ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,268, issued on April 15.
"Book animation device" was invented by Paul Joseph Salazar (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A customizable book allows the integration of animation aids to engage readers and encourage them to interact with the story. The animation aids include a fire hose bubble blowing, puppet attachments, and apertures are configured to frame the face of a child and create the appearance of the child's face being in the book. The pages of the story may include illustrations to create the appearance that the user's face is positioned on top of a character's body. Puppet attachments may also be used and th...