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US 2013/0255115 A1Published application
Interactive greeting card with magnet
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorsTerry HUGHES, Carol MILLER, John TALBOT, Gary NELSON, Lauren BUDZAR
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Abstract
The interactive greeting card of the present invention contains a multi-panel greeting card body with various electronic components contained and concealed therein. Upon opening the greeting card, spoken instructions may instruct the user to move an attached magnet from one area of the greeting card to another to initiate a surprise or various special effects such as sound and light.
Claims20
An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a multi-panel greeting card body;
- a electronics module operative to store and playback one or more digital audio recordings and to activate one or more LED lights;
- a first magnet contained within the greeting card body;
- a second magnet contained within the greeting card body, the second magnet being part of a magnetic switch;
- a third magnet which may be moved from a first position where it is attached to the first magnet and a second position where it is attached to the second magnet;
- wherein when the third magnet is in the second position, the magnetic switch triggers the electronics module to playback the one or more digital audio recordings and to activate one or more LED lights.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a front cover comprising a first panel connected to a second panel;
- a back cover comprising a third panel connected to a fourth panel, the front and back covers being connected along a fold line;
- a first magnet contained and concealed within the front cover;
- a second magnet contained and concealed within the back cover;
- a third magnet contained within a die cut object;
- wherein when the greeting card is opened, the third magnet is attached to the first magnet and removing the third magnet from the first magnet to the second magnet causes one or more LED lights contained within the greeting card to light up.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a first panel attached to a second panel creating a cavity therebetween;
- a third panel attached to a fourth panel creating a cavity therebetween;
- the second panel attached to the third panel along a fold line;
- a first magnet contained within the cavity between the first and second panels;
- a second magnet contained within the cavity between the third and fourth panels;
- a sound module operative to store and playback at least one audio clip;
- one or more LED lights contained within the greeting card and visible through one or more openings in the first, second, third or fourth panels;
- a third magnet located between the first and second and the third and fourth panels and attached to the greeting card via an attachment mechanism;
- wherein moving the third magnet from being attached to the first magnet to being attached to the second magnet initiates playback of the at least one audio clip and causes illumination of the one or more LED lights.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.