Sound modulating toy figure

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1996-02-09

1997-07-29

Hafer, Robert A.

Amusement devices: toys

Figure toy or accessory therefor

Having sounding means

446297, A63H 328

Patent

active

056517165

ABSTRACT:
A sound producing toy figure consists of a head portion including resilient opposing jaw members movable between open and closed positions, a sound producing unit including a speaker for outputting audible sounds, a push-button switch for selectively actuating the sound producing unit to produce audible sounds, a lever-type manual actuator for moving the jaw members between their open and closed positions, and a muffler movable between a first position wherein the muffler is spaced apart from the speaker so that the sound can fully emanate from the speaker, and a second position wherein the muffler substantially covers the speaker so that the sounds cannot fully emanate from the speaker. The muffler is pivotably mounted externally on the body of the figure and it is mechanically coupled to the actuator lever such that as the muffler is manually moved towards and away from the speaker, the actuator lever is correspondingly actuated to open and close the jaw members. The resulting movement effect is to muffle the sound when the jaws are moved closed, and to allow full loud sound when the jaws are open thus simulating that the sounds are actually emanating from the figure's mouth. The actuator lever is further operable for actuating the sound switch when jaw members are first closed to initiate sound production.

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patent: 4820232 (1989-04-01), Takahashi et al.

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