IP Library Patent Application 12911962
Patent Application
App. No. 12/911,962

Greeting Cards with Three-Dimensional Images and Viewing Glasses

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App. No.
12/911,962
Abstract

A three-dimensional greeting card having anaglyph or stereographic images and/or text printed thereon that may be viewed using 3D filter glasses that are releasably attached to the body of the greeting card. The glasses are attached along a perforation located along one edge of the greeting card. The glasses contain two film lenses, each lens being a different color. The images and/or text printed upon the greeting card body contain two superimposed images that are each made of a specific color that will be viewed differently behind each film lens contained in the 3D glasses.

Claims (29)

1 . A greeting card comprising:

a greeting card body having two or more greeting card panels connected along one or more fold lines and having at least one anaglyph image printed thereon;

a pair of 3D viewing glasses having a right lens filter and a left lens filter, the right lens filter being a different color than the left lens filter;

the pair of 3D viewing glasses releasably attached to the greeting card body;

wherein when the at least one anaglyph image printed on the greeting card body is viewed through the pair of 3D viewing glasses, the at least one anaglyph image appears to he three-dimensional.

2 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are connected to the greeting card body along a perforated line.

3 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are connected to the greeting card body along a top edge of the greeting card body.

4 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are connected to the greeting card body along a side edge of the greeting card body.

5 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are connected to the greeting card along a bottom edge of the greeting card body.

6 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the greeting card body contains a first panel connected to a second panel along a first fold line, the second panel connected to a third panel along a second fold line.

7 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein a back side of the greeting card contains an easel arm.

8 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein a back side of the greeting card contains means by which the greeting card may be displayed upon a display hook.

9 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses and the greeting card body are made of the same material.

10 . The greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses and the greeting card body are one solitary structural unit.

11 . A greeting card comprising:

a multi-panel greeting card body having a front surface, an inside surface, and a back surface;

a pair of 3D viewing glasses releasably attached to the greeting card body, the 3D viewing glasses having one red lens filter and one blue lens filter;

one or more anaglyph images printed on the greeting card body;

means for hanging or displaying the greeting card located on the back surface of the greeting card body;

wherein viewing the one or more anaglyph images through the pair of 3D viewing glasses make the one or more anaglyph images appear in 3D.

12 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are attached to an edge of the multi-panel greeting card body along a perforated line.

13 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein the means for hanging or displaying the greeting card is an easel arm.

14 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein the pair of 3D viewing glasses are attached to at least two panels of the multi-panel greeting card body.

15 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein one anaglyph image is printed on the front surface of the greeting card.

16 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein one anaglyph image is printed on the inside surface of the greeting card.

17 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein one anaglyph image is printed on the front surface of the greeting card and one anaglyph image is printed on the inside surface of the greeting card.

18 . The greeting card of claim 13 , wherein the easel arm is part of the hack surface of the greeting card.

19 . The greeting card of claim 11 , further including a pocket located on the inside surface of the greeting card.

20 . The greeting card of claim 11 , wherein the greeting card body and the pair of 3D viewing glasses are made of the same material.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 18, 2023
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; AGC HOLDDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CREATEACARD, INC.; CREATEACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; AGCM, INC.; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; CARDSTORE, INC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.
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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2018
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: AGC HOLDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; AGCM, INC.; AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARDSTORE, INC. FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CREATACARD, INC.; CREATACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS-MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; PRGCO, LLC; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 27, 2012
From: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION; AGC HOLDINGS, LLC; AGC, LLC; A.G.C. INVESTMENTS, INC.; A.G. EUROPE, INC.; A.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.; AG INTERACTIVE, INC.; A.G. (UK), INC.; AGP KIDS, INC.; CARLTON CARDS RETAIL, INC.; CLOUDCO, INC.; CREATACARD, INC.; CREATACARD INTERNATIONAL LEASING INC.; CUSTOM HOLDINGS, INC.; GIBSON GREETINGS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; JOHN SANDS (AUSTRALIA) LTD.; JOHN SANDS (N.Z.) LTD.; JOHN SANDS HOLDING CORP.; MEMPHIS PROPERTY CORPORATION; PAPYRUS-RECYCLED GREETINGS, INC.; PLUS MARK LLC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PLUS MARK, INC.; RPG HOLDINGS, INC.; THOSE CHARACTERS FROM CLEVELAND, INC.; AGCM, INC.; MIDIRINGTONES, LLC; CARDSTORE, INC, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PHOTOWORKS, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2010
From: DEFRANCO, JOE; JENNIGES, JOSHUA
To: AMERICAN GREETINGS CORPORATION
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