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Deformable sound-generating electronic toy

  • US 5,816,885 A
  • Filed: 02/05/1997
  • Issued: 10/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy for generating sounds, the toy comprising:

  • a deformable body of the toy having an interior and which changes shapes with the shape depending on external pressure applied thereto;

    means for recording sounds by storing the sounds as audio signals having a predetermined playback rate;

    a sound-reproducing device in the toy body interior for playing back the recorded sounds with the device being responsive to changes in shape of the body as it is being deformed by external pressure to vary the recorded sounds being played back; and

    a mechanism of the sound reproducing device for varying the playback rate of the stored audio signals for the sounds being played back by the sound-reproducing device from their predetermined playback ratethe playback rate varying mechanism including a substantially rigid mechanical actuator member in the interior of the toy body and which shifts in response to changes in shape of the body with the shifting of the rigid actuator member controlling the playback rate so that the playback rate varies depending on the extent of shifting of the actuator member as caused by the changing shape of the body.

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