Stick-on microchip recording and reproducing apparatus temporarily fastenable in selectable locations for message conveyance-, audio mail-, product promotion-, or self-reminder purposes
US5903869A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 24, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 11, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 24, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47G29/122
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A stick-on audio microchip recorder/playback product for message conveyance-, audio mail-, product promotion and self-reminder purposes. The product enables a user to record a personal (or business-oriented) message or self-reminder, and non-permanently fasten the recorder upon surfaces such as household doors, walls, mirrors; compatible (carry-able) objects such as appointment books or notebooks; or upon interiors of mailing-, packaging- or shipping vessels, in desired temporary locations where the intended recipient would be most likely to encounter it. The recorder is easily removable by the end-user, and reusable. A microchip recording/playback circuit, microphone, speaker, battery and record/playback controls, are secured in a housing. Preferably, the housing has on its underside an attached stick-on fastener, including a stack of "pressure sensitive" peel-off adhesive stickers, each having on their undersurface a medium adhesion substance. Users may non-permanently fasten the recorder in desired temporary locations, remove the recorder from same with reasonable ease, and reposition it, optionally with a fresh peel-off sticker, and/or a new recorded message. Alternate "stick-o…
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