Breathing Doll
OwnerSuzanne Mardoninventor
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Abstract
A breathing doll is disclosed herein. The breathing doll includes a doll, an actuator, a sound output unit and, in some embodiments, a vibration output unit. The breathing doll uses visual cues, sound, vibration and touch to inform, teach and model conscious diaphragmatic breathing to children. As such, the breathing doll is used for teaching healthy breathing to children that continues into adulthood, leading to increased health, independence, confidence, relaxation, self-regulation, self-soothing and decreasing stress and anxiety.
Claims20
A breathing doll comprising:
- a doll including a head having a mouth and a nose, and a body including an abdomen;
- an actuator disposed in the doll and configured to move the abdomen between an exhale position and an inhale position;
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- a sound output unit disposed in the doll and configured to output breathing sounds corresponding to the exhale position and the inhale position.
A breathing doll comprising:
- a doll including a head having a mouth, a nose and a pair of eyes, and a body including an abdomen, a pair of legs, a pair of feet, a pair of arms and a pair of hands;
- an actuator disposed in the abdomen of the doll and configured to move the abdomen between an exhale position and an inhale position;
- a sound output unit disposed in the doll and configured to output an inhale breath sound through the nose of the doll during the inhale position of the abdomen, and further configured to output an exhale breath sound through at least one of the nose and the mouth of the doll during the exhale position of the abdomen;
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- a vibration output unit disposed in the doll and configured to output an inhale vibration during the inhale position of the abdomen, and further configured to output an exhale vibration during the exhale position of the abdomen.
A method of teaching deep breathing, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a breathing doll, the breathing doll including a doll having a head and an abdomen, an actuator disposed in the doll and a sound output unit disposed in the doll;
- simultaneously moving, by the actuator, the abdomen of the doll into an inhale position and outputting, by the sound output unit, an inhale breathing sound corresponding to the inhale position;
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- simultaneously moving, by the actuator, the abdomen of the doll into an exhale position and outputting, by the sound output unit, an exhale breathing sound corresponding to the exhale position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.