System for automated performance of sound recordings

Description

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of a system for automated performance recordings showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of an alternate embodiment of a system for automated performance of sound recordings; other corresponding views are identical of FIGS. 2-6.

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Patent History
Patent number: D421254
Type: Grant
Filed: May 5, 1998
Date of Patent: Feb 29, 2000
Assignee: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated (Kansas, MO)
Inventors: David Welty (Shawnee, KS), Michael J. Bigg (Kansas, MO), Jimmy J. D. Leeper (Leawood, KS)
Primary Examiner: Prabhakar Deshmukh
Law Firm: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
Application Number: 0/87,564
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/124
International Classification: 1403;