Smart stuffed animal with air flow ventilation system

• US 8,414,347 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Issued: 04/09/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lcaip, LLC
• Original Assignee: Lcaip, LLC
• Inventors: Levine, Susan, Achan, Leonard Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
• Application Number:
  US13/336,839
• Publication Number:
  US 20120164911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 542/3, 297/188.14, 446/72
• US Class Current: 446/178
• 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 3/02 made of fabrics or stuffed

Abstract

A smart stuffed animal includes a head portion, a torso portion and four limbs. An air flow ventilation device is embedded within the torso portion of the smart stuffed animal to provide air circulation and reduce the settlement of carbon dioxide. The air ventilation device comprises soft foam fan blades.

Claims

1. A smart stuffed animal, comprising:

a head, limbs, and a torso portion, a front surface of the torso portion being made of foam and remaining surfaces of the smart stuffed animal being made of hypoallergenic fur;

an air flow ventilation device embedded within the torso portion for providing air circulation through the front side of the torso portion made of foam and reducing settlement of carbon dioxide within immediate proximity of an infant or child, the air flow ventilation device being accessible through a slit on a rear surface of the torso portion; and

wherein the air flow ventilation device comprises foam fan blades to safely locate the smart stuffed animal within immediate proximity of the infant or child, a control unit to control and operate the foam fan blades at multiple speeds and an overheating shutoff device to shut off the air flow ventilation device to prevent overheating.

2. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a carbon dioxide detector embedded within one of the limbs for detecting carbon dioxide level and generating an alarm when the detected carbon dioxide level exceeds a predetermined threshold.

3. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a wireless remote device for providing two-way communications between a remote device and the smart stuffed animal.

4. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, wherein the wireless remote device is at least one of the following:

a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi enabled device.

5. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, further comprising a carbon dioxide detector embedded within one of the limbs for detecting carbon dioxide level and transmitting the detected carbon dioxide level to the wireless remote device.

6. The smart stuffed animal of claim 5, wherein the wireless remote device generates an alarm when the detected carbon dioxide level exceeds a predetermined threshold.

7. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, further comprising a temperature sensor embedded within one of the limbs for measuring temperature and transmitting measured temperature to the wireless remote device.

8. The smart stuffed animal of claim 7, wherein the wireless remote device generates an alarm when the measure temperature is outside a predetermined temperature range.

9. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, further comprising a speaker and a microphone.

10. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, wherein the wireless remote device communicates with the smart stuffed animal over the Internet.

11. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a port for connecting an audio device.

12. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a biorhythm maternal heart beat sound device embedded within the torso portion.

13. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a video camera for providing a video feed to a remote device via a wireless communications.

14. The smart stuffed animal of claim 3, wherein the wireless remote device is a portable hand held device, a tablet, a smart phone, a personal computer, a laptop or a net book.

15. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a connecting device to connect the smart stuffed animal to a crib or a car seat.

16. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a battery compartment embedded within the torso portion to removably house batteries for powering the air flow ventilation device, the battery compartment being accessible through the slit on the rear surface of the torso portion.

17. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a power jack for connecting a power cord.

18. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, wherein the air flow ventilation device comprises a micro-controller to operate the foam fan blades at multiple speeds through speed selector buttons or speed dial selector.

19. The smart stuffed animal of claim 18, wherein the air flow ventilation device further comprises a timer to control operational duration of the air flow ventilation device.

20. The smart stuffed animal of claim 1, further comprising a MP3 player or AM/FM radio embedded within the torso portion.