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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Mark A. Estrada, El Paso, TX (US);
Robert A. Sherwood, El Paso, TX (US);
Roy A. Griffin, Iii, El Paso, TX (US);
Mark A. Estrada, El Paso, TX (US);
Robert A. Sherwood, El Paso, TX (US);
Roy A. Griffin, III, El Paso, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A speech or phrase emitting celebration device, in the nature of a piñata, includes a longitudinal axial channel within which is placed a complementally sized integrated circuit ('IC') including a library of pre-programmed voice chips having phrases selected by random. The circuit is responsive to impacts or shocks upon a fanciful housing of the device sufficient to actuate a shock sensor switch thereof. A speaker, in electrical communication with the circuit board of the integrated circuit, is in mechanical communication with a speaker at an end of the channel so that the emitted phrase may be heard by those in the vicinity of the device. A hollow cylindrical sensor may be disposed within the interior channel to provide appropriate input to the shock sensor switch, or a more sensitive discrete element sensor may be used.