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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Izen, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Brian Connolly, Braintree, MA (US);
Assignee:
First Act, Inc., Needham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45C 1/100 ;
Abstract
A display package for point-of-purchase display of an article such as a musical instrument sounded by shaking or rotating. The display package has a first opening for facilitating grasping and manipulation of the package by a consumer. A second opening permits sound to be emitted by the instrument. The second opening may be shaped for allowing appendages of the musical instrument to strike a percussion surface of the musical instrument upon rotation of the package.