Patent ID: 8374878

Claim:
An audio envelope comprising: a four-sided envelope having three closed sides forming a cavity therein and one open side for inserting and removing items therefrom, the cavity being operative to contain and conceal a greeting card or other generally planar or low profile article placed therein; a flap connected to and integral with the four-sided envelope along a fold line, the flap having an envelope closing mechanism contained thereon operative to seal the one open side of the envelope thereby creating a closed cavity therein and an envelope opening mechanism located between the envelope closing mechanism and the fold line, a sound module fixedly attached to and concealed within the four-sided envelope, the sound module operative to store and playback at least one pre-recorded audio clip; a switch mechanism located across the fold line; whereby when the envelope is opened by the envelope opening mechanism and the flap is folded upwards along the fold line, the switch mechanism causes playback of the at least one pre-recorded audio clip.