Modular device for playing pranks
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A remotely actuated amusement system for playing pranks comprising:
- at least two trigger modules each including means for detecting the occurrence of a different activating event and means for generating a common trigger signal in response thereto;
at least two action modules each housed apart from the trigger modules and including means for performing a prank in response to the trigger signal, each action module further including a battery for providing power to the action module means and to a cable, wherein different action modules include means for performing different pranks; and
a cable electrically interconnecting a selected one of the trigger modules and a selected one of the action modules.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system of remotely actuated novelty devices is disclosed having triggering and actuating components packaged in separate, interchangeable modules. The system includes several interchangeable trigger modules, each of which detects the occurrence of an activating event and in response generates a trigger signal of finite duration, and several interchangeable action modules, each of which performs a prank in response to a trigger signal. Each action module includes a battery that powers the action module and any trigger module connected to it.
60 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. A remotely actuated amusement system for playing pranks comprising:
-
at least two trigger modules each including means for detecting the occurrence of a different activating event and means for generating a common trigger signal in response thereto; at least two action modules each housed apart from the trigger modules and including means for performing a prank in response to the trigger signal, each action module further including a battery for providing power to the action module means and to a cable, wherein different action modules include means for performing different pranks; and a cable electrically interconnecting a selected one of the trigger modules and a selected one of the action modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
14. A method of constructing and using a remotely actuated amusement device for playing pranks, the method comprising the steps of:
-
selecting a trigger module from a group of at least two different trigger modules, wherein each trigger module includes means for detecting the occurrence of an activating event and means for generating a trigger signal in response thereto, and wherein different trigger modules include means for detecting the occurrence of different activating events; selecting an action module from a group of at least two different action modules, wherein each action module includes action means for performing a prank in response to the trigger signal and further includes a battery for providing power to the action means and to a cable, and wherein different action modules include means for performing different pranks; electrically interconnecting the selected trigger module and the selected action module; and
thenplaying the prank by performing the activating event.
-
-
15. A remotely actuated amusement device for playing pranks comprising:
-
a trigger module including means for detecting the occurrence of an activating event and means for generating a trigger signal of finite duration in response thereto; an action module housed apart from the trigger module and including action means for performing a prank in response to the trigger signal, and further including a battery coupled to the action means and to a cable; a timer interconnected between the trigger module and the action module and including means for delaying the transmission of the trigger signal from the trigger module to the action module by a predetermined time; and a cable electrically interconnecting the trigger module, the action module, and the timer.
-
-
16. A remotely actuated amusement device for playing pranks comprising:
-
an infrared emitting device including means for generating an infrared emission; a trigger module housed apart from the infrared emitting device and including means for detecting the infrared emission, wherein the trigger module includes detector means responsive to the infrared emission for generating a trigger signal of finite duration in response thereto; an action module housed apart from the trigger module and the infrared emitting device and including action means for performing a prank in response to the trigger signal, and further including a battery coupled to the action means and to a cable; a cable electrically interconnecting the trigger module and the action module.
-
Specification