# US 9,521,476 B2 · Custom sound box > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,521,476 B2 - Document ID: US9521476B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/805,425 - Filed: 2015-07-21 - Published: 2016-11-17 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-05-15 - Applicants: Shari Spiridigliozzi - Inventors: Shari Spiridigliozzi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521476B2 ## CPC - H04R 1/02: Casings; Cabinets {; Supports therefor;} Mountings therein (H04R1/28 takes precedence {; attachments for microphones H04R1/08; mounting of transducers in earpieces H04R1/1075}) - B42D 15/022: {combined with permanently fastened sound-producing or light-emitting means or carrying sound records} - B65D 5/4291: {Containers provided with an acoustic device, e.g. for indicating opening of the package} - G10F 1/06: Musical boxes with plucked teeth, blades, or the like - B65D 2203/12: Audible, olfactory or visual signalling means (B65D51/248, B65D55/028, B65D79/02 and B65D81/24 take precedence) - B65D 2251/01: making a sound upon actuation - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - B42D: BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - G10F: AUTOMATIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (non-musical aspects of toy instruments A63H5/00; sound recording or reproducing G11B; working in association with recording or reproducing apparatus G11B31/02) ## Abstract A sound box comprises a cover assembly, interior box assembly, compartment assembly, sound module assembly and frame assembly. The interior box assembly includes a receptacle for holding an item. A light-activated sound module contained within the frame in inside a compartment attached to the cover assembly top. The sound module comprises a sound chip, light sensor, speaker and power source in electrical communication. A flap containing a magnetic closure interacts magnetically with an interior box wall to close the sound box. The box is opened by lifting a flap and raising the top, allowing light to enter the light sensor after entering an opening in a compartment containing the sound module, causing the sound module to play back the sound recorded thereon. The sound can range from animal and/or environmental sounds, music, congratulatory messages, other types of voice recordings, bells, whistles and the like. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sound box comprising: a cover assembly; the cover assembly comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of foldlines to fold the cover assembly into a top, a top flap, a sidewall, and a bottom of the sound box; an interior box assembly; the interior box assembly comprising a base; and a plurality of box walls; a first box wall being attached to the inner surface of the sidewall; a pair of second box walls attached to the first box wall, and a third box wall opposite the first box wall and attached to the second box walls to form the interior box; the interior box further comprising an interior wall dividing the interior box into two receptacles, the interior wall further comprising a gap therein; and the base is attached to the inner surface of the bottom; a compartment assembly, the compartment assembly comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the compartment assembly being folded into one or more compartments and one or more tabs; the compartment assembly being attached to the sound box top inner surface; and an opening contained within the first compartment of the one or more compartments, the opening allowing light to enter a light sensor inside the first compartment; a sound module assembly, the sound module assembly comprising: a printed circuit board; an integrated circuit comprising a controller and a sound chip; a speaker; a light sensor; and a power source, the printed circuit board, the sound chip, the speaker, the light sensor and the power source in electrical communication, and the sound module assembly retained within a frame assembly, and the frame assembly positioned within the first compartment, the light sensor being aligned proximate the first compartment opening, wherein when the top flap is lifted to open the sound box to light, light enters the light sensor, causing the sound chip to play a sound recorded thereon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The sound box as described in claim 1, wherein the top flap further comprises a magnetic closure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein the third box wall comprises a piece of metal, the piece of metal for magnetic interaction with the magnetic closure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein the first compartment wall further comprises a second opening, and wherein the speaker is positioned proximate the second opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein an end of the second compartment of the one or more compartments proximate the top flap is closed by the tab. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein an end of the second compartment of the one or more compartments proximate the sidewall is closed by the tab. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The sound box as described in claim 1, wherein the interior wall is divided into two interior walls, the two interior walls being separated from each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein the recorded sound is chosen from the group consisting of a baby's cry, a cat's meow, a dog's bark, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Congratulations”, a lion's roar, and a wolf's howl. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein the one or more compartments are received within the interior box when the sound box top is closed. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The sound box as described in claim 2, wherein the top flap has a length that covers the length of the interior box side. ### Claim 11 A sound box comprising: a cover assembly; the cover assembly comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of foldlines to fold the cover assembly into a top, a top flap, a sidewall, and a bottom of the sound box; the top flap further comprising a means for closing the sound box, the means for closing being a magnetic closure; an interior box assembly; the interior box assembly comprising a base; and a plurality of box walls, the box walls being attached to each other to form a box structure, the box walls being attached to the base to form the interior box; wherein a first box wall is attached to the inner surface of the sidewall, a third box wall is opposite the first box wall, the third box wall further comprising a metal piece that magnetically interacts with the magnetic closure; the interior box further comprising an interior wall dividing the interior box into two receptacles, the interior wall further having a gap therein; and the base is attached to the inner surface of the bottom; a compartment assembly, the compartment assembly comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the compartment assembly being folded into one or more compartments and one or more tabs; the compartment assembly being attached to the sound box top inner surface; and an opening contained within the first compartment of the one or more compartments, the opening allowing light to enter a light sensor inside the first compartment; a sound module assembly, the sound module assembly comprising: a printed circuit board; an integrated circuit comprising a controller and a sound chip; a speaker; a light sensor; and a power source; the printed circuit board, the sound chip, the speaker, the light sensor and the power source in electrical communication, the sound module assembly retained within a frame assembly, and the frame assembly positioned within the first compartment, the light sensor being aligned proximate the first compartment opening, wherein when the top flap is lifted to open the sound box to light, light enters the light sensor, causing the sound chip to play a sound recorded thereon. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The sound box as described in claim 11, wherein the first compartment wall further comprises a second opening, and wherein the speaker is positioned proximate the second opening. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The sound box as described in claim 12, wherein an end of the second compartment of the one or more compartments proximate the top flap is closed by the tab. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The sound box as described in claim 12, wherein an end of the second compartment of the one or more compartments proximate the sidewall is closed by the tab. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The sound box as described in claim 12, wherein the interior wall is divided into two interior walls, the two interior walls being separated. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The sound box as described in claim 12, wherein the recorded sound is chosen from the group consisting of a baby's cry, a cat's meow, a dog's bark, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Congratulations”, a lion's roar, and a wolfs howl. ### Claim 17 A method for assembling a sound box, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a cover assembly from a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a plurality of foldlines, by folding the sheet of material into a top, a top flap having a magnetic closure, a sidewall, and a bottom of the sound box; forming an interior box assembly from a base and a plurality of box walls; by attaching the box walls to each other to form a box structure; attaching the box structure to the base to form the interior box; dividing the interior box into more than one receptacle by placing an interior wall in the interior box, the interior wall further having a gap therein; attaching a first box wall to the inner surface of the sidewall, a third box wall being opposite the first box wall, the third box wall further comprising a metal piece that magnetically interacts with the magnetic closure; and attaching the base to the inner surface of the bottom; preparing one or more compartments from a compartment assembly, the compartment assembly comprising a sheet of material having an inner surface and an outer surface, the compartment assembly being folded into one or more compartments and one or more tabs, the first compartment of the one or more compartments having an opening therein, the opening allowing light to enter the first compartment; attaching the one or more compartments to the sound box top inner surface; and placing a sound module assembly into a frame assembly, wherein the sound module assembly comprises: a printed circuit board; an integrated circuit comprising a controller and a sound chip; a speaker; a light sensor; and a power source, the printed circuit board, the sound chip, the microphone, the speaker, the light sensor and the power source in electrical communication; and positioning the frame assembly within the first compartment, wherein the light sensor is aligned proximate the first compartment opening. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of assembling a sound box as described in claim 17, further comprising the step of recording a sound on the sound chip. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of assembling a sound box as described in claim 18, wherein the recorded sound is chosen from the group consisting of a baby's cry, a cat's meow, a dog's bark, “Happy Birthday”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Congratulations”, a lion's roar, and a wolf's howl. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of assembling a sound box as described in claim 18, further comprising the step of attaching the sound module to the box top interior surface.