Child calming toy with rythmic stimulation
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1. A child pacifying doll, comprising:
- (a) a skin defining doll body configured and dimensioned to allow the doll body to be hugged;
(b) stuffing means disposed in said skin, and filling said skin into a soft doll body form and defining an internal volume within said doll body;
(c) a vibrator element having a mass, disposed in said internal volume; and
(d) an electromagnetic inertial pulsating device secured to said vibrator element, said inertial device having a vibrating mass coupled resiliently to the mass of the vibrator element and comprising switch means for sensing the proximity of a child and pulsating in response thereto.
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Abstract
A child calming device comprising, in accordance with the preferred embodiment, a stuffed animal (10) having a pocket (88) within which is contained a heart beat simulating transducer (12) is disclosed. The transducer is actuated by application of pressure to an actuator (22) which is coupled to a switch (30) which drives an electronic circuit (40) contained within the housing (14) of the simulator (12). The power of the "simulated" heart beats may be regulated by adjustment of a potentiometer via a knurled knob (98).
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1. A child pacifying doll, comprising:
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(a) a skin defining doll body configured and dimensioned to allow the doll body to be hugged; (b) stuffing means disposed in said skin, and filling said skin into a soft doll body form and defining an internal volume within said doll body; (c) a vibrator element having a mass, disposed in said internal volume; and (d) an electromagnetic inertial pulsating device secured to said vibrator element, said inertial device having a vibrating mass coupled resiliently to the mass of the vibrator element and comprising switch means for sensing the proximity of a child and pulsating in response thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A child pacifying doll, comprising:
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(a) a soft doll body; (b) pocket means associated with said body and defining a volume in said body, said pocket means opening to the outer surface of said body; (c) a casing disposed within said volume; (d) a vibrating member associated with said casing; (e) an electromagnet disposed in said casing; (f) a leaf spring for securing said electromagnet to said vibrating member at a position where said vibrating member is displaced by actuation of said electromagnet, said electromagnet and said vibrating member forming a pulsation assembly; and (g) means for securing said assembly to said casing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A child pacifying doll, comprising:
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(a) a soft doll body; (b) means defining an internal compartment in said body; (c) a bob weight disposed in said compartment; (d) magnetic means disposed in said compartment; (e) a leaf spring for securing said magnetic means to said bob weight at a position to be displaced by said magnetic means; (f) drive circuit means for applying pulses of electrical energy to said magnetic means sufficient to displace said bob weight with respect to said magnetic means only to extreme positions relative to each other where the two are still spaced apart from each other whereby movement occurs without impact; and (g) battery power supply means for powering said drive circuit means, said power supply means being positioned, configured, and dimensioned to be replaceable without destruction of any part of said doll. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A child pacifying doll, comprising:
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(a) a skin defining a doll body; (b) stuffing means disposed in said skin, and filling said skin into a soft doll body form and defining an internal volume within said doll body; (c) a vibrator element disposed in said internal volume; and (d) an electromagnetic inertial pulsating device secured to said vibrator element, said inertial device comprising; (i) a vibrating mass; (ii) spring means for coupling said vibrating mass resiliently to the vibrator element; (iii) electromagnetic means for displacing said vibrating mass with respect to said vibrator element; (iv) drive means for pulsing said electromagnetic means to cause pulsation of said pulsating device with pulses strong enough to cause said vibrating mass to move with respect to said vibrator element but not strong enough to cause said vibrating mass to experience impact; and (v) switch means for turning on said drive means. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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