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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2015
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
John Talbot, Bay Village, OH (US);
Sean Higgins, Cleveland, OH (US);
Melissa Flesher, Avon, OH (US);
Erin Dennis, Lakewood, OH (US);
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An interactive greeting card with a multi-panel insert which can be unfurled over a portion of the greeting card. In one embodiment, there is a photo or drawing of a character or animal printed on the front cover. A tab is located to the left of and behind the photo or drawing. When a user grasps and moves the tab, a multi-panel paper construct unfurls around the photo or drawing and appears as a wig atop the head of the character or animal depicted in the photo or drawing. Audio replay may also triggered by moving the tab from its original position. In another embodiment, the panels of the multi-panel paper construct are each shaped like a different item or object which is complementary to the theme of the greeting card. Unfolding the multi-panel construct along an outside edge of the greeting card may initiate audio playback and may also activate a motor module which causes movement to at least one mobile object contained on the greeting card.