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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robin H Hines, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Michael R Glasscock, Tullahoma, TN (US);
D Bruce Johnson, Tullahoma, TN (US);
Assignee:
Quantime, Inc., Tullahoma, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ; G09B / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8448 / ; 84-118 ; 84-128 ; 283 91 ; 283 93 ; 283 47 ; 235489 ; 235491 ; 235494 ;
Abstract
A coded card for use in a melody playing apparatus. The coded card has four quadrants, each quadrant having a different melody therein. A synchronization code is encoded down the center of the card between alternates ones of the quadrants. By alternately rotating and turning the card over, each of the four quadrants with different melodies and the synchronization code will appear at a same predetermined quadrant position. Therefore, when playing on the melody playing apparatus, each of the melodies can be decoded thereby.