Patent ID: 6022262
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A63H

Abstract:
A playback mechanism for a baby crib, comprising:a housing having a rear face, a side wall coupled to a periphery of the rear face and extending forwardly therefrom for defining a front peripheral edge and an interior space, a plurality of planar tabs coupled to an outer surface of the front peripheral edge of the side wall and extending radially therefrom, a front cover having a face indicia situated thereon, a rearwardly extending lip coupled to a periphery of the front cover and extending rearwardly therefrom for removably coupling with the tabs of the side wall, and an L-shaped tab coupled to an upper extent of a back surface of the rear face of the housing for mounting on a crib of a user; anda plurality of components each mounted in the interior space of the housing, the components including:a microphone for receiving audible signals via free space,a speaker for transmitting the audible signals via free space,a volume toggle switch connected to the speaker for selecting a volume at which the audible signals are transmitted,memory means connected to the microphone for storing the audible signals received therefrom in a selected one of a predetermined number of available memory slots and connected to the speaker for transmitting audible signals from the selected memory slot,a message selection display connected to the memory means for displaying a number associated with a presently selected memory slot,a message selection button connected to the memory means for selecting one of the predetermined number of available memory slots by the subsequent depression thereof which in turn incrementally selects each memory slot,a record button connected to the memory means for allowing the recording of audio signals in the presently selected memory slot via the microphone only during the depression thereof, andan activation switch connected to the memory means with a string associated therewith which depends downwardly through an aperture formed in a lower end of the side wall of the housing for playing back audio signals in the presently selected memory slot via the speaker only during the pulling thereof.