32results about "Rattles" patented technology

A sound generating device for being removably securable to or directly about a person's hand or finger for producing sound when the hand is reciprocally moved. The device includes a sound generating portion secured or securable to an attachment portion, where the attachment portion is securable to or directly about the hand or finger. Preferably, the sound is percussive caused by components of the device striking each other upon rapid and repeated reciprocal hand movement. The device is light in weight, does not require striking the hand or finger or other portion of the body, and is shaped and contoured to conform to hand shape, and preferably includes an adjustable attachment portion to adapt to differing sizes and shapes of hands and fingers; the device also may be modular, wherein the attachment portion may comprise a plurality of differing sizes of mounting structures for the same sound generating portion.

A sound generating device for being removably securable to or directly about a person's hand or finger for producing sound when the hand is reciprocally moved. The device includes a sound generating portion secured or securable to an attachment portion, where the attachment portion is securable to or directly about the hand or finger. Preferably, the sound is percussive caused by components of the device striking each other upon rapid and repeated reciprocal hand movement. The device is light in weight, does not require striking the hand or finger or other portion of the body, and is shaped and contoured to conform to hand shape, and preferably includes an adjustable attachment portion to adapt to differing sizes and shapes of hands and fingers; the device also may be modular, wherein the attachment portion may comprise a plurality of differing sizes of mounting structures for the same sound generating portion.

A pot call for producing turkey sounds includes: having separate sound chambers, having a top pot shape on the top, a top open end, a top side wall, a top closed end, a top sound hole aperture or a plurality of top sound hole apertures, having the top open end covered by a top playing surface forming a top sound chamber; and having a bottom pot shape on the bottom, a bottom open end, a bottom side wall, a bottom closed end, a bottom sound hole aperture or a plurality of bottom sound hole apertures, having the bottom open end covered by a bottom playing surface forming a bottom sound chamber. In use a striker is dragged across either the top playing surface or the bottom playing surface creating a turkey sound.

A door knocker for use by a cat for requesting entry into a house. This knocker comprises a mounting block attached to a door surface; a longitudinal spring having a first end mounted to the mounting block and a second end extending vertically downward from the first end. A hardwood ball is mounted to the second end. The ball is held at a knocking distance from the door surface. A string with loose frayed ends is attached to the second end of the spring near the ball. A cat coming near the door knocker is attracted to the string with frayed ends and instinctively starts to play with the string to operate the door knocker into a series of repetitive door knocks. The door knocker according to the present invention does not require any significant physical or mental effort from a cat.

A device mounts to a water bottle and produces sounds when the bottle is chewed by a dog, and includes a cap and squeaker. The cap includes: a body with a first opening on a first side defining an interior surface of a cavity, with a plurality of internal threads; and a second opening on a second side being in fluid communication with the cavity. A plurality of fingers are spaced about the second opening, and extend toward the first side, being at a first angle with respect to an axis of the interior surface. The squeaker is inserted into the second opening, and a protruding region of its housing causes the fingers to deform to a second angle with respect to the axis, after which the plurality of fingers nest between an end flange and the protruding region. Internal threads mount the device to threading of the water bottle.

The claimed device relates to devices for creating sound, to percussion devices in particular, and can be used both as a rhythmic instrument and as the background sound effects for sporting events. The percussion device comprises at least two percussion instruments 1 and the mounting unit 2. The percussion instrument 1 has a stem 4 and percussion surface which interacts with another percussion instrument 1 and / or percussion surface. The mounting point 2 is made of elastic material and has holes 3 for mounting the stems 4 of the percussion instruments 1, wherein the maximum angle between the axes of the holes does not exceed 45°. In this particular case, spoons can be used as percussion instruments.

In one embodiment, a method for assembling a noise making device includes providing a hand-held tube structure with a first end including screw-on bottle threads about an opening. A first rod member is provided, having a first mass attached to a first end of the rod member. A support member is pivotally attached to a second end of the rod member, sized for attachment along the bottle threads with a bottle cap screwed thereon. The first rod member end and the mass are positioned within the tube structure. With the first end of the rod member and the mass positioned within the tube, the support structure is extended out of the tube to cross over the threads and be captured between the cap and the neck region as the cap is threaded about the opening.