Container with light and sound emitting function

Details Container with light and sound emitting function Container with light and sound emitting function

2001-06-12

2003-01-14

Yu, Mickey (Department: 3728)

Special receptacle or package

Combined or convertible

Including drinking vessel

C206S457000, C220S710500, C446S074000, C446S404000, C362S101000, C040S324000, C340S620000, C340S692000, C340S384700, C340S815690

Reexamination Certificate

active

06505734

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a container, and particularly to one which is provided with an electric circuits, a speaker, and light emitting equipments for emitting sound and light so that the container is relatively attractive and is interesting to use.
Many efforts have been made to make containers more attractive and interesting so that the containers have more popularity in the market. Referring to
FIG. 6
, a drinks container is provided with light and sound emitting device; the container includes a round containing member
10
, a base member
20
, a support leg
30
, mercury
40
, a photo resistor
50
and an electric circuit
80
. The bottom of the round containing member
10
is connected to the top end of the support leg
30
, and is provided with a vacuum room
101
having a substantially inverted-cone-shaped central lower part. The support leg
30
is hollow, and has a round hole
60
in the upper end portion. A photo resistor
50
is disposed in the round hole. Mercury
40
is movably received in the vacuum room
101
. The electric circuit
80
is secured to a bottom lid
70
of the base member
20
, and received in the base member
20
. Wires (not numbered) are passed through the support leg
30
to electrically connect the photo resistor
50
to the electric circuit
80
. The electric circuit
80
has a speaker, LED (light emitting diode) and a circuit board. When the container is moved to a sloping position in use, the mercury will move away from the inverted-cone-shaped central lower part of the vacuum room
101
, permitting light to come into contact with the photo resistor
50
for electricity to be able to pass through the photo resistor
50
. Thus, the speaker sends out sound, and the LED emits light. When the container is moved back to an upright position, the electric circuit
80
is cut off because the mercury moves back to the central lower part of the vacuum room
101
.
The container is attractive and interesting to use, however, it is difficult for the mercury to move to the position needed for activating the electric circuit because of the inverted-cone-shape of the central lower part of the vacuum room
101
, especially when the level of the drink in the containing
10
is relatively high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Therefore, it is a main object of the present invention to provide a container with light and sound emitting function which is relatively easy to use as compared with the conventional one.
The container with sound and light emitting function of the present invention includes a containing body, a handle, and an activating electric circuit, which has two projecting contacts, speakers, several light emitting equipments and an IC.
The handle is attached to the containing body. The activating electric circuit is disposed in a receiving room of the handle with the projecting contacts passing through a respective through hole of the containing body into the inner space of the containing body. The light emitting equipments are attached to the outer side of the containing body.
When drinks are poured into the containing body to submerge both of the projecting contacts, the contacts get into contact with each other electrically to complete the activating electric circuit for the IC to activate the speakers and the light emitting equipments to send out sound and light respectively.
The container can also be made in the form of a cocktail shaker; the shaker has an intermediate lid detachably connected to a containing body. A transparent top lid has an activating electric circuit of the same kind attached to; the projecting contacts will be submerged by drinks flowing through holes of the intermediate lid to get into contact with each other electrically to complete the activating electric circuit when the shaker is shaken to mix the drinks contained in it.


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