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US 5,668,333 AGranted
Musical rainbow toy
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorsGregory R. Horton, Robert S. Winslow
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Abstract
A musical toy is provided with a base member, a second member connected to the base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed space between the second member and the base member, a plurality of photoemitters for generating a plurality of radiation beams between the base member and the second member, a plurality of photodetectors for receiving the radiation beams, audio generation means for generating a plurality of musical sounds, and means for causing the audio generation means to generate one of the musical sounds in response to an interruption of one of the radiation beams.
Claims17
A musical rainbow toy, comprising:
- a base member;
- a semi-circular rainbow member connected to said base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed semi-circular space between said rainbow member and said base member;
- means for generating a plurality of radiation beams between said base member and said semi-circular rainbow member;
- a plurality of photodetectors, each of said photodetectors positioned to receive a respective one of said radiation beams;
- a plurality of visible light-emitting members, each of said visible light-emitting members being associated with a respective one of said radiation beams;
- a plurality of musical instrument designators, each of said musical instrument designators being associated with a different one of said radiation beams and designating a respective one of a plurality of different types of musical instruments;
- audio generation means for generating a plurality of sets of musical sounds, each of said musical sounds within said sets being associated with a respective one of said radiation beams and each of said sets of musical sounds being associated with a respective one of said different types of musical instruments designated by said musical instrument designators;
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate musical sounds of one of said sets of musical sounds in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said musical instrument designator which designates said type of musical instrument associated with said one set of musical sounds;
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate one of said musical sounds in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said one musical note;
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- means for causing one of said visible light-emitting members to be illuminated in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said one visible light-emitting member.
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A musical toy, comprising:
- a base member;
- a second member connected to said base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed space between said second member and said base member;
- means for generating a plurality of radiation beams between said base member and said second member;
- a plurality of photodetectors, each of said photodetectors positioned to receive a respective one of said radiation beams;
- a plurality of musical instrument designators, each of said musical instrument designators being associated with a different one of said radiation beams and designating a respective one of a plurality of different types of musical instruments;
- audio generation means for generating a plurality of sets of musical sounds, each of said musical sounds within said sets being associated with a respective one of said radiation beams and each of said sets of musical sounds being associated with a respective one of said different types of musical instruments designated by said musical instrument designators;
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate musical sounds of one of said sets of musical sounds in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said musical instrument designator which designates said type of musical instrument associated with said one set of musical sounds;
- and
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate one of said musical sounds in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said one musical note.
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A musical toy, comprising:
- a base member;
- a second member connected to said base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed space between said second member and said base member;
- means for generating a plurality of radiation beams between said base member and said second member;
- a plurality of photodetectors, each of said photodetectors positioned to receive a respective one of said radiation beams;
- a plurality of musical song designators, each of said musical song designators being associated with a different one of said radiation beams and designating a respective one of a plurality of different musical songs;
- audio generation means for generating said musical songs;
- and
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate one of said musical songs in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said musical song designator that designates said one musical song.
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A musical toy, comprising:
- a base member;
- a second member connected to said base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed space between said second member and said base member;
- means for generating a plurality of radiation beams between said base member and said second member;
- a plurality of photodetectors, each of said photodetectors positioned to receive a respective one of said radiation beams;
- audio generation means for generating a plurality of musical sounds, each of said musical sounds being associated with a respective one of said radiation beams;
- and
- means for causing said audio generation means to generate one of said musical sounds in response to an interruption of said radiation beam associated with said one musical note.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.