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Talking football

  • US 5,288,069 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1992
  • Issued: 02/22/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A talking, soft ball for children adapted for playing a game simulating the performance of a professional game, such as football or basketball, said ball comprising:

  • (a) an outer casing of flexible material having a shape appropriate to the game to be played;

    (b) a core of compressible material filling the casing; and

    (c) an electronic, self-sufficient module nested within the core at a position against an inner surface area of the casing, said module having housed therein an impact sensor generating a command signal upon impact of the ball, a miniature loudspeaker at a position in the module adjacent said inner surface, so that the sounds produced thereby can be heard, a battery power supply, and an integrated circuit chip powered by said supply and activated by said command signal, said chip including a solid-state memory in which is digitally stored different voices messages appropriate to the game, and readout means coupled to the memory which act when the chip is activated to then select at random one of said digitally-stored messages and to decode and amplify the selected message to produce a corresponding audio signal which is applied to said loudspeaker and reproduced thereby.

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