Greeting card with rotatable pop-up assembly
AssigneeHallmark Cards, Incorporated
InventorsANGELA CLAIRE ENSMINGER, LAURA ANN HAVERKAMP, MELISSA COMBA
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Abstract
A decorative item including a base, a motor mounted to the base, and a pop-up assembly coupled to the motor. The motor is operable to rotate the pop-up assembly with respect to the base. The pop-up assembly is movable between a collapsed position, in which the pop-up assembly is generally two-dimensional, and an expanded position, in which at least a portion of the pop-up assembly is generally three-dimensional, extends outward from the base, and occupies a volume of space adjacent the base. The decorative item may be a greeting card or any other suitable item intended to be gifted to a recipient.
Claims19
A decorative item comprising:
- a base;
- a motor mounted to the base;
- and
- a pop-up assembly coupled to the motor, the motor operable to rotate the entire pop-up assembly with respect to the base, the pop-up assembly movable between a collapsed position, in which the pop-up assembly is generally two-dimensional, and an expanded position, in which at least a portion of the pop-up assembly is generally three-dimensional, extends outward from the base, and occupies a volume of space adjacent the base, and wherein the motor is separate from the pop-up assembly and the motor does not move with respect to the base when the pop-up assembly moves from its collapsed position to its expanded position.
A decorative item comprising:
- a base comprising an upper surface;
- a motor mounted to the base;
- and
- a pop-up assembly coupled to the motor, the pop-up assembly movable between a collapsed position, in which the pop-up assembly is generally two-dimensional, and an expanded position, in which at least a portion of the pop-up assembly is generally three-dimensional, extends outward from the base, and occupies a volume of space adjacent the base, and wherein the motor is operable to rotate the entire pop-up assembly with respect to the base about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the upper surface of the base when the pop-up assembly is in the expanded position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.