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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:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2004
Therese F. Steiger, Liberty, MO (US);
Nancy Short, Roeland Park, KS (US);
Ruth Donikowski, Kansas City, MO (US);
Kristine Larsen, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Keri Lauderdale Olson, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Tim Staley, Lenexa, KS (US);
Therese F. Steiger, Liberty, MO (US);
Nancy Short, Roeland Park, KS (US);
Ruth Donikowski, Kansas City, MO (US);
Kristine Larsen, Prairie Village, KS (US);
Keri Lauderdale Olson, Lee's Summit, MO (US);
Tim Staley, Lenexa, KS (US);
Hallmark Cards, Incorporated, Kansas City, MO (US);
Abstract
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.