Toy play set

• US 20030025505A1
• Filed: 07/30/2002
• Published: 02/06/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
• Original Assignee: Peter Ar-Fu Lam
• Inventors: Lam, Peter Ar-Fu
• Application Number:
  US10/208,346
• Publication Number:
  US 20030025505A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 324/426
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/182 for components
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/183 for circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/70 having a plurality of operating members associated with different sets of contacts, e.g. keyboard mounting together a plurality of independent switches H02B
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2009/0221 the switches being fixed to the operator's hand, e.g. integrated in a glove or fixed to a ring
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2207/026 Pressure contact
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/026 Hook and loop
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2223/04 portable; hand held

Abstract

A toy play set comprising a master toy member and two or more accessory toy members. The master toy member comprises a power source, an audio driving circuit, an audio transducer and one or more receivers. Each of said accessory toy member is configured to receive power from said master toy member by contact and to provide visual response and/or an audio sound through a speaker located at said master toy member.

Claims

1. A toy play set comprising:

a master toy member having a processor, a sound transducer and at least two receivers each provides at least two contact terminals for interfacing an external accessory toy member;

at least first and second accessory toy members each having at least two contact terminals to interface with said receivers for said processor to provide a different response according to a programmed play pattern; and

one or more cards configured to position on top of said receivers;

each of said card is further provided with at least two holes aligned in position with at least two of said receivers for that receivers to receive an external accessory toy member.

2. A toy play set comprising:

a master toy member having a processor, a sound transducer and at least two receivers each provides at least two contact terminals for interfacing an external accessory toy member;

at least first and second accessory toy members each represents a different real life article;

each of said accessory toy members having at least two contact terminals to interface with said receivers for said processor to provide a different response according to a programmed play pattern.

3. The toy play set of claim 2 further comprising one or more cards configured to position on top of said receivers;

each of said cards is further provided with at least two holes aligned in position with at least two of said receivers for that receivers to receive an external accessory toy member.

4. The toy play set of claim 2 wherein each of said cards comprises an identifier configured to enable said processor to identify the nature of said cards.

5. The toy play set of claim 2 wherein said accessory toy members are identified by resistors or capacitors of 10% or finer resolution.

6. The toy play set of claim 2 wherein the shape of the holes are different for two of said cards enabling each of said cards to work with a different group of accessory toy members.

7. A toy play set comprising:

a processor;

a power source;

memory means representing a program to define the play pattern of said toy set;

a sound transducer;

a set of accessory toy members each having a personality different from each other, each accessory toy members comprises at least two contact terminals;

two or more receivers, each configured with at least two mating contact terminals for interfacing with a member of said accessory toys; and

two or more cards each defines a different play theme or play patterns to work with at least one of said accessory toy members.

8. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein said toy play set comprises at least four receivers arranged on a plane.

9. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein any of said cards comprises a hole aligned in position with any of said receivers for receiving an accessory toy member.

10. The toy play set of claim 8 wherein the electrical circuits connected to said receivers are arranged in a matrix form for interfacing or controlling by said processor.

11. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein at least two of said cards comprise identifiers configured for identity recognition by said processor.

12. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein at lease one accessory toy member represents a real life article.

13. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein at least one accessory toy member is in the shape of a three dimensional article.

14. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein said memory means is represented by an external plug in cartridge.

15. The toy play set of claim 7 comprising at less two different groups of accessory toy members, each dedicated to a different play theme.

16. The toy play set of claim 15 wherein each accessory toy member group has a different foot print identity.

17. The toy play set of claim 16 further comprising at least two cards each having holes with shape matching the different foot print identities of said accessory toy member groups.

18. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein said processor, sound transducer and receivers forms a master toy unit;

and each accessory toy member comprises an IC for sending identification or signal represents a sound to said master toy unit through the contact terminals of said receivers.

19. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein said processor, sound transducer and receiver forms a master toy unit;

and each accessory toy member comprises a resistor or capacitor for identifying the characteristics of said accessory toy member.

20. The toy play set of claim 19 wherein said accessory toy members are identified according to resistors or capacitors of 10% or finer resolution.

21. The toy play set of claim 7 further comprising two or more trigger switches, wherein each trigger switch corresponds to a specific receiver.

22. The toy play set of claim 7 wherein at least one accessory toy member comprises a light bulb, an LED or a motor to provides visual effects.

23. A toy play set comprising:

a power source;

a master toy member having a sound transducer;

a receiver having at least two contact terminals to provide to an external accessory toy members; and

first and second accessory toy members each having at least two contact terminals for interfacing with said receiver for powering up a voice IC, or a light transducer or a motion transducer located inside said corresponding accessory toy member;

wherein said first and second accessory toy members are of different personality defined by a different two dimensional picture or three dimensional article.