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US 5,667,248 AGranted
Greeting card with detachable message covers
OwnerLisa Mayerinventor
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Abstract
Greeting cards in which portions of messages are obscured by one or more detachable covers, so that the messages are revealed when the covers are moved. In a preferred embodiment, the detachable covers are POST-IT brand notes.
Claims27
A greeting card, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a detachable covering affixed to said substrate so as to cover a first area of said substrate;
- information printed on the first area of said substrate such that said information is concealed by said covering;
- and
- instructions for prompting a reader to detach said covering from the first area of said substrate,
- wherein said covering, when detached, remains substantially intact.
3 more elements
A greeting card, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a detachable lower covering affixed to said substrate;
- lower information printed on said substrate and concealed beneath said lower covering;
- a detachable upper covering affixed to cover part or all of said lower covering;
- upper information printed beneath said upper covering and concealed by said upper covering;
- instructions for prompting a reader to remove said upper covering;
- and
- instructions for prompting a reader to remove said lower covering after said upper covering has been removed.
5 more elements
A method of communicating with a reader, comprising the steps of:
- printing information on a substrate;
- affixing a detachable covering to a first position on the substrate so as to conceal the information;
- printing instructions that prompt the reader to remove the covering from the first position and to affix the covering to a second position on the substrate;
- and
- allowing the reader to read the information after the covering has been removed.
2 more elements
An apparatus for communicating with a reader, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a detachable covering affixed to said substrate so as to cover a first area of said substrate;
- first information printed on the first area of said substrate such that said first information is concealed by said covering;
- and
- instructions, printed on a second area of said substrate separate from the first area, for prompting a reader to attach said covering to a third area of said substrate separate from the first area,
- wherein said covering is affixable to said substrate after being detached, and
- wherein said apparatus is a greeting card.
4 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.