Reading toy

• US 5,795,213 A
• Filed: 04/22/1997
• Issued: 08/18/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Creation International Limited
• Original Assignee: General Creation International Limited
• Inventors: Goodwin, Richard P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUIR, DAVID N
• Application Number:
  US08/837,753
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 446/297, 446/397, 446/302, 446/298, 446/299, 446/72, 446/81, 434/169, 434/308, 434/178, 434/317
• US Class Current: 446/297
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/062 Combinations of audio and printed presentations, e.g. magnetically striped cards, talking books, magnetic tapes with printed texts thereon

Abstract

A portable toy having an audio signal producer is provided with a book. The book has a plurality of numbered pages containing parts of a story. The toy is provided with a plurality of pressure switches designating different pages of the book. When a particular pressure switch is depressed, the text of the corresponding page is read aloud through a speaker provided in the toy.

Claims

1. A learning device for audibly relating written material to a listener comprising:

(a) a book comprising;

(i) a first page containing a first written material, said first written material being capable of audio interpretation;

(ii) a second page containing a second written material, said second written material being capable of audio interpretation;

(b) a supplemental book comprising;

(i) a third page containing a third written material, said third written material being capable of audio interpretation;

(ii) a fourth page containing a fourth written material, said fourth written material being capable of audio interpretation;

(c) a portable toy having an interior, said portable toy comprising the following elements, at least several of which are within said interior;

(i) an electric power source;

(ii) a first actuator;

(iii) a second actuator;

(iv) a switch means having at least a first condition and a second condition; and

(v) a memory storage means for storing electronic data corresponding to the written material on said pages of the book and the supplemental book, which storage means is electronically connected to said switch means and said first and second actuators and produces audio signals including;

(1) a first audio signal upon actuation of said first actuator when said switch means is in said first condition;

(2) a second audio signal upon actuation of said second actuator when said switch means is in said first condition;

(3) a third audio signal upon actuation of said first actuator when said switch means is in said second condition; and

(4) a fourth audio signal upon actuation of said second actuator when said switch means is in said second condition;

(d) wherein said first audio signal is an audio interpretation of said first written material;

(e) wherein said second audio signal is an audio interpretation of said second written material;

(f) wherein said third audio signal is an audio interpretation of said third written material; and

(g) wherein said fourth audio signal is an audio interpretation of said fourth written material.

2. The learning device of claim 1, wherein said first written material is a first set of words, and wherein said second written material is a second set of words.

3. The learning device of claim 2, wherein said first set of words and said second set of words comprise a story.

4. The learning device of claim 1, wherein said portable toy further comprises:

(a) a body;

(b) a head secured to said body; and

(c) at least one eye secured to said head.

5. The learning device of claim 4, further comprising:

(a) a leg secured to said body;

(b) a foot secured to said leg; and

(c) wherein said first actuator and said second actuator are located on said foot.

6. The learning device of claim 5, wherein said portable toy is a doll.

7. The learning device of claim 5, wherein said portable toy is a bear.

8. The learning device of claim 1, further comprising a remote control system comprising:

(a) a remote actuator identified by said first symbol;

(b) means coupled to said remote actuator for generating a wireless signal upon actuation of said remote actuator; and

(c) means coupled to said signal producing means for receiving said wireless signal.

9. The learning device of claim 8, further comprising a supplemental remote actuator, identified by said second symbol, and coupled to said wireless signal generating means.

10. The learning device of claim 1, wherein said third written material is a third set of words and said fourth written material is a fourth set of words.

11. The learning device of claim 10, wherein said third set of words and said fourth set of words comprise a story.

12. The learning device of claim 1, wherein a first symbol is provided on said first page, a second symbol is provided on second page, and said first symbol and said second symbol are page numbers corresponding to said first actuator and said second actuator respectively.