Sound generating pet toy
OwnerDiana Mathersinventor
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Abstract
A pet toy capable of being moved or rollably deployed about the floor or room or which may be hung from a support as a swingable toy. A housing is provided having an audible sound generator with vents through which sound or light is conducted so as to be sensed by a sensor for actuation of the sound generation. A diaphragm receives motion airwaves, while a photo-electric cell carried on the housing receives light waves. The sound generating device is included in an interior housing along with the sensor and is mounted on a platform. Audio wave generation is conducted from a loudspeaker through the interior of the housing for exiting through the vents.
Claims2
A pet toy comprising:
- a housing having a spherical wall defining an interior compartment and said wall provided with a plurality of openings;
- a sensor disposed in said housing interior compartment for detecting changes in motion and light beam radiation;
- a sound generating means carried in said housing interior compartment responsive to changes in motion or light beam waves to produce an audio sound;
- said sound generation means including a pre-recorded means containing a storage of sounds identifiable with amusement of an animal as well as for systemic reduction of enxiety by providing said audio sounds which are soothing and affectionate;
- circuit means within said housing coupling said sensor with said sound generation means;
- an enclosure mounted within said housing interior compartment combining said sensor and said sound generation means to define a unitary construction;
- said openings in said wall arranged in fixed spaced-apart relationship to provide for passage of motion or light beamswaves to travel to said sensor and for passage of said audio sound from said sound generation means;
- a mounting platform disposed in said housing interior compartment for supporting said unitary construction;
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- said housing having an exterior eyelet integrally provided on said spherical wall to accommodate hangable mounting.
A pet toy for producing an audible sound in response to either movement wave energy or light wave energy variations comprising:
- a ball-shaped housing having a hollow interior defined by an inner wall surface of a spherical wall;
- said wall having a plurality of openings in fixed spaced-apart relationship separated by a plurality of segments arranged in said wall;
- a platform disposed in said hollow interior having opposite ends thereof fixed to said inner wall surface;
- an energy wave sensor and a sound generator means combined in a unitary construction;
- said unitary construction secured to said platform with said sensor facing a selected one of said openings;
- said sound generator means being responsive to energy wave disturbances by said sensor to produce an audible sound propagated through said openings;
- said energy wave sensor is responsive to environmental disturbances involving atmospheric or light variations;
- said openings are elongated slots provided in said wall;
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- said sound generation means including a pre-recorded means containing a storage of sounds identifiable with amusement of an animal as well as for systematic reduction of anxiety by providing said audio sounds which are soothing and affectionate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.