Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
446147000 | CHANGEABLE BOOK, CARD, OR PICTURE | 11 |
20100279580 | DUAL BINDING CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE - An entertainment center for children or other users with a durable backer and two sets of pages bound to the backer along opposite sides. The pages and the backer may provide erasable writing surfaces where markers, pencils, crayons or other writing utensils may be used and then erased to permit future use of the same writing or drawing surface. The sets of pages are bound to the backer along opposite sides so that an inner edges of each set is positioned adjacent each other in a closed position and a locking mechanism is provided to retain the pages in the closed position. A durable cover may be provided in each set of pages. | 11-04-2010 |
20110124264 | CONTEXT-BASED INTERACTIVE PLUSH TOY - An interactive toy for interacting with a user while a story is being read aloud from a book or played from a movie/video. The toy includes a speech recognition unit that receives and detects certain triggering phrases as they are read aloud or played from a companion literary work. The triggering phrase read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video may have independent significance or may only have significance when combined with other phrases read aloud from the book or played in the movie/video. | 05-26-2011 |
20110306267 | Creative illustration book - A creative illustration book is provided that has a story page that has pre-printed text of a written story. An illustration page is included that does not have any of the pre-printed text of the written story thereon. The illustration page is removable from the book so that the entire written story is retained in the book after removal of the illustration page. The illustration page is provided for use in having a user draw an illustration thereon. | 12-15-2011 |
20140120799 | INTERACTIVE PUZZLE BOOK ASSEMBLY - An interactive book assembly has first and second page portions, and a plurality of uniquely-shaped workpieces. The first page portion removably retains the workpieces in a plurality of first receiving areas. The second page portion has a plurality of second receiving areas that have unique shapes that each match a respective one of the workpieces so as to receive and retain a mating. Each second receiving area has a switch area located to correspond to the position of an indicia area of the mating workpiece when the mating workpiece is positioned in the respective second receiving area. Membrane switches are positioned adjacent to a switch area of each second receiving area to align with the indicia area of the workpiece inserted into the matching second receiving area. When a reader presses the activation indicium on the workpiece, the workpiece will press against the switch area, causing activation of the associated membrane switch and generation of a sound relating to the workpiece. | 05-01-2014 |
20160059146 | Media Enhanced Pop-Up Book - This document describes a media enhanced pop-up book and techniques and devices for presenting media content to visually enhance a pop-up book. A media enhanced pop-up book includes physical pages and pop-pages attached to the physical pages. The media enhanced pop-up book further includes a pop-up system configured to cause the pop-up pages to pop-up in front of a display of a computing device as the physical pages are turned. A story controller, implemented at the computing device, detects a pop-up page of the media-enhanced pop-up book when the pop-up page pops-up in front of the display, and presents media content associated with the detected pop-up page on the display. The media content is viewable through the pop-up page and thus visually enhances the pop-up page. | 03-03-2016 |
446148000 | Including device erected by opening card or book, or removing from cover | 3 |
20080200093 | Promotional piece with a pop-up feature and method for making the same - A promotional piece with a pop-up feature is provided to effectively capture the attention of consumers. The promotional piece with a pop-up feature is movable from a closed to an open position and includes a backing substrate and a presentation substrate. The presentation substrate is selectively joined to the backing substrate by any suitable means. When the promotional piece with a pop-up feature is moved from the closed to the open position, at least a portion of the presentation substrate is caused to project away from the underlying portion of the presentation substrate. A high speed in-line manufacturing method for producing a plurality of promotional pieces with a pop-up feature is also provided. The promotional piece with a pop-up feature may be used in various applications, such as product packaging, promotional or advertising mailers, greeting cards, announcement cards, and other like applications. | 08-21-2008 |
20090318052 | Interactive Book With Detachable Pop-Up Device - A foldable consumer product, such as book or card, has a plurality of pages and a detachable toy, mask or other interactive amusement device attached to at least one of the pages. The detachable device is configured to pop-up or open upon exposing at least one of the pages, and may be thematically related to the subject matter of the book or card. | 12-24-2009 |
20100311301 | POP-UP BOOK FOR PLAYING - The present invention relates to a pop-up book for playing that allows various types of three-dimensional play, such as orally narrated fairy tales and dramas, by providing a three-dimensional stage standing and fixed when the pop-up book for juvenile play is opened, and can be easily kept by minimizing the thickness when it is closed. Accordingly, the pop-up book for playing of the invention, which has a front cover and a back cover pivoting around a pivot edge, and is closed in a plane when the front cover and the back cover are folded and provides a three-dimensional shape protruding in a space between the front cover and back cover when the front cover and the back cover are unfolded, includes a first stage that is unfolded to protrude from the back cover and a fixing means that fixes the first stage, the front cover, and the back cover to the unfolded positions. | 12-09-2010 |
446149000 | Movable picture portion | 3 |
20100227525 | Book with removable objects - A book with removable objects comprising a plurality of card board sheets printed on both sides, cut to form removable insert, folded, and bound together as page(s), allowing for printed material to be visible in the insert cavity once the removable insert is extracted. | 09-09-2010 |
20110117807 | INTERPRETATIVE BOOK STRUCTURE WITH MULTI-VIEW ILLUSTRATIONS - An interpretative book structure with multi-view illustrations includes an interpretative book unit having at least one illustrated page and at least one interpretative page corresponding to the illustrated page, the illustrated page having an illustration provided thereon, and the interpretative page having interpretative text provided thereon; and at least one multi-view illustration unit being provided on the interpretative page, the multi-view illustration unit having a multi-view illustration provided thereon, and the multi-view illustration being corresponding to a part of the illustration provided on the illustrated page. The multi-view illustration unit, when being viewed at different viewing angles, can show images indicating different conditions of the illustration, so that a large quantity of pictures can be saved to reduce the volume of the interpretative book. | 05-19-2011 |
446150000 | Moved by opening or closing card or book | 1 |
20160059609 | Presenting Media Content to Visually Enhance a Pop-up Book - This document describes a media enhanced pop-up book and techniques and devices for presenting media content to visually enhance a pop-up book. A media enhanced pop-up book includes physical pages and pop-pages attached to the physical pages. The media enhanced pop-up book further includes a pop-up system configured to cause the pop-up pages to pop-up in front of a display of a computing device as the physical pages are turned. A story controller, implemented at the computing device, detects a pop-up page of the media-enhanced pop-up book when the pop-up page pops-up in front of the display, and presents media content associated with the detected pop-up page on the display. The media content is viewable through the pop-up page and thus visually enhances the pop-up page. | 03-03-2016 |