Bilingual doll

• US 6,554,616 B1
• Filed: 12/14/2000
• Issued: 04/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fluent Baby, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fluent Baby, Inc.
• Inventors: Love, Tru
• Primary Examiner(s): Ackun, Jacob K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Bena B.
• Application Number:
  US09/737,979
• Time in Patent Office: 866 Days
• Field of Search: 434/156, 434/157, 434/167, 434/169, 434/309, 434/393, 434/219, 434/226, 446/297, 446/300, 446/301
• US Class Current: 434/157
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/28 Arrangements of sound-producing means in dolls; Means in dolls for producing sounds
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/04 with audible presentation of the material to be studied sound recording or reproducing G11B

Abstract

This invention relates generally to the field of toy action figures, principally toy dolls and, more particularly, to dolls constructed for teaching young children specifically desired and selected words or phrases of a language other than the primary language spoken in the home. Accessories that can be used in combination with the toy for the enhanced learning of a language are also contemplated.

Claims

1. A bilingual educational toy for teaching a language comprising:

(a) at least one sensor or switch located on a portion of said toy;

(b) an audio playback means within a portion of said toy with a plurality of words or phrases contained thereon in a foreign language and English wherein said audio means is activated by said sensor or switch;

(c) wings having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the wings have a plurality of colors selected from the group consisting of red, blue, yellow, green, purple, gray, white, pink orange, brown and black, and the sensor, having one of the plurality of colors located thereon that activates the audio playback means to emit the name of the corresponding color located on the sensor, the name of the color is said in the foreign language and in English,

(d) a power source contained within said toy.

2. The toy according to claim 1 wherein said toy is a doll.

3. The toy according to claim 1 wherein said toy has a flexible body comprising arms, legs, torso and head.

4. The toy according to claim 1 wherein said plurality of words or phrases is repeated twice in a foreign language and twice in English.

5. The toy according to claim 1 wherein said switch is an electro-mechanical switch.

6. A bilingual educational toy for teaching a language comprising:

(a) at least one sensor or switch located on a portion of said toy;

(b) an audio playback means within a portion of said toy with a plurality of words or phrases contained thereon in a foreign language and English wherein said audio means is activated by said sensor or switch;

(c) wings having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the wings have a plurality of shapes selected from the group consisting of squares, rectangles, circles, ovals, triangles, diamonds, stars and crescents, and the sensor, having one of the plurality of shapes located thereon that activates the audio playback means to emit the name of the corresponding shape located on the sensor, the name of the shape is said in the foreign language and in English

(d) a power source contained within said toy.

7. The toy according to claim 6 wherein said toy is a doll.

8. The toy according to claim 6 wherein said toy has a flexible body comprising arms, legs, torso and head.

9. The toy according to claim 6 wherein said plurality of words or phrases is repeated twice in a foreign language and twice in English.

10. The toy according to claim 6 wherein said switch is an electro-mechanical switch.

11. A bilingual educational toy for teaching a language comprising:

(a) at least one sensor or switch located on a portion of said toy;

(b) an audio playback means within a portion of said toy with a plurality of words or phrases contained thereon in a foreign language and English wherein said audio means is activated by said sensor or switch;

(c) wings having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the wings have a plurality of numbers selected from the group consisting of 1-20, and the sensor, having one of the plurality of numbers located thereon that activates the audio playback means to emit the name of the corresponding number located on the sensor, the name of the number is said in the foreign language and in English,

(d) a power source contained within said toy.

12. The toy according to claim 11 wherein said toy is a doll.

13. The toy according to claim 11 wherein said toy has a flexible body comprising arms, legs, torso and head.

14. The toy according to claim 11 wherein said plurality of words or phrases is repeated twice in a foreign language and twice in English.

15. The toy according to claim 11 wherein said switch is an electro-mechanical switch.