Patent ID: 6406049
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
An amusement and safety alert accessory for use in a vehicle, said vehicle having a frame member for transferring support and transporting motion for a supporting motion assembly in which the supporting motion assembly includes at least one wheel, said wheel is rotatable with respect to said frame member, said vehicle is capable of movement by means including said wheel, said amusement and safety alert accessory comprising:accessory housing means for housing said amusement and safety alert accessory; a speaker; an assembly that activates the speaker; sound for producing assembly means for producing sound, said sound producing assembly means has a striker that is a flexible element, said striker can be engaged with said wheel when said wheel is in rotation, causing said striker to flex in a flapping motion, thereby producing a first sound, and wherein movement of said striker moves the assembly that activates the speaker to produce a second sound; engaging and control assembly for engaging and controlling the sound producing assembly means to engage with said wheel, said striker is positioned by said engaging and control assembly within a spoke path defined by said wheel when in rotation; accessory mounting assembly means for mounting said amusement and safety alert accessory on said frame member; a microphone coupled with said striker; an amplifier cooperating with said striker and said microphone; wherein said speaker is coupled-to said amplifier; wherein said first sound is a vibrational sound produced by the flapping motion of said striker when engaged with moving spokes within said spoke path, said second sound is a sound broadcast by said speaker, and wherein said microphone, amplifier and speaker cooperate to amplify and broadcast said first sound as said second sound from said speaker when said wheel is in rotation.