Audio playback device
AssigneePlayskool, Inc.
InventorDalita R. Tomellini
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Abstract
An audio playback device is formed in the configuration of a conventional telephone. The device includes an image plate having a plurality of images thereon, and an integrated circuit assembly having a memory which is pre-programmed with a plurality of sound tracks which correspond to the images on the image plate. The circuit assembly further includes an output unit for outputting selected sound tracks, and a switch assembly for actuating the output unit for outputting selected sound tracks. The device is further provided with a rotatable selector for individually selecting the images and for operating the switch assembly.
Claims9
An audio playback device comprising:
- an image plate having a plurality of images thereon;
- sound reproducing means containing a plurality of prerecorded sound tracks, each of said sound tracks corresponding to a respective one of said images;
- selector means for individually selecting said images;
- and
- switch means actuatable with said selector means for actuating said sound reproducing means to reproduce the prerecorded sound track corresponding to a selected image, said switch means comprising a plurality of depressible switches which are arranged in a circular array, said plurality of images being arranged in a generally circular array wherein said plurality of images are in corresponding radial alignment with said plurality of switches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.