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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:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Anthony Begin, Cleveland, OH (US);
David Mayer, Bay Village, OH (US);
Terry Hughes, Avon, OH (US);
Jerry Guo, Shanghai, CN;
Tiger Qiao, Shanghai, CN;
John Talbot, Bay Village, OH (US);
Donald Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure and related inventions are directed to various types of motorized gift card holders. Each gift card holder embodiment creates added entertainment value to the act of presenting a recipient with a gift card. In some embodiments, the gift card holder is in the form of a greeting card having a motor therein to which a gift card or gift card sleeve is attached. In other embodiments, the gift card holder is in the form of a box having a motor therein to which a gift card or gift card sleeve is attached. Audio playback accompanies the motor movement of the gift card or gift card sleeve.