Musical toy

• US 20050095952A1
• Filed: 08/10/2004
• Published: 05/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Worldmind Limited
• Original Assignee: Worldmind Limited
• Inventors: Lai, Johnny Bong Wing
• Application Number:
  US10/915,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20050095952A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 446/408
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/22 Optical, colour, or shadow toys puzzles with optical elements A63F9/0613; kaleidoscopes G02B27/08
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 5/00 Musical or noise- producing devices for additional toy effects other than acoustical musical tops A63H1/28; sound-producing dolls A63H3/28; musical toy vehicles A63H17/268; acoustical vehicle-signalling devices A63H17/32; whistling toy locomotive arrangements A63H19/14; music, sound or noise production in general G10

Abstract

A musical toy, which includes several housing members having musical device elements arranged within the housing members. Each of the musical devices have, among other things a power supply and controlling switch. The musical device may include at least two musical chips. Each of the musical chips is provided within a different housing of the toy. The musical chips are connected electrically with power supply and a switch.

Claims

1. A musical toy, comprising:

at least a first housing and a second housing; and

a musical device associated with a power supply, a controlling switch, and at least a first musical chip and a second musical chip, said first musical chip being provided within the first housing and said second musical chip being provided within the second housing, said first and second musical chips being electrically connected with the power supply and the controlling switch, and said first and second musical chips having stored data that can be output through a speaker.

2. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the first and second musical chips are connected in series.

3. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the first and second musical chips are connected in parallel.

4. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the musical chip is connected with a motor, said motor being operatively connected with a movable part of the toy housing.

5. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the musical chip is connected with a motor, said motor being operatively connected with a luminous element in parallel.

6. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the power supply is a battery.

7. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the musical chip is a EM55300 chip.

8. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein the switch is connected with a remote device, said remote device is provided with at least a selection key and signal transmitting circuit, and said musical device is provided with signal receiving circuit corresponding to said signal transmitting device.

9. The musical toy of claim 1, wherein each musical chip is connected to a corresponding controlling switch.

10. A musical toy, comprising:

a plurality of housings; and

a musical device located within each housing, said musical device being electrically connected with a power supply and a switch having an on position and an off position, a signal receiver being operatively connected to the switch, at least a first musical chip having stored data, and a speaker associated with the musical chip such that the speaker can output the data, each musical device being operatively connected by a controller, said controller having a selective input element and a signal output element operatively connected to the selective input element, said signal output element configured to direct a plurality of signals to the signal receiver.

11. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein the plurality of signals are in the infrared frequency.

12. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein the musical device is electrically connected with a motor, said motor being mechanically connected with a movable element.

13. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein the musical device is electrically connected with a luminescent element.

14. The musical toy of claim 13, wherein the luminescent element is a light emitting diode.

15. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein each musical chip includes data that forms a musical arrangement, each of said musical arrangements forming part of a larger musical arrangement.

16. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein each musical chip includes a plurality of data that forms a plurality of musical arrangements, each of said plurality of musical arrangements forming parts of a plurality larger musical arrangements.

17. The musical toy of claim 16, wherein the remote control has a plurality of programs that may be selected with the selective input element, and each of the plurality of larger musical arrangements corresponds to at least one of the plurality of signals.

18. The musical toy of claim 10, wherein the signal receiver is a single unit located outside of the plurality of housings.