Greeting Card with Interactive Maze Game
An integral greeting card and game featuring a plastic moulded maze with a ball contained therein. A press button controls activation of audio wherein the user races against the clock to move the ball to the end or center of the maze before the audio clip ends.
1 . An interactive greeting card comprising:
a multi-panel greeting card body;
a maze game having a base portion with various interconnected segments creating various pathways, at least one pathway leading to a center of the maze, and a cover portion which is placed over the base portion to create a closed cavity;
a ball contained within the closed cavity of the maze game which is operative to move between the various pathways;
a sound module which is operative to store and replay at least one audio clip;
a switch which controls activation of the sound module and replay of the at least one audio clip.
2 . The interactive greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the maze is inset into a foam construct.
3 . The interactive greeting card of claim 2 , wherein the foam construct is at least partially covered by a planar sheet material.
4 . The interactive greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the maze game is made of molded plastic.
5 . The interactive greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the maze game is made of transparent material.
6 . The interactive greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the at least one audio clip plays for a predetermined period of time.
7 . The interactive greeting card of claim 1 , wherein the object of the maze game is for a user to move the ball to a center of the maze before the at least one audio clip has finished playing.
8 . An interactive greeting card game comprising:
a greeting card body;
a maze attached to the greeting card body, the maze comprising a plurality of segments which make up a plurality of pathways from an outer area of the maze to a center of the maze, and a transparent cover which creates a closed structure;
a ball which is operative to move through the plurality of pathways of the maze;
a sound module which is operative to store and playback at least one audio file;
a switch which is operative to activate the sound module.
9 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 8 , wherein the maze is attached to the front face of the greeting card body;
10 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 8 , wherein the object of the game is to get the ball to the center of the maze before the audio file plays to completion.
11 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 8 , wherein a portion of the greeting card is made of foam.
12 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 8 , wherein the maze is surrounded by the foam.
13 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 8 , wherein the switch is a push button switch.
14 . The interactive greeting card game of claim 13 , wherein the switch is accessed through a front face of the greeting card.
15 . The interactive greeting card of claim 8 , wherein the maze is made of transparent molded plastic.
16 . An interactive greeting card comprising:
a greeting card body;
a game attached to the greeting card body, the game comprising a maze and a ball enclosed within the maze;
a sound module operative to store and replay at least one audio file;
a switch which is operative to initiate replay of the at least one audio file;
wherein a user can move the ball through the maze by tilting the greeting card in different directions.
17 . The interactive greeting card of claim 16 , wherein the object of the game is to move the ball to a center of the maze.
18 . The interactive greeting card of claim 17 , wherein the center of the maze is indicated by having a shape which is different than the rest of the maze.
19 . The interactive greeting card of claim 16 , wherein a portion of the greeting card body is made of foam.
20 . The interactive greeting card of claim 16 , wherein the switch is a press-button switch.