American Greetings Corporation

Lynne Shlonsky

David Mayer

Allison Marsh

Gary Nelson

John Talbot

Dave Sapp

Tiger Qiao

Jerry Guo

Erin Dennis

Sharon Bogdanski

Carol Miller

Anthony Begin

Nicole Forrester

Charlotte Mao

Sarah Mason

Donald Zhang

Seth L Larson

Melissa Flesher

Sean Higgins

Michelle Parkinson

Toby Seadler

Charles Robert Kelly

Anthony Santarelli

David Sapp

Terry Hughes

Katalina Speck

Lauren Budzar

Sarah Eklund

Anastasia Taylor

Cathy Tasse

Dan Liuzzi

Cindi Pochatek

Jill Jankowski

Brian Altman

Rob Matousek

Jeff Myler

Dawn Pyne

Elizabeth Draeger

Gift card with greeting card

An interactive display module operative to be inserted over an existing tiered greeting card display fixture. The interactive display may contain one or more spinners which are able to spin about a horizontal axis. Each spinner contains many sides or facets, each side or facet containing a removable caption strip thereon containing various words, phrases, graphics or other printed matter. The use of two or more spinners allow for the random creation or phrases, graphics, etc. that are intended to provide the consumer with a fun way to interact with the greeting card fixture.

Interactive display module

The present invention is directed to various embodiments of a greeting card having at least one motor attached to a mechanism which causes movement to a mobile object and one or more attachments suspended from the mobile object. The mobile object may be a circular disc, a string or a swing structure. Each mobile object contains one or more attachments either attached directly thereto or suspended therefrom via a string or line. The motor may effect various movements in the mobile object such as circular motion, back-and-forth motion or bouncing or vibrating motion.

Greeting cards with suspended motion

Heart shaped pouch with fur

Pouch with fur

Notebook with fur

Gift box with fur

Messenger bag with fur

Furry pillow

Photo frame with fur

Paddle ball greeting card

This invention is directed to a gift box for presenting a gift or other item to a recipient. The gift box contains various electronic components contained in some portion of the box which are used to effect, movement, sound, light or other special effects. The box may have one or more special effects which can be triggered automatically or by interaction with a user or gift box recipient.

Gift box with special effects

The greeting card of the present invention contains a user-interactive dial mechanism which can be manipulated to play different audio clips. The dial mechanism may be moveable, for example, between four different positions wherein moving the dial mechanism to each position triggers replay of a different audio clip at each of the four different positions.

Greeting card with dial activated audio

Greeting card with dial

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Shaker Heights, OH, United States of America

Lynne Shlonsky