Musical teether
AssigneeKar Koi Leung
InventorsKAR KOI LEUNG, ELTON YU MAN LEUNG
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Abstract
The invention is concerned with a musical teether for infant. It has a body member including one or more regions or projections on which an infant can bite in use for soothing purpose and a musical unit. The body member is configured to receive or otherwise accommodate the musical unit which is removably engageable with the body member. The teether further has means for transmitting vibrational musical signal from the musical unit to the body member for onward transmission to teeth of the infant, then to jaw bones and skull of the infant, and then to ear bones of the infant, such that the infant can, while biting on the teeth, receive vibrational musical signal arisen from direct vibration on the ear bones of the infant.
Claims22
A teether for infant comprising a body member including one or more regions or projections on which an infant can bite in use for soothing purpose and a musical unit, the body member is configured to receive or otherwise accommodate the musical unit, the musical unit being removably engageable with the body member, wherein the teether further comprises means for transmitting vibrational musical signal from the musical unit to the body member for onward transmission to teeth of the infant, then to jaw bones and skull of the infant, and then to ear bones of the infant, such that the infant can, while biting on the teeth, receive vibrational musical signal arisen from direct vibration on the ear bones of the infant.
A teether for infant comprising a body member, a musical unit removably engageable with the body member and a transmitter for transmitting vibrational musical signal from the musical unit to the body member for onward transmission to teeth of the infant, wherein the transmitter is generally elongate in profile with enlarged opposite ends and narrower middle region, and is disposed in a conduit in the body member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.