Abstract: A waterproof housing is provided with an upper shell piece having a cone positioned over a non-waterproof (e.g. paper) speaker. The cone has conical stepped depressions mimicking the shape of the speaker. A speaker retainer presses the speaker in an air tight seal to the upper shell to assure that air is trapped in the chamber formed by the speaker and the upper shell. The circumference of the cone is a waveform, which allows a stiffer center plastic portion of the cone to vibrate when the sound waves hit it. More particularly, the cone is coupled to a cylindrical collar portion of the upper shell by a web of plastic material sufficiently thin so that the cone vibrates in sync with the speaker and emits the sound.

Abstract: A combination including a toy and a removable element inserted therein includes the toy having a generator and an actuator therewith. The actuator enables the generator to generate a sound or movement. An improvement of this combination includes the removable element being operably connected to the generator such that the removable element enables the generator to generate a first volume of the sound and removal of the removable element enables the sound generator to generate a second volume of the sound which is different from the first volume of the sound. Instead of or in addition to the removal of the removable element enabling the toy to generate a different volume of the sound, the removal of the removable element can enable the toy to emit a second duration of sound different from a first duration of sound and/or produce a second duration of a movement different from a first duration of a movement.