Talkback or echo doll and apparatus

Claim 1

AN AUDIO DEVICE IN COMBINATION WITH A FIGURINE COMPRISING: (A) A BODY PORTION CONFIGURED TO REPRESENT SAID FIGURINE; (B) SOUND DETECTING MEANS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID BODY PORTION FOR DETECTING AN AUDIBLE SIGNAL; (C) SOUND RECORDING MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOUND DETECTING MEANS FOR RECORDING THE AUDIBLE SIGNAL DETECTED BY SAID SOUND DETECTING MEANS; (D) FIRST CIRCUIT MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH AND BETWEEN SAID SOUND DETECTING MEANS AND SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS FOR TRANSLATING SAID AUDIBLE SIGNAL THEREBETWEEN; (E) SOUND REPRODUCING MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS FOR REPRODUCING THE SIGNAL FROM SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS FOLLOWING A PREDETERMINED INTERVAL SUBSEQUENT TO THE RECORDING OF SAID AUDIBLE SIGNAL BY SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS; (F) SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH AND BETWEEN SAID DETECTING MEANS AND SAID REPRODUCING MEANS FOR TRANSLATING SAID RECORDED SIGNAL FROM SAID REPRODUCING MEANS; (G) MEANS FOR ERASING SAID AUDIBLE SIGNAL FROM SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS SUBSEQUENT TO THE REPRODUCTION OF SAID AUDIBLE SIGNAL THEREFROM; (H) SOUND AMPLIFYING MEANS OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SOUND REPRODUCING MEANS FOR AMPLIFYING THE AUDIBLE SIGNAL RECORDED BY SAID SOUND RECORDING MEANS; (I) ENERGIZING MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID DETECTING, RECORDING, REPRODUCING, ERASING AND AMPLIFYING MEANS; AND (J) CIRCUIT SELECTION MEANS FOR RECEIVING SAID RECORDED SIGNAL AND FOR PRECLUDING THE SIMULTANEOUS OPERATION OF SAID SOUND DETECTING MEANS AND SAID SOUND REPRODUCING MEANS; SAID CIRCUIT SELECTION MEANS BEING OPERABLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUIT MEANS, AND BEING SO CONSTITUTED AND ARRANGED AS TO ENABLE THE ALTERNATE DE-ENERGIZATION THEREOF, AND FURTHER ENABLING THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID SOUND REPRODUCING MEANS BY THE AUDIBLE SIGNAL RECEIVED BY SAID SOUND DETECTING MEANS.