Patent Application
20110167686
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to greeting cards, and more particularly, to a greeting card having a record sleeve to receive phonographic audio discs therein and the ability to mail greeting card by way of a detachable mailing sleeve 2. Description of the Prior Art
With the advent of worldwide manufacture and distribution of Compact Audio Discs (known as CDS) in the mid-80s, and the subsequent mass consumer acceptance of CDS by the early 1990s, major record companies rapidly replaced vinyl configurations of catalogues with CD reissues. However, in the process they eliminated the manufacture and distribution of 45s. And secondly, by the early 1990′s, they totally ceased manufacture and distribution of vinyl 33⅓ LPS.
Since the bulk of a label's 45-singles were released over the past 50 years, such product was therefore also marked for extinction, unless initially released as part of a CD-artist compilation, or thereafter, subject to limited licensing to third- parties, i.e. for films or occasionally, for commercials. This resulted in a minimizing of vast back-catalogue sales potential. At the same time, the copyright-holders and music publishers of such songs that were contained on these previously released vinyl-catalogues suffered an equally negative result.
The present invention provides a means to recycle inactive record catalogues beyond the former conventions by reissuing them in a unique and novel reissue-device.
In U.S. Pat. No. 6,003,254 (December/1999) to Lorber The greeting card having a record sleeve for receiving an audio disc permits a functionally new recycling purpose that distinguishes it from previously utilized ordinary standard record sleeves and greeting cards no removsable flap on which to place a mailing label is shown.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,101,973 (April/1992) to Martinez, a CD enclosure with a removable flap on which a mailing label may be placed is shown. No die-cut adaptation to expose indicia on the disc received is disclosed.
There is thus a need for a combined greeting card and record sleeve in a side-fold design, incorporating in the front-sheet a phonographic record-sleeve as a pocket in which to receive an audio disc with a central die-cut to expose the label or logo of the disc received; and a back-sheet of relative size and dimension to the front-sheet on which is contained on the inside panel general greeting card indicia with a side flap abutting the back-sheet as a detachable folded portion on which to place a mailing label.
It is an object of this invention to provide a unique way to include a prerecorded audio disc in a greeting card.
It is the object of this invention to provide a greeting card when combined with a record sleeve can receive a prerecorded audio disc reflecting a portion of the greeting card indicia.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a die-cut portion of the greeting card to provide the purchaser with a way to view the label of the audio disc contained that will suggest an indication of such indicia without opening the package, and therefore, as a further objective, protecting the retailer against theft or destruction of merchandise.
Another object is to provide a device affording a novel and unique means of recycling record catalogues.
Another object is to provide a means of mailing the device.
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Referring now to FIG. 2., the front sheet (1.2) is unseen but depicted in
Although illustrative embodiments of the invention have been described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to those precise embodiments and that various other changes, modifications, juxtapositions and substitutions may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of this invention.
In accordance with the teaching of my invention,
