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Toy telephone having phone number teaching system

  • US 6,010,339 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1999
  • Issued: 01/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A toy telephone comprising:

  • a housing having cradle and hand unit receivable therein and an interior.a keypad formed upon said housing having a plurality of depressible buttons, each formed of a light transmissive material, arranged upon said housing in a four row by three column matrix, said depressible buttons each having a symbol or number thereon and a downwardly extending post;

    a plurality of lights supported by said housing, one of said lights being supported beneath a selected one of said depressible buttons;

    a plurality of push button switches supported by said housing, one of said push button switches being supported beneath a selected one of said depressible buttons, each of said push button switches being supported beneath its respective one of said posts;

    a plurality of hinges each pivotally coupling one of said plurality of push buttons to said housing to define a raised position and a depressed position; and

    circuit means having a processor having an associated memory storing an instruction set, light driver matrix having an input coupled to said processor and a plurality of outputs coupled to said plurality of lights for selective exchanging each light, a switch matrix having an output coupled to said processor and a plurality of inputs coupled to said plurality of push button switches for selectively sensing each push button switch closure, and a program switch couple to said processor to select a program mode,said stored instruction set responding to said program mode to receive a home phone number inputted by the user and thereafter repeatedly lighting said lights in sequence corresponding to said telephone number and sensing whether a corresponding push button is depressed,whereby said toy telephone is able to receive, store and present a home phone number and sense a correct or incorrect push button depression on a repetitive basis to teach the user a home phone number.

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