Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Nancy Lynn Short

Jennifer R Garbos

Therese F Steiger

Keri Lauderdale Olson

Ruth M Donikowski

Kristine Larsen

Tim Staley

Rebecca A Hottel

Timothy Roger Staley

A method for incorporating optical fibers into sheet materials, such as fabrics, creates a structure which can be incorporated into items such as plush toys. Optical fibers are made to pass through the sheet material in a desired arrangements. Ends of the optical fibers are enlarged such that they will not readily pass back through the fabric. The ends are then covered with material that permits light to pass therethrough. The resulting structure can be readily incorporated into an item, such as a plush toy.

Method of integrating optical fibers into fabrics and plush toys

An interactive toy for playing a game with a user of the toy includes electrical components for producing audible messages to instruct user actions. The toy also includes a hat having a brim movable between up and down positions. The position of the brim determines the play sequence of the toy and the audible messages played thereby by way of an activation mechanism. The toy is switched between 'hide me' and 'locate me' modes based on the position of the brim. An abbreviated trial mode is provided by way of a removable pull tab.

Interactive toy with positional sensor

Plush advent tree

A holiday countdown interactive display may include a set of magnetically attachable ornaments that have discrete appearances and functionalities, each ornament being marked with a distinct number associated with the number of days remaining before a holiday. In certain preferred embodiments, the interactive display comprises a plush fabric base generally in the shape of a Christmas tree and containing a plurality of rare earth magnets disposed beneath countdown numbers borne on the exterior of the plush fabric base. The interactive display system may further include a plurality of numbered plush Christmas ornaments each including rare earth magnets, the ornaments adapted to be successively installed on the plush fabric base on the days preceding a holiday event. In various embodiments, the ornaments include power supplies, controllers, vibratory elements, LEDs, speakers, pockets for containing gift items, messages, or the like.

Holiday countdown interactive display

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Roeland Park, KS, United States of America

Nancy Lynn Short