{"id":3311,"date":"2022-12-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3311"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:56:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T14:56:04","slug":"holiday-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=3311","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every year growing up a favorite aunt would send us a paper Advent calendar to help us count down the days until Christmas (and her holiday visit).  When I eventually had a family of my own, we purchased a wooden box with 25 little doors, and had fun filling it with little toys and candies for our children to open each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As much fun as we have had with Advent calendars, I really shouldn&#8217;t have been surprised at the wide variety of forms that these calendars take in the U.S. patent collection, but I was and perhaps you will be too.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image.png 325w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Patent No. 3109252 covers an Advent calendar in the form of a lamp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3313\" width=\"327\" height=\"289\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Patent No. 5058296 covers a stair-shaped Advent calendar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3314\" width=\"383\" height=\"480\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Patent No. 9809043 covers a tree-shaped Advent calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3316\" width=\"294\" height=\"473\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U,S. Patent No. 9809043 also covers a snowman-shaped Advent calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5.png 401w, https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-5-238x300.png 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Patent No. D788849 protects this house-shaped Advent calendar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year growing up a favorite aunt would send us a paper Advent calendar to help us count down the days until Christmas (and her holiday visit). 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