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Apparatus for producing audible sounds in response to visual indicia

  • US 5,803,748 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electronic book comprising a plurality of leaves forming pages of said book, at least one of said leaves including an internal passageway having an opening thereinto along an edge of said at least one leaf;

  • a flexible substrate having an elongated finger segment and a tail segment, said flexible substrate being arranged so that said elongated finger segment extends into said internal passageway through said opening in said one leaf and said tail segment is external of said internal passageway;

    a switch circuit formed on said flexible substrate, said switch circuit having at least one switch located on said elongated finger segment in said internal passageway and operable in response to pressure applied to said at least one leaf overlying said switch, and said switch circuit having an external portion located on said tail segment of said flexible substrate; and

    sound generating means operatively connected to said external portion of said switch circuit for generating an audible sound in response to operation of said switch.

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