is inscribed with systematic directions to guide construction of the novelty card's embodied sculpture model kit. The card is signed by a sender including a recipient's name; said sender gives card as a gift to a recipient to apply methods of the invention's intent. As recipient deploys invention's construction system by implementing tools and parts embodied in novelty card. The sender's actual signature and recipient's name are conveyed though the method of construction and retained upon the final resulting sculpture of the invention. All construction elements, tools and parts derive solely from the planar sheets that comprise the invention. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110214318 | Paper Stock Card with Wireless Communication Capability - A wireless greeting card or post card includes memory for storing digital content and a wireless transceiver for transferring the digital content to a recipient user device in close proximity to the wireless paper stock card. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120030976 | PINHOLE PUNCHED GREETING CARDS - A pinhole punched greeting card and process for the mass production of same. The process facilitates mass production of a pinhole punched greeting card by enabling the production of all pinholes simultaneously which until the present invention required making each individual pinhole one at a time. The process utilizes a metal die and counter. The metal die containing a plurality of individual cone-shaped protrusions configured in a design pattern and a metal counter which is the reverse of the metal die. The greeting card is placed and secured between the metal die and counter, then the metal die and counter are compressed together thereby making a plurality of pinhole punctures in the greeting card which correspond to the plurality of cone-shaped protrusions contained upon the metal die and counter. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036745 | ELECTRONIC GREETING CARD INTEGRATED WITH PHYSICAL CARRIER AND GREETING CARD BROWSER - An electronic greeting card integrated with a physical carrier is disclosed and includes: a first wireless communication circuit module for wirelessly transceiving a signal associated with data or a command; a first communication software module, when executed, establishing a communication link with an electronic apparatus with a greeting card browser via the first wireless communication circuit module; a greeting card software module for editing, browsing and archiving the digital content, and storing the digital content or the status information back to the electronic greeting card; at least one flash memory for storing programming codes respectively corresponding to the software modules and storing the digital content and status information; a processor for processing the data or command from the first wireless communication circuit module; and a physical carrier for carrying the first wireless communication circuit module, the flash memory and the processor. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120090205 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GREETING CARD AND PROTECTIVE CASE THEREFOR - Provided is a greeting card which provides a three-dimensional effect and enables the change of the layout of a picture. Also provided is a protective case for a greeting card which enables the greeting card to be viewed in a standing state. Specifically, provided is a three-dimensional greeting card including a picture part formed in at least part of a greeting card body, the picture part being configured by sticking an appropriate number of constituent picture pieces on top of one another. Also specifically, provided is a protective case for a greeting card, including a transparent plastic case body including upper and lower openings, the protective case further including: a protruding piece for forming a foot part, the protruding piece being formed at the lower opening so as to be outwardly bendable; and a protruding piece for forming a greeting card receiving part, the protruding piece being formed at the lower opening so as to be inwardly bendable. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120246984 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) GREETING CARDS WITH 3D GLASSES - Greeting cards with integrated 3D glasses. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120297650 | GREETINGS CARD - The present invention relates to greetings cards. The present invention relates in particular to methods of addressing the apparent short-term nature of cards. Many card are simply placed in a trash basket after use. This represents a tremendous waste; further whilst it is sometimes desired to retain a card, the card is generally manufactured to a cost which means that one is less likely to want to retain such a card. The present invention seeks to provide a solution to the problems addressed above. The present invention seeks to provide a greetings card ( | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120317849 | DISPLAY CARD AND PACKAGE FILM THEREOF - A display card and a package film thereof are provided. The display card comprises a package film, a second protection layer, a pattern and a flexible display device. The package film comprises a first protection layer and a color fixing agent. The first protection layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The color fixing agent is formed on the first surface of the first protection layer. The pattern through the color fixing agent is attached on the first protection layer. The flexible display device is located between the second surface of the first protection layer and the second protection layer. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130000163 | GREETING CARD HAVING INTEGRATED BUBBLE FEATURE - Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for a greeting card having an integrated bubble feature. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130025172 | Personalizable Stationery Assemblies and Methods - A customizable stationery item adapted to hold supplemental material, comprising at least one backing sheet, adhesive material, a face sheet, and a release strip. The adhesive material is applied to the backing sheet to define first, second, third, and fourth portions arranged to define a material chamber. The face sheet is secured to the backing sheet by the first, second, and third portions of the adhesive material. The release strip selectively engaged with the fourth portion of the adhesive material to define a material opening. After the supplemental material is inserted into the material chamber through the material opening, the release strip is removed to allow the face sheet to contact the fourth portion of the adhesive material, thereby closing the material opening. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130042508 | Personal Energy Greeting Card - A greeting card or its accessory item includes means for micro-harvesting heat or kinetic energy from the living body of a human being or animal. This harvested energy powers one or more electronic components of the card or the accessory item. The sender of a personal energy greeting card is able to mark and personalize a greeting card with his or her own harvested energy, that of another person, or of a beloved animal, before sending the card to a recipient. The recipient experiences the personal energy when it is evinced through the greeting card's one or more integral or accessory electronic features. The sentimental impact of the various social expressions traditionally communicated through a greeting card is thus enhanced. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130042509 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING GREETING CARDS - The present invention relates to a system for producing a greeting card. The system comprises user devices and a server with a communications network which are configured for capturing handwriting as a digital image, processing the digital image to extract the handwriting, combining the processed image with one of a number of images for the greeting card, and controlling the display of the combined image on a user device or the printing of the combined image. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130091747 | CONVERTIBLE BUSINESS CARD WITH GAME - A business card having an original state that is convertible into a game in a playable state is described. The business card includes a main body having a first side and a second side. The first side has marketing information marked thereon. The main body comprises a goal structure for playing the game in a playable state. One or more detachable components are attached to the main body in the original state. The one or more detachable components are detached from the main body for interacting with the main body in the playable state. The business card is produced in the original state and the game is not playable in the original state. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130283649 | PINHOLE PUNCHED GREETING CARDS - A pinhole punched greeting card and process for the mass production of same. The process facilitates mass production of a pinhole punched greeting card by enabling the production of all pinholes simultaneously which until the present invention required making each individual pinhole one at a time. The process utilizes a metal die and counter. The metal die containing a plurality of individual cone-shaped protrusions configured in a design pattern and a metal counter which is the reverse of the metal die. The greeting card is placed and secured between the metal die and counter, then the metal die and counter are compressed together thereby making a plurality of pinhole punctures in the greeting card which correspond to the plurality of cone-shaped protrusions contained upon the metal die and counter. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140202051 | Interactive Greeting Card - An integral greeting card/game is disclosed wherein a multi-panel greeting card also serves as a game board and is combined with a game piece and launch mechanism to create a novel, interactive greeting card. The multi-panel greeting card contains a sound module therein and a magnetic trigger is contained and concealed below one or more of the multiple greeting card panels. The game piece contains a magnet therein so that when the game piece comes into contact with the area of the greeting card above or proximate to the magnetic trigger, playback of an audio file is initiated. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140259816 | FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD DISPLAYS AND RELATED DESIGNS - Disclosed is a financial transaction card display comprising a display comprising a first front surface and a first back surface, a financial transaction card coupled to a portion of the first front surface of the display, wherein the financial transaction card includes a second front surface and a second back surface, wherein the second front surface comprises a depiction of a food product, and wherein the second back surface is facing the first front surface of the display; and an elongated object coupled to a portion of the first front surface of the display or to a portion of the second front surface of the financial transaction card such that a first end of the elongated object covers a portion of the depiction of the food product and a second end of the elongated object extends away from the depiction of the food product such that the elongated object appears to be a candle in the depiction of the food product. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140338236 | PERSONALIZED SOCIAL EXPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Methods for providing personalized social expression items such as a greeting card, a note card and a photo card, allow consumers to mix and match a visual artwork with an appropriate message that is suitable for a particular occasion, and provide consumers with the freedom to affix the selected message on any desired location on the visual artwork. The methods provide consumers with options to choose the type of social expression item, choose the visual artwork to be incorporated into the social expression item and choose the appropriate message to be included in the social expression item. The message is imprinted on a self-adhesive label instead of on the social expression item. The consumers can then place the label containing the desired message on any desired location on the visual artwork and mail the social expression item to the intended recipient. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150059218 | Scrapbook cards - A series of decorative adhesive greeting cards to commemorate special occasions in scrapbooks is provided. The greeting cards are printed in full color and may feature a peel-and-stick removable adhesive backing, and may be customized with print writing, handwriting, photographs, a memorable document, and other common scrapbooking articles. The cards are specially created and designed with removable embellishments, using such processes as perforations and die cutting. The various embellishments may provide a three dimensional texture or raised element, or may comprise flat printed words and images. A set of prepared decorations, such as paper frames, removable titles, numbers, clip art, and the like may be mixed and matched to create an infinite variety of scrapbook items that may be placed within a scrapbook. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20160071440 | Ambigram Coin and Kit - An ambigram coin comprises a coin body including a field having an obverse side, a reverse side, bound by a circumferential edge side, a central portion including a cut-out hollow ambigram legend therethrough. The ambigram coin includes two opposing cut-out hollow apertures that provide an opening through which a displaying device is passed therethrough. The ambigram coin includes a cut-out ambigram including the hollow letters “M” and “E”, ambigram “ME” at an obverse display position such that when the ambigram coin is vertically rotated symmetrically 180 degrees the cut-out ambigram “ME” reads as the cut-out ambigram “WE”, at a reverse display position. In another aspect, a kit is provided that includes an ambigram coin kit. In another embodiment, the ambigram coin further comprises a displaying device coupled to a connecting device so that the ambigram coin is used worn as jewelry. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160114614 | Scrapbook Cards - The invention is directed to greeting cards that are reused to commemorate special occasions through designing scrapbooks, decorating picture frames, shadow box frames and/or photo albums. Removable embellishments from the greeting cards would be used to design and decorate any of the above. The greeting cards are printed in full color and may be customized with print, handwriting, photographs, a memorable document and other common scrapbooking articles. The cards are specially created with removable embellishments and boarders, using paper processes such as perforations, diecutting, temporary glue to make many of the special features of the card easily removable for reuse on other projects. A set of prepared decorations may be mixed and matched to create infinate variety of ideas which may be placed in scrapbooks, on photo frames or photo albums. This will uniquely provide a second time use for greeting cards which are currently a single use item. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160375359 | INTERACTIVE GREETING CARD - An integral greeting card/game is disclosed wherein a multi-panel greeting card also serves as a game board and is combined with a game piece and launch mechanism to create a novel, interactive greeting card. The multi-panel greeting card contains a sound module therein and a magnetic trigger is contained and concealed below one or more of the multiple greeting card panels. The game piece contains a magnet therein so that when the game piece comes into contact with the area of the greeting card above or proximate to the magnetic trigger, playback of an audio file is initiated. In one embodiment, the game piece is operative to interact with a touch screen of a mobile device. | 12-29-2016 |
