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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7363737 | Advertising display with the diffusion of scents The advertising panel is to display an advertising message and to diffuse a scent which is associated with the contents of the visually-displayed message. The inventive panel includes a parallelepiped volume containing: an assembly which is used to display an advert... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365640 | Transportable police vehicle decoy A transportable police vehicle decoy having a life-like, life-size visual image of a police vehicle mounted onto a trailer for transportability, the wheels of the trailing appearing to be the wheels of the police vehicle shown in the image. Operational emergency lig... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356950 | Karaoke card The device includes a body with monolithically and pivotally conjoined first and second sections. The second section includes front and rear portions. The front and rear portions include a finger protruding orthogonally thereof. The fingers interlock to maintain the... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7300178 | Device integrated into a card to activate and/or deactivate a light, sound or light and sound module by means of blowing A greeting card device which enables, by blowing, an LED to be switched off or a sound module (music, voice or noise) to be activated or deactivated, or a combination of a light and a sound to be activated or deactivated simultaneously. The device is composed of a b... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290714 | Stored-value card with light A stored-value card includes a housing and a light circuit. The housing defines a first primary panel and a second primary panel spaced from the first primary panel. The first primary panel defines an account identifier signifying a financial account linked to the s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290713 | Stored-value card with sound and light A stored-value card includes an electrical assembly, a housing, and decorative indicia. The electrical assembly stores an audio file and includes at least one light and a speaker. The housing generally encloses the electrical assembly and includes an account identif... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7257914 | Display system A point-of-purchase display having a display board with a front surface and a rear surface. A graphical element, having an illuminated element, is disposed on the front surface, and an optical waveguide is positioned to be visible through an opening in the board to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240442 | Folding magazine insert A sound-producing folding insert for a magazine is disclosed. A foldable support structure comprises a primary page and a secondary page. The secondary page is folded upon itself to form a pocket that retains a sound emitting means. The sound emitting means includes... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7224934 | Talking book employing photoelectronics for autonomous page recognition Systems and methods of creating talking books that employ photo-electronics to realize autonomous page recognition, are provided. More particularly, systems and methods are provided for employing one or more light sensing components (e.g., photoresistors, phototrans... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222446 | Greeting card with gift holder Certain embodiments of the invention provide a greeting card having a holder element on the front surface of the greeting card. The holder element is capable of retaining a prepaid gift card or the like. One such embodiment provides the gift-giver with an opportunit... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7167103 | Transport node apparatus A transit center apparatus is provided having one or more modules attachable to a transit stop pole to provide one or more of the following conveniences to a transit stop patron: information in an optionally illuminated modular display apparatus, overhead illuminati... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7065910 | Illuminated display device A display device that can be mounted to a surface, such as a window, using static attraction. The display device has an illumination assembly circuit including a light source (such as an LED), a power supply (such as a battery) and a switch interposed therebetween. ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6865831 | Memory album page A page for a memory album or a scrapbook has an illumination assembly secured on the back surface of the page. The illumination assembly has a power source and one or more light emitting members powered by the power source. The light emitting member(s) are mounted o... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6827472 | Illuminated HVAC duct/advertising card holder for vehicles Combination light fixture/HVAC duct/ad card holder for transit vehicle has roof mounted light fixture having a housing extending inboard to receive roof fasteners readily accessible through a cover strip. A single panel provides ad display serves as air duct with ai... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6817122 | Combined greeting card and decorative candle display A combined greeting card/candle arrangement (10) including a greeting card member (20) having a front face (21) adapted to releasably receive a candle unit (12) including a plurality of different colored wax sheets (30) (30′ | 11/16/2004 |
| 6748681 | Illuminated badge system An illuminated badge system has plastic top and bottom plates limited flexibility. The top plate has a front face and a side wall extending inwardly and with a lip extending radially outward from the wall. The bottom plate has a rectilinear rear face and a periphera... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6139210 | Photographic holder assembly and album A holder assembly has a holder having at least a plurality of pockets. The pockets each have a transparent wall. A plurality of printed sheets are disposed in the pockets. Each sheet faces a respective wall. One or more inserts are disposed in the pockets... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6130773 | Nonemissive displays and piezoelectric power supplies therefor An electrophoretic display has a substantially two-dimensional arrangement of microcapsules each having therein an electrophoretic composition of a dielectric fluid and a suspension of particles that visually contrast with the dielectric liquid and also e... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6050010 | Internally illuminatable card and lighter An internally illuminatable card having an electroluminescent panel, an image overlay on at least one surface of the electroluminescent panel, and a plurality of power contacts in electrical communication with the electroluminescent panel and accessible t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5782023 | Fiber optic trading card system A new Fiber Optic Trading Card System for illuminating selected portions of a card, such as a trading card, thereby enhancing the images to create life like features. The trading card system includes a stratified card having an image layer, an opaque laye... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5217286 | Autonomous visual-attraction enhancement utilizing edge-illuminated panel The visual attractiveness of a variety of otherwise-autonomous articles may be significantly enhanced through the inclusion of an apertured, internally light-transmissive, peripherally light-intrareflective panel which is edge-illuminated and energized by... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5190367 | Luminous display board A flat type luminous member that illuminates characters or pictures drawn on a greeting card, a card attached to a bouquet, a display or the like from the back side thereof. The luminous member includes a flexible light-transmitting container having at le... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4760659 | Display plate for a printed circuit board The display plate includes a frame member having a rectangular flat portion provided with at least one opening shaped to accommodate a largest number of the plurality of light-emitting elements and a first and a second major surfaces which face each other... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4559583 | Greeting card with blinking light apparatus A light reflection and blinking light apparatus comprising a light emitter, a means for regulating the transmission of light from the light emitter, and a length of fiber optic in communication with the light emitter incorporating a means for reflecting t... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4497126 | Greeting card with illuminated message and design Greeting card with two folding pages joined by a fold having on one page a raised hollow design containing a battery and a light source and a suitably shaped reflector behind the light source, so that light rays may be reflected onto a reflective message ... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4363081 | Illuminated greeting cards An electrically illuminated folded card device formed from sheet stock, for use as a greeting card or the like. A first portion of the sheet stock forms a display panel having one or more apertures. LED's disposed behind the display panel provide illumina... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4299041 | Animated device A device in the form of a greeting card, display card, or the like, for producing a visual and/or a sound effect which includes a panel member or the like onto which is applied pictorial and/or printed matter in association with an effects generator, an e... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4286399 | Card or book involving luminescence At least one of two openable leaves is provided with at least one light-emitting diode, a thin battery for lighting the diode and a switch assembly. On opening the leaves, the diode emits light, which is extinguished when the leaves are closed to provide ... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4209824 | Electrically illuminated book The electrically illuminated book can include a single page such as a greeting card or multiple pages such as a child's picture or story book. A pictorial illustration is provided on the page in which an illustration portion could be expected realisticall... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4145731 | Simulated extendable and collapsible evergreen tree A simulated extendable and collapsible evergreen tree including a flat support sheet having a cut formed therethrough starting at a point removed from the center of the support sheet and proceeding inwardly of the sheet in a circular formation in an ever ... | 03/20/1979 |