Patent ID: 6113457
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A protective sound-emitting novelty device for use with a sporting implement, said device comprising:a body structure having an elongated, substantially flexible fabric portion defining an access aperture and a substantially hollowed interior cavity for receiving and protecting at least a portion of the sporting implement, said body structure further having a configured portion; anda sound-generating device for generating sounds disposed upon said body structure, said sound-generating device including a chassis and at least one programmed electronic chip, and at least one associated switch wherein the switch is adapted to activate said sound-generating device by any of: (a) pressure to a portion of the body structure, (b) a remote device having a transmitter, or (c) removal of at least a portion of the sporting implement from the interior cavity;wherein the sound-generating device is capable of emitting sounds when at least a portion of said sporting implement is inside the interior cavity of the body structure.