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Soothing devices

a technology of soothing devices and soothing pads, which is applied in the direction of bed-side tables, toys, entertainment, etc., can solve the problems of limited variety of songs and sound quality, and it is rather frustrating to come home with a baby mobil

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-01-24
NAPTOWN DREAMS
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In addition, the variety of songs and sound quality is limited.
It can be rather frustrating to come home with a baby mobile that plays a song that, for one reason or another, is not soothing to the baby.

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[0028]The embodiments hereinafter disclosed are not intended to be exhaustive or limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed in the following description. Rather, the embodiments are chosen and described so that others skilled in the art may utilize its teachings.

[0029]Referring to FIG. 5, an exemplary soothing device 300 is shown. Soothing device 300 includes a controller 302, a media input 304, a memory 306, a user input 308, and one or more media output devices 310. In one embodiment, soothing device 300 is a baby soothing device and includes a baby mobile, such as baby mobile 36 shown in FIG. 1.

[0030]Soothing device 300 interacts with a stand alone media source or device 320 which provides media content to soothing device 300. Exemplary types of media content include audio content, image content, visualization content, and video content. Exemplary types of audio content include songs and other types of recordings, such as books. Exemplary types of image content include ph...

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Abstract

A soothing device is disclosed. The soothing device may be used in combination with a person support, such as a baby crib, a bed, and a dentist chair. The soothing device may include a display, a projector, a screen, and a mobile. The soothing device may include one or more covers. The soothing device may be used in combination with a portable, stand alone media device.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 11 / 490,561, filed Jul. 21, 2006, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to soothing devices including baby mobiles and baby soothing devices.[0004]2. Prior Art[0005]Traditional baby mobiles are mountable to a baby's crib and include a music box, an arm extending from a music box over the baby crib, and a plurality of objects or toys suspended from the arm. The music box typically stores only a few songs. The music box is powered by batteries and operates to play the songs and rotate the objects above the crib. The mechanism for activating the mobile (i.e. playing the songs and rotating the objects) is often in the form of a wind up music box. In these cases the mechanism for playing the music is usually a mechanical music player and the music is played for the d...

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IPC IPC(8): A47C31/00
CPCA63H5/00A63H33/22A63H33/006
Inventor OSBORN, KATHY
Owner NAPTOWN DREAMS
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