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Electronic educational toy apparatus
Assignee: VTech Industries Inc
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Filing: 1994-08-29
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Granted: 1995-12-26
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Expires: 2014-08-29
Abstract
Abstract An electronic educational toy apparatus is provided, in which a plurality of toy articles are suspended from a support, such that an infant may be positioned within reach of the toy articles, and may touch, hit or kick the toy articles whereby each touch, hit or kick of the toy articles triggers an audible presentation to the infant.
Inventors
- 👤 Ip-Sing Au
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:09
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63H; A63H33/00; A63H33/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
An electronic educational toy apparatus for use by infants, comprising: a housing; means for supporting said housing in an elevated position above a surface; said means for supporting said housing being operably arranged relative to said housing so as to enable an infant to be positioned beneath said housing, between said housing and said surface; at least one shaped article, operably associated with said housing, movably suspended from said housing, said at least one shaped article normally being positioned in a resting suspended position, relative to said housing, when said housing is supported by said means for supporting said housing; means for suspending said at least one shaped article from said housing; means, operably associated with said housing and said means for suspending said at least one shaped article, and operably disposed externally to and in spaced relation to said at least one shaped article, for providing an audible presentation, said presentation including an indication of at least one characteristic of said at least one shaped article, upon movement of said at least one shaped article away from said resting suspended position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
An electronic educational toy apparatus for use by infants, comprising: a housing; means for supporting said housing in an elevated position above a surface; said means for supporting said housing being operably arranged relative to said housing so as to enable an infant to be positioned beneath said housing, between said housing and said surface; at least one shaped article, operably associated with said housing, movably suspended from said housing, said at least one shaped article normally being positioned in a resting suspended position, relative to said housing, when said housing is supported by said means for supporting said housing; means for suspending said at least one shaped article from said housing; means, operably associated with said housing and said means for suspending said at least one shaped article, and operably disposed externally to and in spaced relation to said at least one shaped article, for providing an audible presentation, said presentation including an indication of at least one characteristic of said at least one shaped article, upon movement of said at least one shaped article away from said resting suspended position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one shaped article has a shape representative of an animal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one shaped article has a shape representative of a geometric figure.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: switch means, operably associated with said housing and actuatable by said infant, for providing a further audible presentation associated with said at least one shaped article independent of the movement of said at least one shaped article.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
50 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one shaped article has a shape representative of an animal, and further the audible presentation associated with said at least one shaped article comprises a simulated sound which is commonly recognized as being made by said animal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one shaped article has a shape representative of an animal and said audible presentation comprises a verbal identification of said animal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said at least one shaped article has a shape representative of a geometric figure and said audible presentation comprises a verbal identification of said geometric figure.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for supporting said housing in an elevated position above a surface comprise one or more support legs, operably arranged on said housing, for standing said housing above said surface.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
66 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said means for providing an audible presentation further includes: detection means, operably associated with said housing, said at least one shaped article, and said means for providing an audible presentation, for detecting and indicating to said means for providing an audible presentation, movement of said at least one shaped article away from said resting suspended position.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electronic educational toy apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means, operably associated with said housing, and actuatable by said infant, for providing an audible musical presentation, upon movement of said at least one shaped article away from said resting suspended position.
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