CHILD'S GAME AND INTERACTIVE BOOK

• US 20200129849A1
• Filed: 10/23/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2018
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Olga Dragunsky
• Original Assignee: Olga Dragunsky
• Inventors: Dragunsky, Olga
• Application Number:
  US16/661,618
• Publication Number:
  US 20200129849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00299 designed as a book
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/247 audible, e.g. using a loudspeaker
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2476 Speech or voice synthesisers, e.g. using a speech chip
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0612 Electronic puzzles
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0666 matching elementary shapes to corresponding holes
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/38 Picture books with additional toy effects, e.g. pop-up or slide displays picture books B42D1/00

Abstract

A matching game for a young child to play with a supervising adult. The game comprises a game board having a plurality of differently-sized and shaped recesses, each recess including a realistic or cartoon-like mother farm animal depiction and part of a sound switch pairing specific for the mother farm animal depiction with a plurality of differently sized and shaped baby farm animal game pieces, each having part of a sound switch pairing adapted for matching with the sound switch pairing for the mother farm animal depiction so that, when properly matched and joined together, will cause a sound indicative for the mother farm animal to be emitted. The game further includes means for storing the plurality of farm animal sounds from the game board and powering the sound playing means.

Claims

1. A matching game for a young child to play with a supervising adult, said matching game comprising:

(a) a game board having a plurality of differently-sized and shaped recesses, each recess including a mother farm animal depiction and part of a sound switch pairing specific for the mother farm animal depiction;

(b) a plurality of differently sized and shaped game pieces, each game piece including a baby farm animal depiction and part of a sound switch pairing adapted for matching with the sound switch pairing for the mother farm animal depiction that, when properly matched up and joined together on the game board will cause a sound to be emitted, said sound being indicative for the mother farm animal depiction; and

(c) means for storing a plurality of sounds for the plurality of farm animals and emitting from the game board the sound for the mother farm animal depiction when the baby farm animal game piece is properly situated in the matching mother farm animal recess.

2. The matching game of claim 1, which further includes battery powered means for activating the game board to play the stored sound for the mother farm animal and baby farm animal pairing when the sound switch pairing for the baby farm animal game piece is properly positioned in the matching mother farm animal recess.

3. The matching game of claim 1 wherein one or more of the baby farm animal game pieces are provided with a section of outer surface at least partially covered with a tactile material indicative of the farm animal being depicted.

4. The matching game of claim 3 wherein the baby farm animal is a mammal selected from the group consisting of a horse, a sheep, a cow, a cat, a dog, a goat and a pig, and the tactile material on the section of outer surface of the baby farm animal game piece is a fur typically associated with the farm animal.

5. The matching game of claim 3 wherein the baby farm animal is a bird selected from the group consisting of a chicken, a bird and a duck and the tactile material on the section of the outer surface of the baby farm animal game piece is a feather-based covering.

6. The matching game of claim 1 wherein the mother farm animal depiction and the baby farm animal depiction are realistic renderings of actual farm animals.

7. The matching game of claim 1 wherein the mother farm animal depiction and the baby farm animal depiction are cartoon-like caricatures of actual farm animals.

8. The matching game of claim 1 wherein the stored sound is selected from the group consisting of:

a cat'"'"'s mew, a dog'"'"'s bark, a horse'"'"'s whinney, a cow'"'"'s moo, a sheep'"'"'s baa, a goat'"'"'s bleat, a pig'"'"'s oink, a duck'"'"'s quack, a chicken'"'"'s cluck and a bird'"'"'s chirp.

9. The matching game of claim 1 wherein the mother farm animal depiction extends at least partially into the recess in the game board.

10. The matching game of claim 1 wherein the young child is about 30 months old or less.

11. A matching game for a young child to play with a supervising adult, said matching game comprising:

(a) a plurality of differently-sized and shaped mother animal recesses in a master game board that can be folded to close, said master game board including electronics for playing a precise animal sound when game pieces are properly combined therein, each mother animal recess including a depiction of a mother farm animal and part of a sound switch pairing specific for the mother farm animal depicted thereon;

(b) a plurality of differently sized and shaped baby animal game pieces, each baby game piece including a baby farm animal depiction and part of a sound switch pairing adapted for matching with the sound switch pairing for the mother animal card that, when properly matched up and joined together in a correct orientation will cause a sound to be emitted, said sound being indicative for the mother and baby farm animal depicted;

(c) means for storing a plurality of sounds for the plurality of mother and baby farm animals with powering means to effect a sound emission when the proper mother animal recess and the proper baby animal game piece are matched and connected.

12. The matching game of claim 11 wherein one or more of the baby animal game pieces are provided with a section of outer surface at least partially covered with a material indicative of an outer skin for the baby animal being depicted.

13. The matching game of claim 12 wherein the outer skin material is artificial.

14. The matching game of claim 11 wherein the mother animal card depicted is selected from the group consisting of a horse, a sheep, a cow, a cat, a dog, a goat, a pig, a bird, a chicken and a duck.

15. The matching game of claim 11 wherein the mother farm animal depiction and the baby farm animal depiction are realistic renderings of actual farm animals.

16. The matching game of claim 11 wherein the mother farm animal depiction and the baby farm animal depiction are cartoon-like caricatures of actual farm animals.