Patent ID: 6319087
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
In a combination including an amusement device having a sound generator therein, a speaker electrically coupled with the sound generator, a power supply of at least one battery providing power to at least the sound generator, and an actuator positioned on the device so as to be manually activated by a user of the device, the actuator further being operatively coupled with the sound generator such that manual activation of the actuator by a user activates the sound generator to generate sound through the speaker, an improvement wherein the device is configured such that a mechanical element is removably extended into the device from outside the device and is operatively coupled in the device with the sound generator such that when the mechanical element is operatively coupled with the sound generator and the sound generator is activated by manual activation of the actuator, the sound generator generates sound through the speaker in a first volume and, when the mechanical element is removed from the device and the sound generator is activated by manual activation of the actuator, the sound generator generates sound through the speaker at a second volume different from the first volume.