Patent · US Active

Greeting card with spring loaded slide track activated audio

US9186927B1 · kind B1 · utility

0Cited by
6References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 5, 2014
Grant dateNov 17, 2015
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 5, 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.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.