Stepping musical machine

• US 3,922,944 A
• Filed: 08/12/1974
• Issued: 12/02/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Akira Matuki, Masatoshi Morikawa, Minoru Kurosaki, Okikazu Mogami, Tsutomu Nakamura, Yoshitomo Tsugu
• Original Assignee: Akira Matuki, Masatoshi Morikawa, Minoru Kurosaki, Okikazu Mogami, Tsutomu Nakamura, Yoshitomo Tsugu
• Inventors: Nakamura, Tsutomu, Kurosaki, Minoru, Matuki, Akira, Mogami, Okikazu, Tsugu, Yoshitomo, Morikawa, Masatoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hix, L. T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Witkowski, Stanley J.
• Application Number:
  US05/496,557
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 84/1.01,1.16,1.17,464,470,DIG.25,423,471,477R,478,483 119/1 200/85R,86.5,153C
• US Class Current: 84/721
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2208/12 specially adapted for children
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 5/00 Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical musical tops A63H1/28; sound-producing dolls A63H3/28; musical toy vehicles A63H17/268; acoustical vehicle-signalling devices A63H17/32; whistling toy locomotive arrangements A63H19/14; music, sound or noise production in general G10
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/348 Switches actuated by parts of the body other than fingers
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/341 Floor sensors, e.g. platform or groundsheet with sensors to detect foot position, balance or pressure, steps, stepping rhythm, dancing movements or jumping
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 84/25 Pedal clavier

Abstract

A stepping musical machine for physical and acoustic training of children such that stepping-boards are arranged on a jumpy sheet, a net or the like stretched in a taut condition and which is adapted so that when children jump on the stepping-boards while playing on the machine particular sounds corresponding to the respective stepping-boards are produced.

Claims

1. An educational and amusement musical device comprising, a base member comprising a horizontal surface where a person can walk around, a plurality of musical jumping boards mounted on a portion of said horizontal surface and spaced such that a person can selectively step on to selected musical jumping boards or can step on the portion of said surface not having musical jumping boards, means for supporting said musical jumping boards in such a manner that said musical jumping boards move up and down with their surfaces going down substantially in parallel with the horizontal surface of said base member when the person steps on said musical jumping boards at any position thereof, a plurality of musical tone producing means individually connected to individual jumping boards and respectively mounted in proximity to its respective jumping boards and the spatial arrangement of said plurality of jumping boards being spaced such that a person can selectively step on said horizontal surface during the selection of the next desired musical note, further including light means connected to and energized by said jumping boards as they are stepped upon, and wherein said light means comprises a plurality of light bulbs corresponding to the number of jumping boards which are respectively illuminated as a particular jumping board is stepped upon, a musical score formed on the upper surface of said base member and said plurality of light bulbs mounted on said musical score with each light bulb adjacent a respective jump board such that when it is illuminated it indicates on the musical score the note corresponding to its particular jumping board.