Children's sound book

• US 6,641,170 B2
• Filed: 09/27/2001
• Issued: 11/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Winnie Yip
• Original Assignee: Winnie Yip
• Inventors: Yip, Winnie
• Primary Examiner(s): Fridie, Jr., Willmon
• Application Number:
  US09/965,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20030057696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 768 Days
• Field of Search: 281/29, 281/36, 281/37, 281/51, 402/70, 402/73, 434/317, 434/327, 434/339, 434/169
• 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 sound means corresponding to the representation;

means coupling the controller to the sound means

batteries mounted within the controller to provide a power source;

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.