Greeting card with spring loaded slide track audio trigger
US8887417B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09F1/00
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An interactive greeting card having a multi-panel greeting card body, a sound module and a molded track contained between two or more panels of the multi-panel greeting card body, and a moveable object which is attached to the molded track through an opening in one or more of the greeting card panels. The moveable object is operative to move from one end of the molded track to the opposite end of the molded track whereby playback of a pre-recorded digital audio file is initiated. The interactive greeting card may additionally contain a small motor which causes movement of a second moveable object and an object launcher which is operative to launch an object along the track and into the air. Other special effects may be included such as lights, additional sounds or movement, or any other special effects which can be incorporated into a greeting card.
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