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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7836620 | Animated media and methods of construction Animated printed media (e.g., greeting cards, books, etc.) are disclosed herein. An animated printed medium according to one embodiment includes two pages that define a pocket therebetween. At least one of the pages has a window with a plurality of spaced apart tran... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7810261 | Animated foldable card An animated foldable card that includes a base page, shield page, first intermediate page and second intermediate page all having top, bottom, left and right edges. The shield page includes a window defined therein and its bottom edge is hingedly connected to the to... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7272901 | Display arrangement A display arrangement 10 made of card with a pair of windows 18. A movable carrying member 30 is provided bearing two images 30 selectively viewable through the respective windows 18. The arrangement 10 is configured such th... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7151541 | Moveable animated display device A moveable animated display device for displaying a plurality of images with a pressure plate carrier, a pressure plate retained in relation to the pressure plate carrier, a plurality of coded images, a plurality of shutter elements slidably retained in relation to ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7083559 | Method for making changeable picture with movable members utilizing web fed printing process A novelty piece fabricated from a continuous roll of paper, with indicia applied to both sides. Fold lines and cut lines are provided at predetermined positions. The sheet is scored and die-cut, and an adhesive is applied at pre-selected locations. The paper is fold... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063655 | Method for making changeable picture with moveable members utilizing sheet fed printing process A novelty piece fabricated from sheet fed paper with indicia applied to both sides. Fold lines and cut lines are provided at predetermined positions. The sheet is scored and die-cut, and an adhesive is applied at pre-selected locations. The paper is folded in thirds... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6564696 | Display device for beverage pitcher or coffee machine An apparatus is disclosed comprising a display device. The apparatus may also be comprised of a beverage pitcher onto which the display device can be placed. The display device can be placed in a first or a second state. In the first state the display dev... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6237265 | Promotional display system By providing a unique, pre-printed housing within which a pair of display members are operatively interconnected to each other to move simultaneously outwardly from the housing in an unexpected and unanticipated manner, a printed, visually exciting and in... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6153039 | Card and method of making same A method of forming a novelty card using an in-line web offset printing and production process, including the steps of providing a web of printable material and a web of a transparent material of a predetermined width to a printing apparatus. A strip of t... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6061938 | Changeable image display device A changeable image display device that has a front panel and a back panel forming an envelope open at one end. The front panel has first and second spaced windows and the back panel has a first image thereon in alignment with the first window of the front... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6058640 | Transparency display apparatus A transparency display device having at least front and back panels with superimposed windows therein and a transparency covering said windows with a visual image thereon and a slidable panel interposed between the front and back panels for providing a ba... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5901484 | Manually operated moveable display device A manually operated moveable display device for displaying a plurality of images comprising an image member with an inage panel slidably retained adjacent to a shutter panel of a shutter member. A plurality of coded images are disposed on the image panel,... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5383292 | Alternating motion device for animating graphical structures This is a device for animating pop-up graphical structures as are sometimes found in graphic media. The device changes the back and forth relative motion of elements in the device into alternating movement to animate elements like wings, arms, and eyes in... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5348220 | Savings box A savings box housing comprises a front panel with a transparent window and an opaque rear panel and light-opaque side panels extending from the front to the rear panels. The front and rear panels are disposed symmetrically with respect to a partition loc... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5293706 | Multiple-image display device A folded card-like promotional display device includes first and second panels pivotally movable between a first, closed condition of the device and a second, relatively open condition, and a third panel located between and depending from one of the first... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4697364 | Novelty card A novelty card is shown having a front window for viewing a dividable insert which is contained within an envelope and has an image thereon that changes as the insert is slidably removed from the envelope through a top slot. Stops on the insert prevent th... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4117615 | Viewing panel for producing multiple images of a design A supporting frame with a handle has a transparent supporting plate mounted therein. The plate supports a thin transparency over the exposed surface of the plate. The transparency has a multiplicity of demagnifying fresnel lenses formed therein in abuttin... | 10/03/1978 |
| 3994091 | Card manipulatable to effect animation of a picture thereon In a card which has a picture and is bent intermediate its ends to enable the card to be moved between an extended position in which a part of the picture at the region of the bend is visible and a contracted position in which the part of the picture at t... | 11/30/1976 |
