Patents Assigned to Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
  • Patent number: 7670074
    Abstract: A video slide projection book is shown. The video slide projection book has a front cover and a back cover connected to the front cover at a binding. A plurality of pages are interposed between the front cover and the back cover and are connected to the binding. The video slide projection book also has a projector configured to accept a video slide source. The projector is configured to have a casing defining an interior volume; a circuit positioned in the interior volume and a lens. A holder is connected to the back cover wherein the holder is configured to accept the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Julia Sabbagh
  • Patent number: 7217055
    Abstract: A video slide projection book is shown. The video slide projection book has a front cover and a back cover connected to the front cover at a binding. A plurality of pages are interposed between the front cover and the back cover and are connected to the binding. The video slide projection book also has a projector configured to accept a video slide source. The projector is configured to have a casing defining an interior volume; a circuit positioned in the interior volume and a lens. A holder is connected to the back cover wherein the holder is configured to accept the projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Julia Sabbagh
  • Patent number: 6234534
    Abstract: A book-toy combination, comprising a front cover, a back cover, and a plurality of pages therebetween, the front cover, back cover and plurality of pages being bound along one side thereof; an elongated member coupled to at least one of the front cover, the back cover, and at least one of the plurality of pages, the elongated member extending away from a periphery of the front cover, the back cover, and the at least one of the plurality of pages; and at least one element sliding along the elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Candy Warren
  • Patent number: 5954518
    Abstract: A children's book including a front cover, a back cover, and at least one leaf positioned between the front cover and the back cover. A spine portion of the book connects the front cover, the leaf and the back cover. The book further includes at least one attachment arrangement and at least one rotation member. The front cover, the leaf, and/or the back cover has at least one cut-out portion. The rotating member is rotatably connected to a respective front cover, back cover and/or leaf by positioned within the cut-out portion using the attachment arrangement so that the rotating member is rotatable about an axis extending along a plane of the book.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing, Inc.
    Inventor: Ira Teichberg
  • Patent number: 5895305
    Abstract: A book wherein one or more of the covers or pages or binding is provided with a track, and a toy figure is movably coupled to the track. For this purpose, the cover(s) or page(s) which attach the toy figure have sufficient structural integrity to support the toy figure and the movement of the toy figure along the track. Preferably, the track is provided along the edge or periphery of a cover or page so that the toy figure may be moved around the periphery of the book even when the book is closed. The toy figure preferably takes the shape of an animal or other creature which is the subject of a story in the book. In this way, a young reader can easily correlate the movable toy figure with the story. The book is particularly useful in encouraging children to read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: Reader's Digest Children's Publishing Inc.
    Inventors: David Stewart Cowley, Michael J. Morris