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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:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth P. Morton, East Aurora, NY (US);
Kenneth G. Parker, Williamsville, NY (US);
Peter F. Reile, South Wales, NY (US);
Maarten Van Huystee, East Aurora, NY (US);
Assignee:
Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/500 ; G10F 1/22 ; G10H 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10D 1/500 ; G10F 1/22 ; G10H 1/34 ;
Abstract
A musical device includes a body and at least one actuator mechanism. In one embodiment, the musical device can generate an audio output in response to activation by a user of the actuator mechanism. In one embodiment, the musical device body includes multiple parts that can be moved relative to each other. The parts enable the musical device to resemble one or more musical instruments.