Action doll

• US 6,193,580 B1
• Filed: 10/26/1998
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pragmatic Designs, Inc., The Albert Design Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pragmatic Designs, Inc.
• Inventors: Albert, Ross, Albert, Judy, Truchsess, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John A.
• Application Number:
  US09/178,662
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 446/26, 446/28, 446/175, 446/268, 446/297, 446/313, 446/320
• 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: A63H 3/36 Details; Accessories

Abstract

The present invention provides a toy doll for the amusement of a subject, that includes a torso, body, ahead and limbs, designed, sized and dimensioned for enabling the doll to be worn on the body of the subject in a position thereon sufficient for engaging in a “piggy back” and/or “horsey” style play. The child may engage the instant doll in such “piggy back” and/or “horse” style play, while in sitting, crawling and upright (or standing) play. The toy doll includes an electronic sound emanating module portions of which can be activated by releasably connecting one limb of the doll to another limb of the doll about the body of the subject. The doll includes a motion sensor including an averaging circuit for enabling substantially continuous sound such as galloping, while the doll is in motion. Optionally, the doll includes a tilt sensor for emanating a “neighing” sound when the longitudinal axis of the doll is tilted relative to the vertical axis.

Claims

1. A doll for the amusement of a child comprising:

detachably connectable limbs;

an electronic sound emanating module having a tilt motion sensor which is activated when the position of said doll changes from a substantially vertical position toward a horizontal position, said limbs and said module being designed to enable a child to engage in “

horsey”

or “

piggy-back”

style play with said doll; and

,

a circuit means for providing playback of sound when motion of said doll is detected through said motion sensor.

2. The doll of claim 1, wherein said detachably connectable limbs include a stretchable material.

3. The doll of claim 2 wherein said detachably connectable limbs further include detachable connectors at the extremities thereof.

4. The doll of claim 1 wherein said motion sensor includes detecting a bouncing motion of said doll.

5. The doll of claim 1 which includes means for continuous activation of at least a portion of said circuit means despite interruptions caused by brief pulses detected by said motion sensor.

6. The doll of claim 5 which includes a switch means having electrically conductible contacts fixed to the extremities of said limbs which are actuable when said limbs are placed into contact with one another.

7. The doll of claim 1, wherein the sound is a galloping sound.

8. The doll of claim 1, wherein the sound is a neighing sound.

9. A doll for the amusement of a child, said doll having a circuit in an electronic sound module and comprising:

a tilt motion sensor for detecting the motion of said doll and activating a sound when said child “

rears back”

in “

horsey”

or “

piggy-back”

play with said doll; and

circuit means providing continuous playback of said sound as long as motion is detected in said doll through said motion sensor, said motion sensor activating said circuit means.

10. The doll of claim 9 wherein the sound is a galloping sound or a neighing sound.