US4752230A
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Picture book
Assignee: Dainippon Kaiga Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-04-02
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Granted: 1988-06-21
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Expires: 2007-04-02
Abstract
Abstract A picture book including a switch unit mounted on part of the book. The switch unit is arranged in the style of an immitated telephone dial and is provided with a plurality of switching means. The picture book also provides a sound generator having a unit for generating false musical instrumental sound corresponding to activated switching means. The picture book is further provided with at least one of two kinds of leaves, the one containing a picture to allow the switch unit to be part of a telephone and the other one containing a picture which makes up part of musical instrument.
Inventors
- 👤 Yuichi Shimizu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 04:32
CPC Classifications
B; B42; B42D; B42D3/00; B42D3/12; B42D3/123; A; A63; A63H; A63H33/00; A63H33/38; B42D1/00; B42D1/003; B42D1/007; G; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/062; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/32; G10H1/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A picture book comprising: a switch unit mounted on said picture book, said switch unit comprising a plurality of switching means disposed in a style of a dial of a push button telephone; a sound generating unit mounted on a part of said picture book generating imitation musical instrument sounds in response to activation of each of said plurality of switching means; and at least one of two kinds of leaves, one of said two kinds of leaves containing a picture for allowing said switch unit to appear to be part of a telephone and another one of said two kinds of leaves containing a picture for allowing said switch unit to appear to be part of a musical instrument.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A picture book comprising: a switch unit mounted on said picture book, said switch unit comprising a plurality of switching means disposed in a style of a dial of a push button telephone; a sound generating unit mounted on a part of said picture book generating imitation musical instrument sounds in response to activation of each of said plurality of switching means; and at least one of two kinds of leaves, one of said two kinds of leaves containing a picture for allowing said switch unit to appear to be part of a telephone and another one of said two kinds of leaves containing a picture for allowing said switch unit to appear to be part of a musical instrument.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The picture book in accordance with claim 1, comprising both of said two kinds of leaves.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The picture book in accordance with claim 2, in which said switch unit comprises twelve switching means which respectively correspond to numbers 1 through 9 together with the symbol *, numeral 0 and symbol #, said imitation musical instrument sound is a piano and said picture of said musical instrument of one of said two leaves is a piano.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
The picture book in accordance with claim 8, in which said sound generating device generates steps of C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, bB, #C, and #F, in the sequential order corresponding to the numbers 1 through 9, symbol *, numeral 0, and another symbol # of said push-button telephone.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The picture book in accordance with claim 4, which further comprises a leaf containing numbers corresponding to the number of buttons of a push-button telephone in the order needed for playing melodies.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1991-06-21 | 1991-12-21 | 1992-06-21 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1995-06-21 | 1995-12-21 | 1996-06-21 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1999-06-21 | 1999-12-21 | 2000-06-21 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |