Two-piece air actuated sound maker with integral reeds

Claim 1

AN AIR ACTUATED SOUND MAKER COMPRISING: (A) A TUBULAR CASING INCLUDING A PAIR OF MOLDED MATCHING HOLLOW HALF-CYLINDRICAL HALF-SHELLS OF SYNTHETIC PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID CASING HAVING AN AIR ACTUATING END INCLUDING AN AIR PASSING APERTURE, (B) SAID HALF-SHELLS HAVING PERIPHERAL SIDE EDGES POSITIONED IN MUTUALLY REGISTERED AND JUXTAPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO DEFINE SAID CASING, (C) TWO TRANSVERSELY ALIGNED DIAMETRICALLY SPACED AND OPPOSED HINGE SECTIONS AT ONE END OF SAID CASING, AID HINGE SECTIONS BEING LOCATED AT SAID AIR ACTUATING END ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID APERTURE, (D) SAID HINGE SECTIONS MOLDED IN ONE PIECE WITH THE TWO HALF-SHELLS WITH THE HALF SHELLS SPREAD APART AND BEING FLEXED BY SWINGING THE HALF-SHELLS INTO JUZTAPOSITION AND SAID HINGE SECTIONS UNITARILY JOINING SAID HALF-SHELLS AT THE ENDS OF SAID SIDE EDGES LOCATED AT SAID ONE END OF THE CASING, (E) A LATCH AND CATCH COUPLING MEANS SPACED FROM THE HINGE SECTIONS IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE ALIGNMENT OF THE HINGE SECTIONS AND AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGING WHEN THE HALF-SHELLS ARE SWUNG INTO JUXTAPOSITION, SAID COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING A LATCH MOLDED IN ONE-PIECE WITH ONE HALF-SHELL AND A CATCH MOLDED IN ONE-PIECE WITH THE OTHER HALF-SHELL, AND (F) A VIBRATORY ELEMENT CARRIED BY SAID CASING AND POSITIONED AND SUPPORTED THEREBY TO BE ACTUATED SO AS TO EMIT A SOUND WHEN AIR FLOWS THROUGH SAID CASING.