INTERACTIVE BALL

• US 20140309063A1
• Filed: 04/10/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kleber Molina
• Original Assignee: Kleber Molina
• Inventors: Molina, Kleber
• Application Number:
  US13/860,287
• Publication Number:
  US 20140309063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/570
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 1/26 for automatically producing a series of tones
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2220/135 Musical aspects of games or videogames; Musical instrument-shaped game input interfaces game background music G10H2210/026; musical game scoring or performance evaluation G10H2210/091
• CPC Class Codes: G10H 2230/055 Spint toy, i.e. specifically designed for children, e.g. adapted for smaller fingers or simplified in some way; Musical instrument-shaped game input interfaces with simplified control features

Abstract

An interactive ball that may project a sound. The interactive ball may include a ball with an audio chip and a speaker. The interactive ball may further include an activation device. When in use, the ball may be thrown from a presenter to an audience member, between two participants, or used individually. The audience member or participant may receive the ball and activate the activation device. A sound may then project from the speaker, which may include a message.

Claims

1. An interactive ball comprising:

an upper half;

a lower half that attaches to the upper half to form the interactive ball;

an audio chip attached within the upper half and the lower half;

a speaker that projects the audio from the audio chip, attached within the upper half and the lower half;

an activation device that activates the audio chip; and

a battery that powers the audio chip.

2. The interactive ball of claim 1, further comprising a bracket that secures the speaker within the ball.

3. The interactive ball of claim 2, further comprising an inner ball upper half and an inner ball lower half attached together within the upper half and the lower half, wherein the bracket, the audio chip, the speaker, and the battery are secured within the inner ball upper half and the inner ball lower half.

4. The interactive ball of claim 3, further comprising water in between the inner ball and the interactive ball.

5. The interactive ball of claim 1, wherein the upper half comprises sound openings.

6. The interactive ball of claim 2, wherein the upper half and the inner upper half comprises sound openings.

7. The interactive ball of claim 1, further comprising a port protruding through the surface of the interactive ball.

8. The interactive ball of claim 6, wherein the port is used for at least one of charging the battery and uploading sound bites to the audio chip.

9. The interactive ball of claim 1, wherein the activation device is a button protruding from the surface of the ball.

10. The interactive ball of claim 1, wherein the upper half and lower half are made of a compressible material.

11. A method of using the device of claim 7 comprising:

tossing the device from a first user to a second user;

pressing the button protruding from the surface of the ball;

listening to a sound projection from the ball; and

tossing the device to another user.