Flexible drive shaft for greeting cards and the like

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...

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Hauptverfasser:	Pavlu, Jr., Robert R, Wallen, Thomas A, Bowen, Douglas M, Covey, Robert A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ADVERTISING BEARINGS BLASTING BOOK COVERS BOOKBINDING CRYPTOGRAPHY DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR DISPLAY DISPLAYING EDUCATION ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FILES FLEXIBLE SHAFTS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LABELS OR NAME-PLATES LIGHTING LOOSE LEAVES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITYFEATURES PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOTOTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS SEALS SHAFTS SIGNS SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	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.