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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:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gregory R Horton, Manville, RI (US);
Robert S Winslow, Newport, RI (US);
Assignee:
Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
8447 / ; 8447 / ; 84600 ; 84 942 ; 446175 ; 446297 ;
Abstract
A musical toy is provided with a base member, a second member connected to the base member so as to form a substantially unobstructed space between the second member and the base member, a plurality of photoemitters for generating a plurality of radiation beams between the base member and the second member, a plurality of photodetectors for receiving the radiation beams, audio generation means for generating a plurality of musical sounds, and means for causing the audio generation means to generate one of the musical sounds in response to an interruption of one of the radiation beams.