Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having sounding means
Patent
1987-12-04
1989-05-09
Hafer, Robert A.
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having sounding means
446219, A63H 333
Patent
active
048285277
ABSTRACT:
A three-dimensional play character provided with translucent eye and mouth elements, the character having fixedly mounted within its body a pre-recorded microcassette which is accessible through a body opening, the recorded sounds being appropriate to the personality of the character. Within the body are light guides that run from an optical inlet on the wall of the opening to the eye and mouth elements. Insertable through the opening to occupy an operative position with respect to the microcassette is a battery-powered playback module that serves to drive the microcassette, the module including a pick-up heat coupled to an audio amplifier whose audio signals are applied both to a loudspeaker which reproduces the recording and to a light bulb that is modulated by the signals to produce light pulses in synchronism with the reproduced sounds. The light bulb, when the module is in its operative position, lies adjacent the optical inlet whereby the light pulses are conveyed by the guides to the eye and mouth elements to impart animation thereto in synchronism with the sounds emitted by the character. The module is removable and is usable with a family of different characters each having a pre-recorded microcassette therein whose recording is appropriate only to that character.
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Ebert Michael
Hafer Robert A.
Rimell Sam
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