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US 10,308,061 B2Granted
Book with greeting card cover
AssigneeCottage Door Press, LLC
InventorsRichard G. Maddrell, Angela M. Hodges
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Abstract
A greeting card book having at least one page permanently connected to or attached with a greeting card, such as a greeting card cover of the book. The greeting card cover has a surface that displays a message. A flap or other suitable structural device can be used or operated between a closed position and an open position to at least partially hide or reveal the message.
Claims20
A greeting card book comprising:
- a plurality of book pages bound with respect to each other and forming a book, the book pages movable with respect to each other, a greeting card cover connected to the book, a greeting card formed integral to the greeting card cover and including:
- a message surface of the greeting card cover, the message surface displaying a message, a flap formed in or on an outer surface of the greeting card book and movable with respect to the greeting card cover, and the flap opening with respect to the greeting card cover to reveal at least a portion of the message surface of the greeting card.
A greeting card book comprising:
- at least one book page forming a book, a greeting card cover permanently connected to or integrated with the book as an outer front surface of the greeting card book, the at least one book page movable with respect to the greeting card cover, a message surface of the greeting card cover displaying a message, a greeting card formed integral to the greeting card cover and including a flap formed in or on the outer front surface of the greeting card book and movable with respect to the greeting card cover, the flap opening with respect to the greeting card cover to reveal at least a portion of the message surface of the greeting card, a hinge attaching the flap with respect to the greeting card cover, a channel formed by a cut between the flap and the greeting card cover, and at least a portion of the channel having a dimension forming an interference fit between the flap and the greeting card cover.
In a book having a cover and at least one book page forming a book, the improvement comprising:
- a greeting card cover integral with a front surface of the cover of the book, the at least one book page movable with respect to the greeting card cover, a greeting card formed integral to the greeting card cover and including a message surface of the greeting card cover displaying a message, a flap movable with respect to the greeting card cover, and the flap opening with respect to the greeting card cover to reveal at least a portion of the message surface of the greeting card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.