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US 4,787,160 AGranted
Greeting card confetti delivery system
OwnerLawrence J. Balsamoinventor
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Abstract
A greeting card having a confetti delivery system which is triggerable is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the card includes a rupturing adhesive on the inside of a leaf opposite a confetti packet attached to a different leaf. A removable protective coating or covering prevents the confetti packet from contacting the rupturing adhesive when the untriggered card is opened. Removal of the covering triggers the card so that when it is opened thereafter the confetti packet ruptures.
Claims9
A greeting card comprising:
- (a) a flat sheet of material folded into first, second and third adjacent sections, the first section forming a first leaf of the card and the second and third sections being laminated together to form a second leaf of the card where the third section is interposed between the first and second sections when said card is folded closed, the third section including an opening therethrough:
- (b) a packet of confetti interposed between the lamination of said second and third sections, said packet including a front face containing perforations defining a rupture section, said packet being positioned such that
- (i) the rupture section of said front face is exposed to the inside of said first leaf through said opening in said third section and
- (ii) said opening provides a space for the confetti to occupy to promote flat folding of the card;
- (c) a rupturing adhesive positioned on said first section opposite said rupture section;
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- (d) a protective covering interposed between said adhesive and said front packet surface, said covering being removable to expose said adhesive to said front packet surface;
- (e) whereby when said protective covering is removed and the card is closed the rupture adhesive contacts the rupture section and adheres with sufficient force to cause said rupture section to rupture and release the confetti in the packet upon the opening of the leaves.
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