Sea shell shaped amusement toy which produces sounds of the sea from within it

Abstract

A sea-shell shaped enclosure includes a body having a size which can be clasped in a hand, which gives off sounds of the sea, or ocean, or related sounds by a sound generating member located within said enclosure (sounds that were recorded from natural, or artificial sources, and stored in said member) when said enclosure is picked up, for the purpose of amusement, since sounds of the sea coming from a sea shell are told of in myth only and never really emulate from sea shells in nature. The triggering device can be a motion sensor, or a heat sensor, or a manual switch, which would trigger the sound generating device to play the above sounds, for a preprogrammed period of time determined by the sound generating device. In addition to the sound could be the option of having the shell light up as well by a light emitting device within the enclosure, which will be energized along with the sound generating device for the same period of time.

What is claimed by my invention is:  
     
         1 . An amusement toy that automatically produces sound compromising: 
 a body or enclosure, shaped like any form or appearance of sea shell having a size which can be clasped in the hand, a hollowed compartment within the seashell shaped enclosure large enough to hold a battery unit, and a sound producing device, hollowed in such a way that the sound from the sound producing device can easily be heard through the opening of the shell-shaped enclosure, of which a sound producing device generates sounds of the beach, and/or water waves coming in to shore, and/or sea gulls, and/or boats with sufficient enough volume, or intensity, to permit a person to be able to hear when he or she picks up the enclosure and puts it to his or her ear, and plays above sound for a preprogrammed unit of time determined by a sound producing device, and an automatic sensor that actuates a sound producing device to begin playing prerecorded, or preprogrammed sounds as described above.    
     
     
         2 . An amusement toy giving off sound as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the actuation of the sound producing device is actuated by the motion of the enclosure.  
     
     
         3 . An amusement toy giving off sound as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the actuation of the sound producing device is actuated by a heat sensor, triggered by the user's close proximity to the shell-shaped enclosure.  
     
     
         4 . An amusement toy giving off sound as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the actuation of the sound producing device is actuated by a manual switch which can be turned on and off by the user of the toy.  
     
     
         5 . An amusement toy giving off sound as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the sound producing device also triggers a light within the enclosure which also causes the shell-shaped enclosure to glow with the color of the light, and/or the color of the enclosure material for a period of time corresponding to the length of time the sound is produced.  
     
     
         6 . An amusement toy giving off sound as claimed in  claim 1 . Wherein the sound producing device also includes music.