Interactive toy unicorn

• US 7,662,015 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2007
• Issued: 02/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Man Kit Hui
• Original Assignee: Man Kit Hui
• Inventors: Hui, Man Kit
• Primary Examiner(s): Laneau; Ronald
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
• Application Number:
  US11/842,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20090053969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 910 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 446/130
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 13/00 Toy figures with self-moving parts, with or without movement of the toy as a whole
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08

Abstract

An interactive toy unicorn is disclosed, where the unicorn can emit sounds and flap its wings. Pressing a button on the unicorn'"'"'s head, where this button also doubles as the unicorn'"'"'s horn, will trigger this functionality. Alternatively, the unicorn will emit sound and flap its wings if a magnet is placed over a magnetic switch located in the nose of the unicorn. This magnet can be placed inside of a toy wand, to give a magical effect to the toy unicorn. Lights can be placed inside the wings and light up when the wings flap.

Claims

1. A child'"'"'s toy comprising

a toy unicorn, where the unicorn resembles a horse with a horn on its head, wherein the head is attached to a body having four legs, and where the toy unicorn comprises a power source, a speaker, an integrated circuit, a button, a motor, a magnetic switch, and wings on said body,

where the power source supplies electricity to the integrated circuit

where the speaker and the motor are connected to the integrated circuit, and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the speaker causing it to emit sound and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the motor causing it to turn,

where the motor is connected to the wings, and when the motor turns, the wings flap up and down,

where the button is connected to the integrated circuit and, when the button is pressed, sends a signal to the integrated circuit where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both, and

where the magnetic switch is triggered by creating a magnetic field in close proximity to the magnetic switch, and where the magnetic switch is connected to the integrated circuit and, when the switch is activated, sends a signal to the integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both.

2. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the magnetic switch is located in a nose of the toy unicorn.

3. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the button is also the horn of the unicorn.

4. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the speaker emits sounds of a horse running.

5. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the speaker emits sounds of a horse neighing.

6. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the speaker is located in a abdomen of the toy unicorn.

7. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the toy unicorn has a lower power mode, and where the integrated circuit, when the toy unicorn is in the low power mode, will not respond to signals from the magnetic switch, but upon receiving a signal from the button, will once again respond to signals from the magnetic switch.

8. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the toy unicorn further comprises lights, where these lights are located in the wings, and where the lights are constantly lit while the wings are flapping.

9. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 1, where the toy unicorn further comprises lights, where these lights are located in the wings, and where the lights flash on and off while the wings are flapping.

10. A child'"'"'s toy comprising

a toy unicorn, where the unicorn resembles a horse with a horn on its head, wherein the head is attached to a body having four legs, and where the toy unicorn comprises a power source, a speaker, an integrated circuit, a button, a motor, a magnetic switch, and wings on said body,

where the power source supplies electricity to the integrated circuit

where the speaker and the motor are connected to the integrated circuit, and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the speaker causing it to emit sound and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the motor causing it to turn,

where the motor is connected to the wings, and when the motor turns, the wings flap up and down,

where the button is connected to the integrated circuit, the button is also the horn of the unicorn, and when the button is pressed, it sends a signal to the integrated circuit where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both, and

where the magnetic switch is triggered by creating a magnetic field in close proximity to the magnetic switch, the magnetic switch is located in a nose of the toy unicorn, where the magnetic switch is connected to the integrated circuit, and when the switch is activated, it sends a signal to the integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both.

11. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the speaker emits sounds of a horse running.

12. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the speaker emits sounds of a horse neighing.

13. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the speaker is located in a abdomen of the toy unicorn.

14. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the toy unicorn has a lower power mode, and where the integrated circuit, when the toy unicorn is in the low power mode, will not respond to signals from the magnetic switch, but upon receiving a signal from the button, will once again respond to signals from the magnetic switch.

15. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the toy unicorn further comprises lights, where these lights are located in the wings, and where the lights are constantly lit while the wings are flapping.

16. The child'"'"'s toy of claim 10, where the toy unicorn further comprises lights, where these lights are located in the wings, and where the lights flash on and off while the wings are flapping.

17. A child'"'"'s toy unicorn consisting of:

a head with an attached horn, wherein the head is attached to a body having four legs,

a power source, an integrated circuit, a button, a motor, a magnetic switch, a speaker, and wings on said body,

where the power source supplies electricity to the integrated circuit

where the speaker and the motor are connected to the integrated circuit, and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the speaker causing it to emit sound and where the integrated circuit can send a signal to the motor causing it to turn,

where the motor is connected to the wings, and when the motor turns, the wings flap up and down,

where the button is connected to the integrated circuit, the button is also the horn of the unicorn, and when the button is pressed, it sends a signal to the integrated circuit where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both, and

where the magnetic switch is triggered by creating a magnetic field in close proximity to the magnetic switch, the magnetic switch is located in a nose of the toy unicorn, where the magnetic switch is connected to the integrated circuit, and when the switch is activated, it sends a signal to the integrated circuit, where the integrated circuit, upon receiving this signal, causes the wings to flap, the speaker to emit sound, or both.