ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,380, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to FUNKO LLC (Everett, Wash.).

"Greeting devices for presenting a media item and associated methods for manufacturing such devices" was invented by Thomas M. Carsello (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Greeting devices are described herein. In some embodiments, a greeting device includes a first shell, a second shell, and a hinge pivotally coupling the first shell to the second shell. The first shell can be configured to carry or house a first substrate, and/or the second shell can be configured to carry or house second substrate. One or both of the first and second substrates can be configur...