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US5067925A
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Infant's toy
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1990-11-02
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Granted: 1991-11-26
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Expires: 2010-11-02
Abstract
Abstract An infant's toy that is both visually and audibly attractive to an infant and which has a soft inner layer of any desired shape formed of a foam rubber material, a pliable sound-generating layer including a sound-generating means covering at least a portion of the soft inner layer for causing a noise to attract the infant when handled by the infant, and a cloth outer layer entirely covering the soft inner layer and the pliable layer including the sound-generating means to form a unitary infant's toy. The outer layer may have brightly colored designs thereon to visually attract the infant.
Inventors
- 👤 Atwell G. West
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:03
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H5/00; A63H33/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
74 words
An amusement device for an infant comprising: a soft inner layer that is squeezable and retains its shape after being released; a pliable layer including sound-generating means covering a major portion of said soft inner layer for causing a noise to attract an infant when handled by the infant; and a cloth outer layer entirely covering said soft inner layer and said pliable layer including said sound-generating means to form a unitary infant's toy.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
74 words
An amusement device for an infant comprising: a soft inner layer that is squeezable and retains its shape after being released; a pliable layer including sound-generating means covering a major portion of said soft inner layer for causing a noise to attract an infant when handled by the infant; and a cloth outer layer entirely covering said soft inner layer and said pliable layer including said sound-generating means to form a unitary infant's toy.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
An amusement device as in claim 1 wherein said soft inner layer is a foam rubber body member having a three-dimensional shape.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
An amusement device as in claim 2 wherein said pliable layer including said sound-generating means is a plastic material having air pockets therein that cause a crackling sound when squeezed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An amusement device as in claim 3 further comprising colored designs on said outer cloth layer for attracting the infant's attention visually.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An amusement device as in claim 2 wherein the soft foam rubber inner body is formed in a three-dimensional shape.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
An amusement device as in claim 1 further comprising: a pliable plastic layer entirely covering said soft inner layer and said pliable a layer having said sound-generating means in a watertight relationship; and said cloth outer layer entirely covering said thin plastic layer, said amusement device being washable because of said thin plastic layer.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
74 words
A method of constructing an infant's toy comprising the steps of: forming a soft inner layer that is squeezable and retains its shape after being released; covering a major portion of the soft inner layer with a pliable layer including sound-generating means to audibly attract the infant's attention; and entirely covering the soft inner layer and the pliable layer including said sound-generating means with a cloth outer layer to form a unitary infant's toy.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
74 words
A method of constructing an infant's toy comprising the steps of: forming a soft inner layer that is squeezable and retains its shape after being released; covering a major portion of the soft inner layer with a pliable layer including sound-generating means to audibly attract the infant's attention; and entirely covering the soft inner layer and the pliable layer including said sound-generating means with a cloth outer layer to form a unitary infant's toy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as in claim 7 further comprising the step of forming the soft inner layer with a foam rubber body member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method as in claim 7 further comprising the step of forming said pliable layer including the sound-generating means from a plastic material having air pockets therein that cause a crackling sound when squeezed.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as in claim 9 further comprising the step of printing colorful designs on said outer cloth layer for attracting the infant's attention visually.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method as in claim 8 further comprising the step of forming the soft foam rubber inner body in a three-dimensional shape.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method as in claim 7 further comprising the steps of: entirely covering said soft inner core and said pliable layer including the sound-generating means with a flexible plastic layer in a watertight relationship so that the infant's toy is washable; and covering the flexible plastic layer with said cloth outer layer.
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