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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1979
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1977
Thomas J Fauls, West Orange, NJ (US);
Mego Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A toy such as a doll which is capable of alternately emitting one of a plurality of different audible sounds, depending on the orientation of the toy, i.e., each sound corresponds to a different orientation of the toy. Typically when the toy is a doll, the doll emits the sound of giggling or laughter when in the upright vertical position and the sound of crying when in the reclining horizontal position. At least a portion of the interior of the toy is hollow, and an arrangement is provided within the hollow interior capable of alternately emitting at least two audible sounds. A pivoted weight and a switch arrangement are disposed in the hollow interior of the toy, the switch arrangement being connected with the pivoted weight and with the arrangement for emitting sound. The pivoted weight moves to alternate positions when the orientation of the toy is changed, so that a change in the relative position of the pivoted weight causes the switch arrangement to controllably change the audible sound emitted by the arrangement for alternately emitting at least two different audible sounds.