A locking mechanism is provided for a pop-up greeting card. The card includes first and second generally planar panels which are connected to each other at a fold line. A plurality of pop-up elements extend from the inner surface of the first panel to the inner surface of the second panel. The card includes a locking mechanism having a pivoting tab which can engage a stop member, maintaining the card in an open position. Selecting the appropriate length of the tab determines the angle that the card can be opened. The stop mechanism can be located on either the first or second panels or on one of the panels and a pop-up element.

A display device comprising a first receiving layer and a second receiving layer located onto and in direct planar contact with the first receiving layer; a first support later and a second support layer located onto and in direct planar contact with the first support layer; and a sleeve for receiving the first and second receiving layers and first and second support layers.

A greeting card having mechanically actuated moving portions is provided. The greeting card may include a panel having one or more folds, one or more flexible drive shafts coupled to the panel and having a flipping or moving portion, and a decorative portion coupled to at least one of the panel and the flipping or moving portion. Each flexible drive shaft may be coupled to the panel such that a portion is positioned on a first side of the fold and a portion is positioned on a second side of the fold. When the greeting card is opened, a moment arm is created in the flexible drive shaft which causes the flipping or moving portion to move from a first position to a second position. The decorative portion may move in response to the flipping or moving portion moving from the first position to the second position.

A greeting card assembly that contains a first flap and a second flap that are joined at a central fold seam. The first flap and the second flap can move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. A flat center support is provided that extends vertically over the central fold seam. The flat center support has a flat face surface and a flat back surface. A plush body is set in the center of the greeting card assembly. The plush body is attached to both the first flap and the second flap. The flat center support extends into an interior of said plush body through an open bottom. When the first flap and the second flap are moved into their closed configuration, the plush body is pressed against both the flat face surface and the flat back surface of the flat center support.

A system for personalizing printed cards or scrapbooks with web-based links comprises a point of sale display of greeting cards or scrapbooks and a plurality of affixable media. Each of the affixable media comprise a scannable code and a description of the online content that will be displayed when the code is scanned by a recipient. A purchaser is able to create a personalized card or scrapbook by selecting a card or scrapbook from the point of sale display, selecting a scannable code based on its associated description, and then affixing the selected scannable code to the selected card or scrapbook, thereby creating a personalized card or scrapbook that directs the recipient to online content chosen by the purchaser from the set of options provided by the various affixable media.

The present disclosure and related inventions describe a greeting card with audio capabilities and party blower. The greeting card can include a squeeze trigger which initiates audio playback and the unfurling of the party blower. Release of the squeeze trigger causes the retraction of the party blower.

A device is provided including a first sleeve for receiving a graphic medium, the first sleeve having a first window allowing the graphic medium to be viewed, and a second sleeve allowing an electronic appliance with a built-in electronic display to be received, the second sleeve including a second window allowing all of part of the electronic display to be viewed, the first and second sleeves being connected to each other. The first window allows the graphic medium to be viewed, which allows the personalization of the device.

A method of assembling a capacitive touch device is disclosed. The method comprises providing a flexible sheet having first and second faces and first and second wings divided by a fold line. The flexible sheet supports capacitive touch switches, contact lands and conductive tracks interconnecting the capacitive touch switches and the contact lands on the first face of the flexible sheet. The method comprises providing adhesive on the first face of the flexible sheet so as to bond the first and second wings and to bond a circuit board to flexible sheet. The method comprises placing a circuit board on the flexible sheet, the circuit board having contact pads which are aligned with the contact lands and folding the flexible sheet along the fold line so as to bond the first and second wings with the circuit board interposed between the first and second wings.

Portable display boards of the type commonly used for business and educational presentations in conferences, trade shows and fairs, for example, that can be made from a variety of materials including foam board and rigid paper pulp are provided with multimedia device mounts for attaching a multimedia device to the front face of a display board, base stands, and protective corners.

A printed material includes: a recording medium having a pressure-bonding surface on which an image portion and a pressure phase transition layer are formed, the recording medium being folded upon the recording medium and pressure-bonded; or a recording medium having a pressure-bonding surface on which an image portion and a pressure phase transition layer are formed and an additional recording medium, the recording medium and the additional recording medium being stacked and pressure-bonded together. The average thickness of the pressure phase transition layer formed on the image portion on the pressure-bonding surface of the recording medium is larger than the average thickness of the pressure phase transition layer formed on a non-image portion on the pressure-bonding surface of the recording medium.