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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166684 | Display boards The present invention provides a display board comprising two flexible planar members joined together along an upper edge. The planar members are extendable between a first position for transport and storage where their lower edges are adjacent and a second position... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7752784 | Card construction having raised wire figures This description relates to a card construction that may be assembled from a paper material support and at least one bent wire formed into a character outline. The resulting bent wireform may be held to the support with discrete areas of adhesive materials that are ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7441352 | Structure with variable geometric pattern and appearance A structure with variable geometric pattern and appearance which comprises: a first element having a first aperture whose outline defines a preset geometric or fancy figure; a flap or patch of fabric or cloth appli... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322134 | Greeting cards, postcards, gift bags, and the like employing a special effects container Special effects containers that include a special effects substance are provided in, for example, greeting cards, gift bags, photo albums, postcards. This substance may comprise particles (e.g., a glitter or confetti) and a liquid (e.g., water) such that when the sp... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7246749 | Braille signage A thin plastic sheet has material displaced into braille characters protruding from the front face to provide information for the blind. The plastic sheet can be a clear plastic material having information for the sighted printed on the rear side for viewing from th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7204048 | Card for retaining items therein A card may include a generally planar panel and a plurality of opposing retaining members disposed on the panel. The plurality of opposing retaining members may be arranged to retain a substantially rectangular transaction card having a first longitudinal axis in a ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185453 | Label having improved aesthetic appearance A label includes indicia disposed on a facestock comprising cellophane. In one embodiment, the indicia are screen printed onto the facestock. In another embodiment, the label may further include layers of tactile coating selectively applied to discrete areas of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7118134 | Folded integral composite image product and method of making A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being s... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096615 | Container for small sized objects such as candies, chocolates, cosmetics, fragrances and small gifts A container for small sized objects such as candies, chocolates, cosmetics, fragrances and small gifts which comprises: a first element (1) having a first and a second apertures (2) symmetrically disposed with respect to a hinge axis (140) and w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090252 | Folded integral composite image product and method of making A dual sided integral composite image product and method of make same. The image product includes a first support substrate having a separate image layer thereon and a second support substrate having separate image layer thereon. The second support substrate being s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7024807 | Greeting card with scanable gift card A combination greeting card and gift card with a coded information portion is provided to be sold and delivered to a recipient as a unit. The greeting card includes preprinted indicia preferably corresponding to a particular occasion such as a birthday, holiday, gra... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021666 | Transferable greeting cards The invention relates to a greeting card containing a thermal transfer sheet. The transfer sheet of the present greeting card includes a (1) a support; (2) optionally at least one transfer layer; and (3) an image or an image receiving layer. According to the present... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7003905 | Candle or scented-wax book or card A wax greeting card or waxen gift book-covers has a pair of matching panels, one a front and the other a back panel substantially of wax. Each panel has inner and outer faces framed by a perimeter of spaced upper and lower edges as well as a spaced spine and fore ed... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004398 | Stored-value card with edible product A stored-value card assembly including a stored-value card, an edible product, and a wrapper. The stored-value card defines a first generally planar surface and a second generally planar surface opposite the first generally planar surface. An account identifier is i... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6976709 | Postal mailer with calling card A postal mailer which comprises a postcard having in the front left top section a detachable calling card and having in the back surface left top, left bottom, right bottom and central sections map indicia designating the general area and specific location of the re... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6871429 | Greeting card having a removable sticker A greeting card has a substrate and a sticker removably attached to the substrate. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| RE38696 | Pop-up advertising piece In order to create interest in advertising pieces in a consumer, a pop-up advertising piece includes a booklet-shaped advertiser movable from a closed position to an open position. An anchoring strip is in vertical confronting relation to a normally inwardly facing ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6698117 | Greeting card system including ornament A greeting card including an ornament/charm, and a jewelry fashion accessory either packaged together or purchased separately from a single merchandising fixture is provided. This novel card system allows the sender to provide a convenient object for the ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6698116 | Greeting card carrier for data scanable card and method of using the same A combination greeting card carrier and scanable card is provided which permits the scanable card to be pivoted between an initial position where the scanable card is displayed and has a scanable area thereon extending from the perimeter of the card in a ... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6682624 | Method of making keepsakes using an informational card An informational card is disclosed incorporating a plurality of separable, functional articles that are removable from such card and capable of being applied to a separate article or articles, either independently of, or in conjunction with each other. Th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6644697 | Integrated shopping list and coupon folder The invention is an integrated shopping list and coupon folder, formed from a single shopping list sheet. Major food and non-food category listings are provided on the shopping list sheet, as well as blank lines for listing individual items, sizes, brands... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6640473 | Greeting card with DVD A greeting card has a first panel and a second panel joined at a fold line. A video disc is removably attached to the first panel. A cutout on the second panel is arranged such that the video disc is visible when the card is closed.... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6629377 | Printed article with floating insert A printed article including text and/or depictive elements includes an insert that is supported by an elastic thread that is substantially invisible to human vision. This provides the appearance that the insert is suspended or floating when pages of the p... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6588129 | Greeting card A greeting card having a first section containing a pre-colored drawing or photograph to provide whatever guidance a person desires for placing colors in segments of a line drawing which corresponds at least to a portion of the pre-colored drawing or phot... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6470608 | Networking card A networking card has a plurality of pages for bearing at least one of a greeting or other message, a drawing and an object added to the networking card by successive recipients of the networking card. The networking card can be purchased by an initial se... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6413617 | Informational card An informational card is disclosed incorporating a plurality of separable, functional articles that are removable from such card and capable of being applied to a separate article or articles, either independently of, or in conjunction with each other. Th... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6338211 | Memorial marker for staking in a grave A memorial marker that includes a cap, that is attached to the uppermost end of a rod and is a conventionally-oriented five point star that has a pair of lowermost pointed arms that depend skewly outwardly from the rod, and which equidistantly straddle, a... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6311418 | Printing system for individually creating three-dimensional displays By providing a three-dimensional, pop-up or mechanical image forming member in planar form removably mounted to a carrier, and constructed for being easily removed therefrom and assembled or mounted with a card or display member, a completely integrated t... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6293592 | Greeting card construction and methods of making and using same A sheet construction has side-by-side first and second panels separated from one another by a fold line. In a single pass through a printer or copier normal-orientation (first) indicia is printed on the first panel and reverse-orientation (second) indicia... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6203070 | Card including instructions for making a product and method of making such card A card such as a greeting card or post card to which both artwork and instructions for creating a product, such as a food recipe, may be applied. The card includes a weakened, frangible portion forming at least one sever line, along which the card may be ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192608 | Pop-up advertising piece In order to create interest in advertising pieces in a consumer, a pop-up advertising piece includes a booklet-shaped advertiser movable from a closed position to an open position. An anchoring strip is in vertical confronting relation to a normally inwar... | 02/27/2001 |
| 5967557 | Pop-up advertising device and method A printed advertising device is formed by folding a sheet to enclose a pop-up insert. The pop-up insert is a folded sheet that is initially retained within the advertising device by a novel arrangement, but "pops-up" when the advertising device is accesse... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5956877 | Collectible commemorative display ticket containing film clip Collectible, rectangular ticket-type display device having a window in which is mounted a transparency type film frame or multi-frame clip for see-through type viewing. The display device preferably includes security and/or authentication indicia, and is ... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5906063 | Novelty greeting card A new novelty greeting card for providing an amusing illustration therein. The inventive device includes front and back panels pivotally coupled together. The inner side of the back panel has a primary illustration with a plurality of images depicted in a... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5864973 | 3-D greeting card An improvement is added to the existing concept of using a mirrored surface to reflect a half symmetrical image which is printed on an adjoining card. The improvement is adding a perspective drawing of a related vertical object on the mirrored surface. Th... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5852889 | Greeting card with self-inflating balloon A greeting card is disclosed which has a self-inflating balloon contained therein, which balloon inflates either upon opening the greeting card, upon removing the greeting card from an envelope, or upon manual activation by the individual receiving the gr... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5829790 | Greeting card kit having associated adhesive labels or stickers for customized greeting cards A single unit greeting card kit is provided having associated stickers for customizing and personalizing a greeting card portion. An integrated envelope may also be provided.... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5778574 | Audible product merchandising tag An audible product information tag comprised of a pair of panels folded one over the other along a fold line. An electronic program circuit is located in a housing secured to an inner face of one of the panels. A switch actuator is connected at one end to... | 07/14/1998 |
