Musical entertainment doll

• US 6,454,627 B1
• Filed: 04/30/2001
• Issued: 09/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fantasy World Enterprises Limited
• Original Assignee: Well Creation Limited
• Inventors: Mak, Danny Wai Keung
• Primary Examiner(s): Banks, Derris H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cegielnik, Urszula M
• Application Number:
  US09/845,607
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: 446/175, 446/369, 446/297, 446/143, 446/408, 446/485, 446/484, 446/303, 446/302, 446/301, 446/300, 446/299, 446/298, 446/390, 434/228, 434/230, 434/231, 434/232, 844/70.R, 844/71.R, 844/78, 844/77.R, 844/79.A
• US Class Current: 446/369
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/003 specially adapted for a particular function not connected with dolls as electric lighting devices A63H3/006
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds

Abstract

A child'"'"'s portable toy having an audio signal producer is provided with a plurality of pressure switches designating different tones of a fixed interval scale. When one of the pressure switches is depressed, the sound of a corresponding tone is produced through a speaker provided in the toy so that a child may play a melody thereon.

Claims

1. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones comprising a portable toy having an interior and comprising the following elements at least some of which are within said interior:

a) an electrical power source;

b) manually actuable means to initiate said power source;

c) a plurality of switch means that can be activated by a child;

d) a signal producing means coupled to said plurality of switch means for producing a different electrical signal depending upon which switch means is actuated by the child;

e) a sound producing means for receiving said electrical signals from said signal producing means and for producing a different musical note for each of said electrical signals received;

f) means to couple said signal producing means to said sound producing means and to said power source;

g) a body;

h) a head secured to said body;

i) two arms each with an associated hand secured to said body;

j) two legs each with a top surface;

k) an appendage resembling a piano keyboard and associated with said top surfaces of said legs;

l) an exterior substantially made of plush material ; and

m) a music card comprising a generally rectangular page containing written material, said material being capable of audio musical interpretation.

2. A child'"'"'s toy as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means by which to mount said music card on said toy wherein said means comprises two corner pockets mounted on each of said hands and corresponding to the shape of said page.

3. A child'"'"'s toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein location of each of said switch means is identified by a symbol on said toy.

4. A child'"'"'s toy as claimed in claim 2 further comprising:

a) a location of each of said switch means is identified by a symbol on said toy;

b) a plurality of symbols identifying said switch means are located on said appendage resembling a piano keyboard; and

c) said written material contained by said music card comprises indicia corresponding with musical tones of a tune and said symbols located on said appendage resembling a piano keyboard.

5. A child'"'"'s toy as claimed in claim 1 wherein said switch means are in the form of a plurality of pressure switches.

6. A child'"'"'s toy as claimed in claim 5 wherein each of said plurality of pressure switches is located adjacent to one of each of a plurality of simulated keys on said appendage resembling a piano keyboard.

7. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones comprising:

a) an interior comprising a sound assembly comprising an electrical power source, a plurality of switch means, a signal producing means coupled to said plurality of switch means for producing a different electrical signal depending upon which switch means is actuated, a sound producing means for receiving said electrical signals from said signal producing means and for producing a different musical note for each of said electrical signals received, and means to couple said signal producing means to said sound producing means and to said power source;

b) an exterior comprising a soft material covering, the shape of a teddy bear with a head, two arms, two hands, two legs, an appendage resembling a piano keyboard associated with said legs, at least one music card and a music card holder associated with said hands;

c) manually actuable means to initiate said power source accessible from said exterior;

d) said appendage resembling a piano keyboard further comprising a plush exterior decorated with a plurality of simulated keys and an interior which includes each of said plurality of switch means located interior and adjacent to each of said plurality of simulated keys; and

e) said music card holder further comprising a generally rectangular shape with four corners and pockets at each of said corners for detachably securing said music card.

8. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones comprising:

a) an exterior comprising;

1) a head;

2) two hands;

3) two legs each with a top surface;

4) an appendage resembling a piano keyboard attached to said top surface of each said leg and decorated with eight simulated piano keys; and

5) a covering made substantially of soft material;

b) an interior comprising;

1) an electrical power source including a manual means for initiating said power source;

2) a plurality of pressure switches located in said appendage resembling a piano keyboard;

3) a signal producing means coupled to said plurality of pressure switches for producing a different electrical signal depending upon which switch is actuated;

4) a sound producing means for receiving said electrical signals from said signal producing means and for producing a different musical note for each of said electrical signals received;

5) means to couple said signal producing means to said sound producing means and to said power source; and

6) soft material.; and

c) a music card of generally rectangular shape.

9. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a music card holder attached to said hands.

10. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones as claimed in claim 9 further comprising a plurality of written symbols on said card each said symbol corresponding to a musical tune.

11. A child'"'"'s toy for audibly producing musical tones as claimed in claim 10 wherein each of said simulated keys further comprises a symbol which corresponds to said symbols on said music care and said music card holder further comprises two pockets near each hand into which said music card can be detachably secured.