Patent ID: 6241750
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A45F,A61J

Abstract:
A device, comprising:a pacifier having a nipple portion for insertion into a mouth of a user and a holding ring;a housing having an interior space, spaced apart front and back faces, and a generally side wall interposed between said faces of said housing;said side wall of said housing having a slot therethrough providing an opening into said interior space of said housing;an elongate flexible ribbon having opposite first and second ends and a length defined between said first and second ends of said flexible ribbon,.said first end of said flexible ribbon being disposed in said interior space of said housing, said flexible ribbon being extended through said slot of said side wall of said housing such that said second end of said flexible ribbon outwardly extends from said side wall of said housing;said second end of said flexible ribbon being attached to said holding ring of said pacifier;said length of said flexible ribbon being retractably extendable from said interior space of said housing through said slot of said side wall, said flexible ribbon being biased towards retracting into said interior space of said housing;said back face of said housing having a fastener for attaching said housing to a garment of the user; anda sound generating device being provided in said housing for generating an audible sound when activated. said sound generating device having a speaker in said housing for projecting the audible sound generated from said sound generating device.