Patent ID: 6084527
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A47D,G09F

Abstract:
A combined monitor light box assembly installable in an enclosure occupied by an infant having a mother, said assembly comprising:A. a light box having a front face on which is mounted a semi-reflecting mirror behind which is a film transparency which is a photographic image of the mother;B. a light producing means within the box which when activated then illuminates the transparency to render the image visible to the infant through the mirror which is then effectively transparent;C. a record playback unit associated with the box which when activated, reproduces a voice message recorded by the mother addressed to her infant;D. a miniature radio transmitter mounted in the box to radio-transmit a signal that is intercepted by a radio receiver that can be heard by the mother at a site remote from the enclosure; andE. means responsive to sounds of crying emanating from the infant to concurrently activate the light producing means, the playback unit and the radio transmitter whereby when the infant cries, it is then presented with and comforted by an image of its mother and her voice message, and the cries are radio-transmitted and picked up by the receiver so that they are heard by the mother.