Children's sound book

• US 20030057696A1
• Filed: 09/27/2001
• Published: 03/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Winnie Yip
• Original Assignee: Winnie Yip
• Inventors: Yip, Winnie
• Granted Patent: US 6,641,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 281/29
• CPC Class Codes: B42D 1/00 Books or other bound products match books A24F27/12; picture books with additional toy effects A63H33/38; indexing features B42F21/00; educational or demonstration appliances G09B, e.g. textbooks for teaching foreign languages G09B19/08

Abstract

This invention relates to children'"'"'s sound books and in particular to books having a fabric covering with sound chips positioned therein and an overlapping cover which closes and locks due to hook and loop fasteners. This invention involves a folding cloth covered book that is appealing to children, pleasant to touch and stretches out into an elongated representation of the book subject matter. Sound chips and a controller are mounted between cloth layers and are coupled to a controller similarly mounted to emit sounds when a particular representation is contacted. The books are intended for children 6 months old and above

Claims

1. A sound book for small children having representations which emit corresponding sounds upon touch comprising:

a rear fabric portion having elongated sides and curved end portions having edges;

a front fabric portion having edges sewn to the rear fabric portion edges and having a plurality of raised representations mounted at predetermined locations thereon;

a plurality of sound means to emit a sound each mounted beneath a raised representation to which the sound corresponds;

a controller activated by touching a particular representation to cause sounds to be emitted from the particular chip corresponding to the representation; and

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means coupling the controller to the sound means.

2. A sound book for small children having representations that emits corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 1 further including:

batteries mounted within the controller to provide a power source;

a removable fabric portion on the front fabric portion having hook and loop fasteners; and

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mating hook and loop fasteners on the front fabric portion to engage the hook and loop fasteners of the removable fabric portion;

wherein the controller is mounted beneath the removable fabric portion.

3. A sound book for small children having representations that emits corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 2 further including:

a layer of insulating material mounted between the front fabric portion and the rear fabric portion.

4. A sound book for small children having representations that emit corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 2 wherein:

the front and rear fabric portions include transverse folds forming two folds such that the rear portions overlap and cover the front fabric portion.

5. A sound book for small children having representations that emit corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 4 wherein:

the fold on the front fabric portion includes a hook and loop fastener; and

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the opposite fold on the rear fabric portion includes a hook and loop fastener to engage the fastener on the overlapping front fabric portion.

6. A sound book for small children having representations that emit corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

the sound means comprises a sound chip.

7. A sound book for small children having representations that emit corresponding sounds upon touch in accordance with claim 1 wherein:

the sound means comprises a microphone.