Patents Assigned to John J. Arnold
  • Patent number: 5841878
    Abstract: A collectible article provides a multimedia representation of a desired subject. Such multimedia representation will include a visual representation of the subject appearing on at least a portion of the article. In addition to such visual media, an audible sound segment, reproducible and selectively activated as desired by an activation switch. The article is advantageously of compact, card-like format, and can be user personalized by permitting the recording, and selective playback, of a sound segment corresponding to the visually depicted image appearing on a portion thereof. The article may optionally include a space reserved for receiving an autograph. By carrying the article to places where there may be a likelihood of encountering the depicted celebrity, the owner will have same at hand for personalization by the figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: John J. Arnold
    Inventors: John J. Arnold, Lawrence I. Wechsler