Toy animal with illuminated belly
AssigneeOTWP, Inc.
InventorsMichael C. Copley, Cheung Y. Kwai
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Abstract
A stuffed toy having an animal-shaped body including an illuminatable belly portion. A cavity in the belly portion houses the accessories, electrical circuitry and power source required to provide the illumination source. A dome-shaped member covers the belly cavity and includes an apex aperature. A touch sensor is retained in the apex aperature and is in electrical contact with the power source within the toy belly portion. A timer circuit automatically turns off the illumination source a predetermined time after it has been activated by touching the touch sensor.
Claims16
A stuffed toy having a main body configured as an animal, said body having an illuminatable belly portion, comprising in combination:
- (a) a generally circular cavity formed in said belly portion,
- (b) a generally circular housing conformally fitting securely within said cavity,
- (c) an annular member having a reduced peripheral, generally circular base adapted to friction fit within said housing,
- (d) a dome-shaped cover member adapted to coextensively cover said cavity in said belly portion, said domed-shaped cover member having an apex aperture,
- (e) an illumination means retained in said housing,
- (f) a switch means to turn on said illumination means, said switch means being retained in said apex aperture,
- (g) a circuit means to be activated by said switch means to automatically turn off said illumination means after a predetermined time, and
- (h) a power source in said housing in electrical contact with said illumination means and said circuit means, said power source being operatively connected to illuminate said illumination means.
A stuffed toy having a main body configured as an animal, said body having an illuminatable belly portion, comprising, in combination:
- (a) a generally circular cavity formed in said belly portion,
- (b) a generally circular housing conformally fitting securely within said cavity, said housing comprising a generally circular base member comprising a generally cup-shaped portion, a base, and a circumferential edge wall upstanding from said base,
- (c) an outer annular member having a reduced peripheral, generally circular base adapted to friction fit within said cup-shaped portion in said housing, and a reduced upper annular member concentric with said outer annular member so as to define a circumferential groove therewith,
- (d) a dome-shaped cover member having reduced integral circumferential lip adapted to frictionally fit within said groove, said dome-shaped cover member having an apex aperture,
- (e) an illumination means retained in said housing, and
- (f) a power source in said housing in electrical contact with said illumination means, said power source being operatively connected to illuminate said illumination means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.