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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2016
Applicant:
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
David Mayer, Bay Village, OH (US);
Assignee:
American Greetings Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 1/00 (2006.01); B42D 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B42D 15/022 (2013.01); B42D 15/027 (2013.01); G09F 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The interactive greeting card of the present invention combines a greeting card with IR sensor to trigger effects upon the greeting card recipient interacting with the IR sensor. The greeting card contains a hole, opening or aperture therethrough, into which a user may insert his or her finger to trigger one or more special effects such as audio replay, motorized movement of one or more mobile objects attached to the greeting card, or other special effects.