Smart stuffed toy with air flow ventilation system

• US 8,801,490 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2013
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lcaip, LLC
• Original Assignee: Lcaip, LLC
• Inventors: Achan, Leonard Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): HARPER, TRAMAR YONG
• Application Number:
  US13/856,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20130225033A1
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: 542/3, 297/188.14, 446/72
• US Class Current: 446/72
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 2200/00 Computerized interactive toys, e.g. dolls
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/001 simulating physiological processes, e.g. heartbeat, breathing or fever with fluid ingestion or emission A63H3/24
• 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 3/006 provided with electrical lighting electrical lighting F21
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/02 made of fabrics or stuffed

Abstract

A smart stuffed toy 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 toy to provide air circulation and reduce the settlement of carbon dioxide. The air ventilation device comprises no blades or safe fan blades. Preferably, the front torso surface covering the air flow ventilation device is made of material different from the remaining surfaces of the smart stuffed toy.

Claims

1. A smart stuffed toy, comprising:

a head, limbs, and a torso portion;

an air flow ventilation device embedded within the torso portion for providing air circulation through a front torso surface of the torso portion covering the ventilation device;

wherein the ventilation device reduces settlement of carbon dioxide within immediate proximity of the smart stuffed toy;

wherein the ventilation device is accessible through the torso portion; and

wherein the front torso surface covering the ventilation device is made of material different from remaining surfaces of the smart stuffed toy to permit the air to flow from the ventilation device and through the front torso surface.

2. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the front torso surface is made of air permeable material.

3. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the front torso surface is made of plastic, PVC or rubber with slits or holes to permit air to flow through the front surface.

4. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the ventilation device comprises no blades to safely locate the smart stuffed toy within immediate proximity of an infant or child.

5. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the ventilation device comprises safe fan blades to safely locate the smart stuffed toy within immediate proximity of an infant or child.

6. The smart stuffed toy of claim 5, further comprising a speaker and a microphone to facilitate two-way communications with the wireless remote device.

7. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, further comprising a control unit to control and operate the ventilation device at multiple speeds.

8. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, further comprising an overheating shutoff device to shut off the air flow ventilation device to prevent overheating.

9. The smart stuffed toy 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.

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

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

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

and wherein the wireless remote device is at least one of the following;

a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi enabled device.

13. The smart stuffed toy of claim 12, 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.

14. The smart stuffed toy of claim 12, 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;

and wherein the wireless remote device generates an alarm when the detected carbon dioxide level exceeds a predetermined threshold.

15. The smart stuffed toy of claim 12, further comprising a temperature sensor embedded within one of the limbs for measuring temperature and transmitting measured temperature to the wireless remote device;

and wherein the wireless remote device generates an alarm when the measure temperature is outside a predetermined temperature range.

16. The smart stuffed toy of claim 12, wherein the wireless remote device communicates with the smart stuffed toy over the Internet.

17. The smart stuffed toy 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.

18. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the ventilation device comprises speed selector buttons or a speed dial selector to operate the ventilation device at multiple speeds.

19. The smart stuffed toy of claim 1, wherein the ventilation device comprises a timer to control operational duration of the ventilation device.

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