Three dimensional foam greeting cards

摘要

Three-dimensional lightweight foam greeting cards are described herein having a foam body with a perimeter wall that extends between two spaced apart parallel pieces of planar sheet material such as heavy gauge paper, cardboard, or other such material. The greeting cards have a partially hollowed foam body or one or more cavities in the foam body concealed in the front and back by the planar sheet material which may be pre-cut in the shape of the foam body are decorated consistent with the design of the foam body. The cavities in the foam body may contain various electronic components that enable the greeting card to produce sound and/or other special effects. The greeting cards may include various switch mechanisms that may be located and accessed through various locations on the foam greeting card body.

主权项

1. A greeting card comprising:
a greeting card body; an electronics module operative to store and playback a plurality of audio clips; a first switch which is an on/off switch operative to control power to the electronics module; a second switch which controls playback of the plurality of audio clips; wherein the second switch will not initiate playback of one of the plurality of audio clips until the greeting card body is rotated at least 180-degrees; wherein playback of each of the plurality of audio clips is pre-programmed such that each audio clip is different from the audio clip which is played either before it or after it in a sequence.