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The invention claimed is:
This application claims the benefit of United States Provisional Patent Application No. 60/667,640, filed Mar. 31, 2005, entitled “Greeting Card Integrating Currency and Conversational Balloons”, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to a greeting card and, more particularly, to a greeting card integrating currency and conversational balloons.
2. Description of Related Art
Prior art greeting cards containing money expose the currency in a manner that shows that the currency is intended as a gift. Thus, prior art greeting cards containing money are primarily utilized to functionally hold the currency therein, at best. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,148,550 to Niedfeld discloses a money pocket that is fastened to an internal surface of a greeting card. U.S. Pat. No. 6,978,562 to Frenkel discloses a greeting card elaborately constructed to secure a check or currency therein. The prior art allows for the convenience of giving money as a present contemporaneously with the greeting card, however, the present involves little, if any thought on the giver's part, as the greeting card simply functions as a conduit for transferring money to a recipient. Essentially, the giver of the “present” realizes that all he or she has done is stick money in a card. Therefore, the recipient may view the present as an impersonal or a rushed gift.
Accordingly, there exists a need for a greeting card that transcends the purely currency-holding, functional aspect of the prior art to allow both the giver and the recipient to feel good about the gift.
The present invention is a greeting card that uses the artwork inherent in the currency as an integral part of the artwork of the card to deliver an intended message to a recipient. The card of the present invention is not just a holder for the money, but utilizes visual indicia, such as the face on the currency as the person actually speaking the card's message using a cartoon speech balloon, or callout. Therefore, the currency is involved in conveying the card's message. The novelty of the message being given by a fine engraved portrait of a distinguished historical public figure, with the added intrinsic value of the currency, helps both the giver and the recipient to feel good about the gift.
A desirable embodiment greeting card for holding currency includes (a) a print medium having a first and second side, wherein the print medium includes a first fold line; (b) means (e.g., adhesive, a flap, a cut-out, a notch, clip, etc.) for securing the currency to the first side of the print medium to allow a visual indicia depicted on the currency to remain visible after the currency has been secured to the first side; (c) an opening defined within the print medium, wherein the opening allows the visual indicia of the currency to be visible therethrough when the print medium is folded along the first fold line; and (d) a first message printed on the second side of the print medium, wherein the first message is associated with the visual indicia.
The print media may be constructed of card stock, paper, cardboard, or any other suitable material. The first message is printed in a callout, or conversational balloon that is visually linked to the visual indicia of the currency. The callout may include a tail that extends therefrom and is directed toward the opening. Desirably, the opening is either substantially circular or polygonal. More specifically, the opening is sized to substantially correspond to the size of the visual indicia such that the visual indicia are visible and the remainder of the currency is obstructed by the greeting card when the greeting card is folded along the first fold line. A visual guide may be printed on the first side indicating an area in which the currency is to be positioned so as to align the visual indicia with the opening. The first message may appear on a front of the greeting card when the greeting card is folded along the first fold line.
In a desirable embodiment, the greeting card further includes a second fold line such that the first and second fold lines define a first, second, and third panel of the greeting card. Having three separate panels allows a second message to be printed on the first panel, the means for securing the currency to be defined on the second panel, and the callout to be printed on the third panel. Accordingly, the first panel may cover the visual indicia when the greeting card is folded along the first fold line.
Still other desirable features of the invention will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading and understanding the following detailed description, taken with the accompanying drawings.
For purposes of the description hereinafter, spatial or directional terms shall relate to the invention as it is oriented in the drawing figures. However, it is to be understood that the invention may assume various alternative variations, except where expressly specified to the contrary. It is also to be understood that the specific apparatus illustrated in the attached drawings, and described in the following specification, is simply an exemplary embodiment of the invention. Hence, specific dimensions and other physical characteristics related to the embodiments disclosed herein are not to be considered as limiting, unless otherwise indicated.
With reference to
The greeting card 10 includes at least one fold line, such as first fold line 16, so that the greeting card 10 may be folded along the first fold line 16. The greeting card 10, as shown in the accompanying figures, includes another fold line, such as second fold line 18. The greeting card 10 may also be folded along the second fold line 18. The first fold line 16 and the second fold line 18 define a first panel 20, a second panel 22, and a third panel 24 on the greeting card 10. Although the desirable embodiment greeting card 10 includes two folds and three panels, it is to be understood that other greeting cards, having similar novel features as the greeting card 10, may be constructed as a single fold card having a single fold line or a multiple fold card having more than two fold lines. Furthermore, the fold lines of such cards may be defined to provide various folding arrangements. For example, although the greeting card 10 is shown to have fold lines 16, 18 defining substantially equal first, second, and third panels 20, 22, 24, other greeting cards may also include two fold lines that result in a 25/50/25 split of panels (e.g., a greeting card whose left and right panels fold in toward each other and meet in the center of a middle panel). Furthermore, it is envisioned that the greeting card 10 and derivatives thereof may embody identifiable markings to indicate areas in which a fold is to be made. Accordingly, the greeting card 10 may forego any pre-foldings thereof to allow a card giver to fold the card themselves. Therefore, the creative element of the card is further increased.
The desirable embodiment of greeting card 10 is adapted to secure currency 26 therein. Desirably, the currency 26 is a paper bill, such as a five-dollar United States Federal Reserve note. However, it is to be understood that other paper bills of various denominations and/or of foreign origin may also be used in connection with the greeting card 10. The currency 26, depending on the type of currency, may include one or more visual indicia 28. For example, United States currency generally includes a portrait of an individual, namely a United States historical figure, such as Abraham Lincoln. Other visual indicia may include, but are not limited to, the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle, a monument (e.g., The White House). The various visual indicia 28 may be depicted on the front and/or back sides of the currency 26. In an alternative embodiment, the currency 26 may also be coinage, which may also include various visual indicia on opposite sides thereof.
The greeting card 10 also includes an opening 30 defined within the print medium and, more specifically, on the third panel 24 through the first side 12 and the second side 14 thereof. The opening 30 allows the visual indicia 28 of the currency to be visible therethrough when the greeting card 10 is folded along the second fold line 18. The opening 30 may assume any suitable shape including, but not limited to, substantially circular or polygonal. Desirably, the opening 30 is sized to substantially correspond to the size of the visual indicia 28 such that the visual indicia 28 are visible and the remainder of the currency 26 is obstructed by the greeting card 10 when the greeting card is folded along the second fold line 18. For example, as shown in
As shown in
In the desirable embodiment, the greeting card 10 includes a first message 38 printed on the second side 14. As shown in
Other parts of artwork or lettering of the currency 26 may be used as the visual indicia 28 appearing through the opening 30. For example, the Great Seal may be used in conjunction with text that indicates that a message from the President is contained inside the greeting card 10. This visual arrangement gives the greeting card an official look. After the greeting card 10 is opened, the President turns out to be the one pictured on the currency 26 whose message is in the callout 40 associated with that currency 26.
In an alternative embodiment, the visual indicia 28 appearing through the opening 30 may be integrated into artwork appearing on the third panel 24 of the second side 14 of the greeting card 10. For example, although the exemplary greeting card 10 discussed herein is designed to display the head of a person pictured on the currency 26 in connection with a callout 40, other variations of displaying the head may be implemented. For example, a Christmas tree may be depicted on the third panel 24 of the second side 14 of the greeting card 10. The Christmas tree may include a variety of tree ornamentation, such as hanging bulb or ball ornaments. One of the bulb or ball ornaments depicted on the Christmas tree may correspond to the opening 30. Therefore, the visual indicia 28, such as a head of the individual depicted on the currency 26, would show through the opening 30 and appear to be a part of the Christmas tree. In addition, the Christmas tree may have a conversational balloon associated with it, which would give the appearance that the Christmas tree or the head in the Christmas tree is speaking. It is to be understood that other themes, including other holiday themes, may be used in connection with the present invention. For example, an Easter card may utilize the opening 30 in the form of an Easter egg. Still, in another embodiment, the opening 30 may be in the form of a present and a ribbon corresponding to the present may be printed above the opening 30.
In the desirable embodiment, as shown in
It is to be understood that the greeting card 10 may be embodied in a variety of configurations. This includes, but is not limited to, the folds or the orientation of the various components inherent in the card. Thus, the novel features discussed herein may be incorporated into any suitable card regardless of the initial greeting, conversational balloon, and type of currency used in connection with the greeting card 10. In an alternative embodiment, the callout 40 may be empty (i.e., no predefined text) to allow the card giver to write a personalized message within the callout 40. Accordingly, the creative element of the card is further increased. The present invention may also be modified such that instead of currency, a photograph is secured within the greeting card 10 and a head or full-figure of an individual depicted in the photograph appears through a respective opening of the greeting card 10.
The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. Modifications, combinations and alterations will occur to others upon reading the preceding detailed description. It is intended that the invention be construed as including all such modifications, combinations and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.
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