CN101208143A

CN101208143A - Interactive book with detachable pop-up device

Info

Publication number: CN101208143A
Application number: CNA2006800190584A
Authority: CN
Inventors: S·C·普雷斯科特
Original assignee: TRANSGLOBAL COMM
Current assignee: TRANSGLOBAL COMM
Priority date: 2006-06-19
Filing date: 2006-09-25
Publication date: 2008-06-25
Also published as: WO2007149110A1; US20090318052A1; US20070293118A1; CA2605212A1

Abstract

A foldable consumer product (10), such as a pop-up book or card, has a plurality of pages and a detachable toy (14), mask or other interactive amusement device attached to at least one of the pages. The detachable device is configured to pop-up or open upon exposing at least one of the pages, and may be thematically related to the subject matter of the book or card (10).

Description

The interactive book that has detachable pop-up device

Technical field

Relate generally to of the present invention is used for children's interactive book, and more specifically relates to the interactive book that has the detachable pop-up device that is incorporated into book.

Background technology

Carried out multiple trial and introduced reading for children and make that reading experience more stimulates and happiness, particularly for child.Found that illustration has played important function for the reading interest that attracts and keep children.Therefore, children's story books provides big colour pitcture to illustrate theme or background is carried out.Pop-up book is father and mother and children's popular selection, because these pop-up book are included as the hinged pop-up device that children provide surprised and amusement.When pop-up device was incorporated in the book physically, the ability of stimulation children's imagination was subjected to the restriction of current obtainable pop-up book.

Summary of the invention

The present invention physically is incorporated into book by for example removable pop-up device of toy, mask or other amusement equipment and has improved commercially available pop-up book, and when the hinge of page or leaf upset and book was opened, pop-up device was opened and/or is projected into outside the book.Open in case equipment is outstanding, then it can from book separate and independently for children the user plays or with their reciprocation.In the situation of mask, it can be worn, and in the situation of toy or amusement equipment, it can be for playing.Removable pop-up device of the present invention also can theme on theme with book relevant.In this way, children or user's imagination is further stimulated and is brought up to and exceeded general reading experience.In case for playing or reciprocation, it can be re-attached to book to be used for use/amusement in the future as pop-up feature to removable equipment.The present invention can carry out and be not restricted to book in many ways, but can use with multiple other execution.

According to an aspect of the present invention, interactive book has at least one foldable surface and the amusement equipment that are configured to appear suddenly or open when foldable surface is launched.Amusement equipment comprise the interactive device that is configured to separate and be re-attached to from interactive book interactive book.

According to another aspect of the present invention, but but the using method with consumer goods of pop-up device relevant with reading material on reading material and the theme comprises: make reading material as seen but the consumer goods are orientated as, but open or expose pop-up device relevant on the theme with reading material, pop-up device is removed from the consumer goods, play pop-up device and pop-up device is re-attached to consumer device to reuse.

According to another aspect more of the present invention, interactive book comprises device that is used for folding and expansion foldable surface and the device that is used for the amusement reader.Entertainment device is configured to appear suddenly or open when foldable surface is launched.Entertainment device comprises and is used for the interactive device with the reader, and interactive device is configured to separate and be re-attached to interactive book from interactive book.

Additional features of the present invention, advantage and embodiment can be illustrated from considering following detailed description, accompanying drawing and claims or be obvious.In addition, will be appreciated that aforesaid summary of the present invention and following detailed description are exemplary and intended to further explanation is provided and do not limit scope of the present invention as requiring.

Description of drawings

Comprised accompanying drawing providing further understanding of the present invention, accompanying drawing is incorporated in this specification and the part of book as an illustration, illustrate embodiments of the invention and with describe one in detail and be used from and explain principle of the present invention.Do not attempt to compare the present invention and illustrate in greater detail CONSTRUCTED SPECIFICATION of the present invention the basic comprehension of its multiple mode that can carry out wherein is required.

Each figure is:

Fig. 1 shows the pop-up book according to principles of construction of the present invention, and these writing materials have the pop-up device of the mask form that is connected to book separably;

Fig. 2 shows the detachable mask of separating from book of Fig. 1; With

Fig. 3 shows the pop-up book of Fig. 1 and does not have mask.

The specific embodiment

Embodiments of the invention and various features thereof and favourable details reference are described in the drawings and/or non-limiting example illustrated and that describe in detail in following description and example are explained more completely.It should be noted that illustrated in the accompanying drawings feature is drawn not essentially in proportion, and the feature of an embodiment can use with other embodiment, as one of ordinary skill in the art will recognize, even state ambiguously at this.The parts of having known and the description of treatment technology are omitted can blur embodiments of the invention necessarily.Only being intended to be convenient to understand the present invention at this employed example can be in the mode of its practice, and is intended to further make persons skilled in the art can put into practice embodiments of the invention.Therefore, example and embodiment should not be construed as the scope of the present invention that restriction is only limited by subsidiary claims and applicable law at this.In addition, attention is that similarly reference number has been represented similar part in the view of all several accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 shows the pop-up book that has detachable object according to an embodiment of the invention, and object has the form of the mask that is connected to book.Pop-up book 10 can comprise conventional blocking or book made of paper 12 and detachable mask 14.Though Fig. 1 illustrates book 10, the present invention can use have collapsible and the surface of opening hiding and detachable object be shown, for example in the object of any kind of mask 14.Therefore, the present invention is not restricted to and has the page or leaf and the conventional book of front cover, but can be applied to any other equipment, for example hinged turnover type consumer goods, for example collapsible and the greeting card of opening.In the embodiment in figure 1, product is a popular pop-up book 10 in children.

But pop-up book 10 can have a plurality of pages or leaves that have readable print, text, figure or other illustrations on it.Fig. 1 shows page or leaf 30a, the 30b of two adjacency, and they can fold and be connected to along transverse edge 28a the hinge of book.As be known in the art, object 14 can be configured to open or be projected into outside the book when the linkwork of the bookbinding of book 12 is opened with exposure page or leaf 30a and 30b.For example, as shown in Figure 1, detachable mask 14 is folding along

folding x wire

16a, 16b, 16c, makes that detachable mask 14 can separate and be projected into outside page 30a and the 30b at least in part when book 12 is opened with exposure page or

leaf

30a and 30b.

Detachable mask 14 can use attachment mechanism to be attached to book 12, and attachment mechanism can be the mechanism that can separably detachable mask 14 be connected to book 12 of any kind.For example, Fig. 2 shows the first securing member 20a, the 20b on the rear surface that is formed on detachable mask 14, and Fig. 3 shows the second securing member 32a, the 32b that is formed on surperficial 30a, the 30b, and they can be bonded together removedly so that mask 14 is attached to book 12 and separates from book 12.Securing member can be the hook or the circle type securing member of any kind, for example is those securing members that trade mark is sold with VELCRO.Separable connection by any kind of the present invention imagination comprises fastener, magnet, clip, Post-it class glue or any other adhesive or other attachment mechanism that is known in the art, and is suitable for the separable connection of purpose described herein with formation.Neither necessarily detachable mask 14 be attached to two page or leaf 30a, 30b.For example, detachable object 14 may be attached to only page or leaf, as long as the section construction at least of detachable mask 14 is for appearing suddenly or open when exposing page or

leaf

30a or 30b.

Though detachable object is depicted as the form with mask 14, but it can have any interactive device, toy (for example building, animal, personage, car, bus, ship, train, aircraft, rocket ship etc.), or any form of any other amusement equipment.Detachable object can with theme (for example printing material) theme of book 12 on relevant, to increase children or other users' study experience or imagination.For example, book 12 can be about interesting animal, for example elephant or monkey, and mask 14 can be respectively attracting elephant or monkey mask, with the imagination that stimulates children and the experience of playing.Therefore, in Fig. 1, detachable object 14 is elephant face tools, and children can separate it and be worn on his or his the face from book 12.

Opening

26a, 26b are with respect to wearer's eyes location.Mask 14 can be equipped with elastic webbing 24 so that mask 14 is fixed on wearer's face.Elastic webbing 24 may be tied to hole 22a, 22b.Mask 14 can have notch portion, and notch portion has near die-cut piece 18a, the

18b form hole

22a, 22b, its can be along

fold line

16b and 16c to palintrope so that the more comfortable cooperation to wearer's face to be provided.Behind the mask 14 of having played, children or his or his father and mother can easily be re-attached to book 12 with mask 14, to use as pop-up device once more.

Fig. 1 shows securing member 20a, the 20b that is formed on

notch portion

18a, 18b, but the position of securing

member

20a, 20b can change.For example the detachable object of mask 14 can be formed by the material of any kind, is for example formed by paper, plate, plastics etc.From above also should be clear that, detachable object 14 can have the shape or the form of any kind.For example the detachable object of mask 12 also may be attached to pop-up device, and pop-up device self regularly or be removably attached to book self.

Fig. 2 shows the observation at the rear portion of the mask 14 that separates from book 12.Fig. 3 shows the book 12 of no mask 14.As this illustrate, securing member 20a, the 20b of mask 14 is arranged as mutual complementation to form separable the connection with securing member 32a, the 32b of book 12.Also as mentioned above, elastic webbing 24 is connected to by

hole

22a, 22b and cuts part 18a, 18b.Die-

cut piece

18a, 18b can be crooked backward to be provided at the wearer's face better fit.

Though the present invention describes according to exemplary embodiments, one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be with the practice of the modification in the spirit and scope of subsidiary claims.For example, though the present invention in this formal description and diagram with book, it can be implemented with multiple other equipment, for example hinged, the turnover type consumer goods (for example greeting card etc.).These the above example that provides only be exemplary and mean that do not have the ground of omission listed of the present invention might design, embodiment, application or modification.

Claims

1. interactive book, it comprises:

At least one foldable surface; With

Be configured to the amusement equipment appearing suddenly or open when foldable surface is launched, described amusement equipment comprise the interactive device that is configured to separate and be re-attached to from interactive book interactive book.

2. interactive book according to claim 1, wherein the theme with interactive book is relevant on the amusement equipment theme.

3. interactive book according to claim 1 comprises that further attachment equipment is repeatedly to separate interactive device and to be re-attached to interactive book.

4. interactive book according to claim 3, wherein said amusement equipment are at least one in hook or circle type securing member, fastener, magnet, clip and the viscous adhesive.

5. interactive book according to claim 1, wherein said interactive device are mask or toy.

6. interactive book according to claim 5, wherein said mask comprise the opening of arranging corresponding to wearer's eyes.

7. interactive book according to claim 6, wherein said mask comprise the side part and further comprise the elastic webbing of the described side part that is connected to mask.

8. interactive book according to claim 7, wherein said mask further comprise the sheet on the side part that is arranged in mask, and described is connected to described elastic webbing and is configured to when mask is placed on the wearer's face crooked backward.

9. interactive book according to claim 1, wherein said amusement equipment further comprise regularly or are connected to removedly at least one pop-up device of foldable surface and interactive book.

But but 10. using method with consumer goods of pop-up device relevant on reading material and the theme with reading material, described method comprises:

(a) but the consumer goods orientated as make reading material as seen;

(b) but open or expose pop-up device relevant on the theme with reading material;

(c) pop-up device is removed from the consumer goods;

(d) pop-up device of playing; With

(e) pop-up device is re-attached to consumer device to reuse.

11. method according to claim 10, wherein the consumer goods are book, card or toy.

12. method according to claim 11, wherein pop-up device is mask or toy.

13. method according to claim 12, the step of the pop-up device of wherein playing comprises wears mask.

14. method according to claim 11, the wherein said step of opening or exposing pop-up device comprises the one page in the page or leaf that opens book or card.

15. an interactive book comprises:

Be used for device folding and that launch foldable surface; With

The device that is used for the amusement reader, described entertainment device are configured to appear suddenly or open when foldable surface is launched and comprise and be used for the interactive device with the reader, and described interactive device is configured to separate and be re-attached to interactive book from interactive book.

16. interactive book according to claim 15, the theme with interactive book on the wherein said entertainment device theme is relevant.

17. interactive book according to claim 15 further comprises the separating device that is used for interactive apparatus is repeatedly separated and is re-attached to from interactive book interactive book.

18. interactive book according to claim 15, wherein said interactive device are mask or toy.

19. interactive book according to claim 18, wherein said mask comprises the device that is used to expose wearer's eyes.

20. further comprising, interactive book according to claim 19, wherein said mask be used for mask is placed on device on the wearer's face.

21. further comprising, interactive book according to claim 20, wherein said mask be used for mask cosily is engaged in device on the wearer's face.

22. interactive book according to claim 15, wherein said amusement equipment further comprise the attachment device that is used for the amusement reader, and described additional entertainment device is connected at least one of foldable surface and described interactive device regularly or removedly.