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US 2016/0144272 A1Published application
Greeting Card with Interactive Maze Game
AssigneeAmerican Greetings Corporation
InventorMelissa Flesher
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Abstract
An integral greeting card and game featuring a plastic moulded maze with a ball contained therein. A press button controls activation of audio wherein the user races against the clock to move the ball to the end or center of the maze before the audio clip ends.
Claims20
An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a multi-panel greeting card body;
- a maze game having a base portion with various interconnected segments creating various pathways, at least one pathway leading to a center of the maze, and a cover portion which is placed over the base portion to create a closed cavity;
- a ball contained within the closed cavity of the maze game which is operative to move between the various pathways;
- a sound module which is operative to store and replay at least one audio clip;
- a switch which controls activation of the sound module and replay of the at least one audio clip.
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An interactive greeting card game comprising:
- a greeting card body;
- a maze attached to the greeting card body, the maze comprising a plurality of segments which make up a plurality of pathways from an outer area of the maze to a center of the maze, and a transparent cover which creates a closed structure;
- a ball which is operative to move through the plurality of pathways of the maze;
- a sound module which is operative to store and playback at least one audio file;
- a switch which is operative to activate the sound module.
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An interactive greeting card comprising:
- a greeting card body;
- a game attached to the greeting card body, the game comprising a maze and a ball enclosed within the maze;
- a sound module operative to store and replay at least one audio file;
- a switch which is operative to initiate replay of the at least one audio file;
- wherein a user can move the ball through the maze by tilting the greeting card in different directions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.