Patents Assigned to Sounds Fun, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5440526
    Abstract: A wristwatch mounting an animated head of a figure and including a moveable nose overlying a watch face and formed by one end of a moveable member, the opposite end forming an armature. The moveable member is mounted on a laterally extending pivot pin such that magnitude of the torque due by the gravitational pull on such centers of mass on the opposite sides of such pivot pin are equal. A integrated circuit is provided which combines the capability to control clock functions, actuate the animation feature, synthesize speech and drive a dynamic speaker to provide overall control of the animation from a single actuation. Firmware incorporated in the integrated circuit includes means to selectively vary the message and comment in order to provide enhanced animation and novelty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Sounds Fun, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Pierce, Stephen C. Jacobsen, William B. Lee
  • Patent number: 5197044
    Abstract: A wristwatch mounting an animated head of a figure and including a moveable nose overlying a watch face and formed by one end of a moveable member, the opposite end forming an armature. The moveable member is mounted on a laterally extending pivot pin such that magnitude of the torque due by the gravitational pull on such centers of mass on the opposite sides of such pivot pin are equal. An electrical circuit is provided with an actuation switch that may be pressed to actuate an audio speaker which emits a simulated time indicating voice in synchronism with intermittent energization of such armature to selectively move such nose between mouth open and mouth closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Sounds Fun, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold D. Pierce, Stephen C. Jacobsen, William B. Lee
  • Patent number: 5188222
    Abstract: The anti-theft display package includes a casing which retains an animatable time piece spaced apart from the transparent covering to allow the animated time piece to move. Access to a switch to cause the time piece to become animated and emit sound to tell time is also incorporated in the packaging apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: Sounds Fun, Inc.
    Inventor: Harold D. Pierce