Game apparatus utilizing controllable audio signals

Claim 1

A game apparatus employing an object capable of emitting an audible signal to enable one successful player of a plurality of players to locate the object, when hidden, by responding to the sound emanating from said object, comprising: a housing manifesting said object and having an internal hollow, said housing being of a box-like configuration with an opened top and having a cover member pivotally secured to said housing for selectively covering said opened top, an oscillator circuit located in the hollow of said housing and operative when energized to provide an output signal manifesting a repetitive waveform of an adjustable amplitude and rate; control means positioned in said housing and coupled to said oscillator circuit to selectively adjust the amplitude and rate of said waveform wherein said control means includes a first control means for independently varying the amplitude of said oscillator circuit and a second control means for independently varying the rate of said oscillator whereby a player can select both the amplitude and frequency of the waveform according to his preference, said oscillator providing a ramp voltage output signal where the duration between ramps is controlled by said second control means, sound producing means responsive to said ramp output signal to produce an audible signal according to said ramp waveform, and repository means located in said housing for retaining an award deposited therein by a player as an incentive to said successful player capable of locating said housing by responding to the sound emitted from said housing.