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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1989
Robert T Auer, East Stroudsburg, PA (US);
Richard J Mayer, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Buddy L Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A sound-producing toy having a hollow body formed of resilient material, whereby when the body is depressed and deformed by a player, this action produces a honking sound. The body envelops an air-filled cavity at one end of which is an air-intake valve whose actuating element is outside the body so that when the element is actuated by the player, air is admitted into the cavity. Also disposed in the cavity is a sound producer having an air outlet normally closed by a membrane which is partially secured to the outlet so that when the body is depressed by the player, the resultant increase in internal air pressure above ambient is exerted against the membrane and causes deflection thereof to permit air to escape from the outlet. The escaping air causes the membrane to vibrate to produce a honking sound. The air expelled through the outlet creates a partial vacuum in the internal cavity which acts to maintain the body in its deformed state. But when the player operates the actuating element of the air-intake valve, air is admitted into the cavity and the body resumes its normal state.