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Greeting cards with suspended motion

US9643443B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2015
Grant dateMay 9, 2017
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F1/06
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention is directed to various embodiments of a greeting card having at least one motor attached to a mechanism which causes movement to a mobile object and one or more attachments suspended from the mobile object. The mobile object may be a circular disc, a string or a swing structure. Each mobile object contains one or more attachments either attached directly thereto or suspended therefrom via a string or line. The motor may effect various movements in the mobile object such as circular motion, back-and-forth motion or bouncing or vibrating motion.

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