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US 5,509,859 AGranted
Leash with sound
AssigneeDaniel J. Klees
InventorsDaniel J. Klees, Terri Shepherd
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Abstract
A novelty item for creating the illusion of an imaginary pet including a hollow, elongated leash with a handle at one end and a collar and harness adjacent the other end. Housed within the handle, which is hollow, is a battery power source and an integrated circuit for producing a plurality of animal sounds. Also carried by the handle are an on/off switch and at least one selector switch for the sound circuitry. Mounted within the collar end of the leash is a micro speaker which is connected by wiring through the hollow leash to the circuitry in the handle.
Claims8
A novelty item comprising:
- an elongated, hollow member having opposed ends;
- a handle adjacent one end of the member;
- a collar adjacent the other end of the member opposite the handle;
- a speaker carried adjacent the end of the member opposite the handle;
- means obscuring the speaker from view;
- electronic sound producing circuitry carried by the handle;
- a battery power source;
- means for electrically connecting the sound producing circuitry and the speaker carried within the elongated member and obscured from view;
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- means for manually actuating the sound producing circuitry carried by the handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.