Sound producing decorative article

Claim 1

A sound producing decorative article, comprising: a decorative toy; a housing having a top, a bottom, a surrounding wall connected to said top and said bottom, and a cavity being cooperatively formed thereby, said top having a first opening communicated with said cavity, said bottom having a second opening communicated with said cavity; a tubular supporting member having a top portion, a bottom portion, an intermediate portion interconnecting said top and bottom portions, and a collar extending radially from said intermediate portion, said collar resting detachably on said top of said housing, said bottom portion passing through said first opening of said top of said housing and protruding into said cavity; a guiding unit provided in said cavity of said housing, said guiding unit including a mounting member removably attached around said bottom portion of said tubular supporting member, and a guiding rod extending downwardly from said mounting member; means for fastening said tubular supporting member and said mounting member of said guiding unit on said housing; a toy supporting unit including an elongated first post that has a top end on which said decorative toy is to be detachably mounted and a bottom end, and an engaging member fixed to said first post adjacent to said bottom end, said engaging member having a notch formed thereon, said first post extending slidably through said tubular supporting member via said cavity of said housing and said notch of said engaging member slidably engaging said guiding rod when said toy supporting unit is mounted detachably on said housing; and means for moving said toy supporting unit upward and downward, said moving means including a base plate, a sound generating unit mounted on said base plate, an eccentric wheel mounted rotatably on said base plate, and a driving mechanism mounted on said base plate to rotate said eccentric wheel and said sound generating unit to produce sound, said eccentric wheel having a periphery which supports said engaging member of said toy supporting unit while said eccentric wheel, said sound generating unit and said driving mechanism are received in said cavity when said base plate is mounted detachably on said bottom of said housing in order to close said second opening of said bottom.