Cracker

Abstract

A cracker ( 10 ) which incorporates a device ( 22 ) having sounds stored in a memory thereof. The cracker includes a pull tab ( 30 ) which holds the device ( 22 ) in an inoperative condition until the cracker is pulled apart whereupon the device is activated and emits the sounds stored therein. The cracker further comprises a tubular component ( 12 ) which is constricted at two spaced locations to define a central portion ( 12.1 ) and two end portions ( 12.2, 12.3 ). There is a neck between each end portion and the central portion. Said device is in the chamber constituted by the central portion ( 12.1 ).

1 . A cracker which incorporates a device having sounds stored in an electronic memory thereof, the cracker including means which holds the device in an inoperative condition until the cracker is pulled apart whereupon the device is activated and emits the sounds stored therein.  
     
     
         2 . A cracker according to  claim 1 , and which comprises a tubular component which is constricted at two spaced locations to define a central portion and two end portions, there being a neck between each end portion and the central portion, said device being in the chamber constituted by said central portion.  
     
     
         3 . A cracker according to  claim 2 , and including a pull tab extending from said device through one of said necks and into one of said end portions, said tab being secured in said one end portion, said device having an electrical circuit which includes battery means, and said tab in said inoperative condition of the device having an electrically insulating part thereof between two components of said circuit to separate said components.  
     
     
         4 . A cracker as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said device includes batteries, said part being between two batteries so as electrically to isolate them from one another.  
     
     
         5 . A cracker as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein the other of the necks is strengthened so that the cracker, when pulled, preferentially fails at said one neck.  
     
     
         6 . A cracker as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the other of the necks is strengthened so that the cracker, when pulled, preferentially fails at said one neck.  
     
     
         7 . A cracker as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said other neck is strengthened by a layer of sheet material secured to said tubular component and overlying part of said central portion and part of said other end portion.  
     
     
         7 . A cracker as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said other neck is strengthened by a layer of sheet material secured to said tubular component and overlying part of said central portion and part of said other end portion.