Babysitter toy for watching and instructing child

• US 4,777,938 A
• Filed: 05/02/1986
• Issued: 10/18/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vladimir Sirota
• Original Assignee: Vladimir Sirota
• Inventors: Sirota, Vladimir
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Keegan, Timothy J.
• Application Number:
  US06/858,913
• Time in Patent Office: 900 Days
• Field of Search: 128/1 C, 128/706, 128/707, 446/301, 446/342, 369/19, 369/31, 340/573, 340/575, 434/86
• US Class Current: 600/27
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0027 by the hearing sense
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2021/0061 Simulated heartbeat pulsed or modulated
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 21/00 Other devices or methods to cause a change in the state of consciousness; Devices for producing or ending sleep by mechanical, optical, or acoustical means, e.g. for hypnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/005 Parameter used as control input for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/06 Heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/001 simulating physiological processes, e.g. heartbeat, breathing or fever with fluid ingestion or emission A63H3/24
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/3094 Doctors' instruments

Abstract

A toy having an element which forms a message such that a person under its influence feels an urge to fall asleep, and a sending element which senses a signal from the person when he or she does not sleep and then activates the message forming element, so that the latter not only tells stories or fairy tales but also puts a user to sleep. One of the messages can be a lullaby. The toy can also be actuated by the pulse beat of the user, and the pulse beat data can be displayed so that the toy simultanesouly serves as a medical instrument.

Claims

1. A babysitter toy for watching a child during an unlimited time period, comprising:

(a) message producing means for producing a plurality of different behavioral messages and child instructional messages;

(b) activating means for initiating operation of the message producing means;

(c) condition sensing means for sensing at least one condition of a child and, responsive thereto, causing the activating means to activate the message producing means to produce an instructional message;

(d) a clock timer for programming said plurality of child behavioral messages and for causing said activating means to activate the message producing means to produce different child behavioral messages; and

(e) means for recording said child behavioral messages.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein said condition sensing means senses an awakened condition of a child and causes activation of said activating means for activating said message producing means to produce a message to cause said child to go back to sleep.

3. The invention of claim 2, wherein the message producing means produces a visual message.

4. The invention of claim 3, wherein the visual message comprises a light which dims in intensity over a period of time.

5. The invention claim 4, wherein the message producing means produces a light which dims in intensity but does not completely extinguish.

6. The invention of claim 2, wherein the message producing means produces an audio message and a visual message.

7. The invention of claim 1, wherein the message producing means produces a "Go to sleep" visual message, and further comprising a toy figure connected to the message producing means, the "Go to sleep" visual message being transmitted by the toy figure.

8. The invention of claim 1, wherein the condition sensing means senses a pulse condition of the child.

9. The invention of claim 8, wherein the condition sensing means comprises means for visually displaying the pulse condition of the child.

10. The invention of claim 8, wherein the condition sensing means is adjustable to respond to a pulse condition within a desired range of pulses.

11. The invention of claim 8, wherein the condition sensing means responds only to a pulse condition of a child within a normal range of pulses of a child, and does not respond to a pulse condition of an adult within a normal range of pulses of an adult.

12. The invention of claim 11, wherein the condition sensing means senses a pulse condition of an adult after the adult has exercised to increase their pulse rate.

13. The invention of claim 7, further comprising support means for alternatively supporting any one of a plurality of toy figures of diverse outward appearances.

14. The invention of claim 13, further comprising an additional message producing means located remotely from said support means, and means communicating signals from said support means to said additional message producing means.

15. The invention of claim 1, wherein the condition sensing means senses a physical condition of a child, and further comprising display means connected with the condition sensing means to display the physical condition of a child sensed by the condition sensing means.

16. The invention of claim 1, wherein the condition sensed is a pulse condition and the condition sensing means senses the pulse condition within a predetermined range of pulses and does not sense the pulse condition outside of the predetermined range of pulses.

17. The invention of claim 11, wherein the condition sensing means senses a pulse condition of an adult with an abnormally high pulse rate.

18. The invention of claim 1, wherein said clock timer is connected with said activating means so as to actuate said activating means and therefore initiate operation of the message producing means at a predetermined time.