Children's sound book
OwnerWinnie Yipinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to children's sound books and in particular to books having a fabric covering with sound chips positioned therein and an overlapping cover which closes and locks due to hook and loop fasteners. This invention involves a folding cloth covered book that is appealing to children, pleasant to touch and stretches out into an elongated representation of the book subject matter. Sound chips and a controller are mounted between cloth layers and are coupled to a controller similarly mounted to emit sounds when a particular representation is contacted. The books are intended for children 6 months old and above.
Claims2
A sound book for small children having representations which emit corresponding sounds upon touch comprising:
- a rear fabric portion having elongated sides and curved end portions having edges;
- a front fabric portion having edges sewn to the rear fabric portion edges and having a plurality of raised representations mounted at predetermined locations thereon;
- a plurality of sound means to emit a sound each mounted beneath a raised representation to which the sound corresponds;
- a controller activated by touching a particular representation to cause sounds to be emitted from the particular sound means corresponding to the representation;
- means coupling the controller to the sound means
- batteries mounted within the controller to provide a power source;
- a removable fabric portion on the front fabric portion having hook and loop fasteners;
- mating hook and loop fasteners on the front fabric portion to engage the hook and loop fasteners of the removable fabric portion;
- wherein the controller is mounted beneath the removable fabric portion,
- a layer of insulating material mounted between the front fabric portion and the rear fabric portion, and;
- wherein the front and rear fabric portions include transverse folds forming two folds such that the rear portions overlap and cover the front fabric portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.