Patent ID: 9211476
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A63G

Abstract:
1. A control system for providing sounds under certain conditions for a child's riding toy wherein the toy is a three-dimensional representation of a portion of an animal body upon which a child can be seated, the three-dimensional representation including a body member having opposed front and rear end portions, a middle portion located therebetween, spaced apart upper and lower portions, and a neck and head portion extending from the front end portion thereof said body member being both attachable to the upper portion of a person's leg and restable on a supporting surface, and at least the lower portion of said body member being made of a compressible, resilient material so as to conform to the shape of the upper portion of a person's leg, said control system comprising: an accelerometer positioned and located within said body member, said accelerometer sensing the rate of vertical movement of said body member due to the reciprocating motion of a child on said body member within a predetermined period of time; said accelerometer being further coupled to said neck portion for sensing any changes in pitch movement of said neck portion when a pulling force is exerted thereagainst; memory for storing a plurality of different animal sounds; an audio system for playing sound; and an electronic controller coupled to said accelerometer, to said memory, and to said audio system, said controller being operable to receive a signal from said accelerometer indicative of the rate of vertical movement of said body member within said predetermined period of time, said controller being further operable to output a signal to said memory to select an animal sound based upon the rate of vertical movement of said body member within said predetermined period of time different animal sounds bein selected for different rates of vertical movement within said predetermined period of time, and to output a signal to said audio system to play the selected animal sound based upon the signal received from said accelerometer; and said controller being further operable to receive a signal from said accelerometer indicative of any changes in pitch movement of said neck portion and to output a signal to said memory and to said audio system to select and play a certain animal sound based upon the signal received from said accelerometer.