Patent ID: 8396229
Filing Date: 2013-03-12
Classification: A41D,A41F,H04R

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting sounds to an in-utero infant, which is worn by a pregnant woman, said system comprising a single-piece flexible carrier with an opening in the center, the opening creating an upper arm and a lower arm, the upper arm and the lower arm each comprised of expandable material having sufficient elasticity to allow the single-piece flexible carrier to assume a substantially flat position and to assume a curved expanded position; an array of speakers disposed on said upper and lower arms; an amplifier operatively associated with the array of speakers that is able to limit the frequencies and tonal qualities of the sounds emitted from the speakers; and an audio device, operatively connected to the speakers and the amplifier, that provides a source from which sounds are played back; wherein the arrangement of the upper arm relative to the lower arm enables the carrier to accommodate the continuously changing shape of the abdomen of a pregnant woman; the speakers substantially surround the in-utero infant with the sounds emitted from said speakers; and the amplifier enables tailoring the frequencies and tonal qualities of the sounds emitted from the array of speakers to levels suitable for an in-utero infant.