Electronic greeting cards and novelties with moveable elements and manual electronic circuit activation
View Patent ↗Greeting cards and novelties with electronic circuits having switch mechanisms operable by manipulation of a moveable component. Manipulation of the moveable component causes activation of the electronic circuit.
1. A sound greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
an electronics module contained and concealed between two panels of the multi-panel greeting card body;
a pop-up structure located between two panels of the multi-panel greeting card body;
a pull-tab mechanism attached to the pop-up structure;
wherein pulling the pull-tab mechanism in a downward direction moves the pop-up structure from a first position to a second position and initiates playback of a first audio file, and
wherein releasing the pull-tab mechanism initiates playback of a second audio file.
2. The sound generating greeting card of claim 1 further comprising a spring mechanism that facilitates moving the pull-tab mechanism between the first and second positions.
3. The sound generating greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the pop-up structure is shaped like an animal and the pull-tab mechanism between the first and second positions.
4. The sound generating greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the first audio file contains a different verbal message than the second audio file.
5. The sound generating greeting card of claim 1 further comprising a slide switch which is triggered by movement of the pull-tab mechanism.
6. The sound generating greeting card of claim 5 , wherein the slide switch is triggered when the pop-up mechanism is moved from the first position to the second position.
7. The sound generating greeting card of claim 5 , wherein the slide switch is triggered when the pop-up mechanism is moved from the second position back to the first position.
8. A sound generating greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
an electronics module contained within the multi-panel greeting card body;
at least two pre-recorded audio files contained in memory on the electronics module;
a die cut pop-up structure having a pull-tab mechanism attached thereto, the die cut pop-up structure operative to move between a first position and a second position;
a slide switch which controls playback of a first and second pre-recorded audio file;
wherein movement of the pull-tab mechanism triggers the slide switch, and
wherein pulling the pull-tab mechanism in a downward direction moves the pop-up structure from the first position to the second position and when the pull-tab mechanism is released, the pop-up structure remains in the second position.
9. The sound generating greeting card of claim 8 , wherein the die cut pop-up structure is in the shape of an animal.
10. The sound generating greeting card of claim 9 , wherein the pull-tab mechanism is in the shape of the animal's tongue.
11. The sound generating greeting card of claim 8 , wherein the first position is folded flat.
12. The sound generating greeting card of claim 8 , wherein the second position is standing upright.
13. The sound generating greeting card of claim 8 further comprising a spring mechanism that facilitates moving the pull-tab mechanism between the first and second positions.
14. A sound generating greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
a die cut pop-up structure contained between two panels of the multi-panel greeting card body;
an electronics module having at least two pre-recorded audio files contained within memory therein;
a pull-tab which is operative to move the pop-up structure between a folded position and an upright position;
a switch which controls playback of a first pre-recorded audio file when the pull-tab is pulled in a downward direction and playback of a second pre-recorded audio file when the pull-tab is released.
15. The sound generating greeting card of claim 14 , wherein the die cut pop-up structure is shaped like an animal and the pull-tab is shaped like the animal's tongue.
16. The sound generating greeting card of claim 14 , wherein the die cut pop-up structure contains three-dimensional embellishments attached thereto.
17. The sound generating greeting card of claim 14 , wherein the pop-up structure remains in an upright position when the pull-tab is released.
18. The sound generating greeting card of claim 14 , wherein initially pulling the pull-tab in a downward direction moves the pop-up structure from a folded position to an upright position.