Decorative flower with lighting and voice message

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6625506
  • Patent Number
    6,625,506
  • Date Filed
    Friday, March 24, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 23, 2003
    20 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Examiners
    • Isen; Forester W.
    • Pendleton; Brian
    Agents
    • Troxell Law Office PLLC
Abstract
A decorative flower with lighting and voice message is enclosed. The decorative flower includes a shaft having a tapering lower end, a middle section, and a top section having an enlarged inner space. A flower part having a number of artificial petals is encircled to the top section of the shaft to form a flower shape. A printed circuit board is mounted inside the middle section of the shaft. A microphone, a recording button and a playing button are arranged inside the middle section and electrically connected to the printed circuit board separately. A battery arranged inside the shaft for supplying power. A speaker is arranged in the enlarged inner space of the top section, and a light emitting element is mounted on the top end of the top section. Both of the speaker and the light emitting element are electrically connected to the printed circuit board. A ball pen refill is arranged inside the tapering lower end of the shaft, and the tip of the ball pen refill protrudes out of the shaft. Furthermore, a clip or a brooch is mounted on the shaft.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention generally relates to a decorative flower, and in particular to a decorative flower can memorize, play voice message and lighten.




2. Description of the Prior Art




Fresh flowers are usually sent as a present on special days to show someone's feelings and thoughts. For example, a cluster of roses in Valentine means “I love you”, carnations in Mother's Day means gratitude, or sending flowers on graduation, birthday party, or when finishing a performance conveys congratulation. That is a reason why in some special holidays the price of the fresh flowers always rises doubled or tripled. However, the preservation period of the fresh flowers is not very long, usually after 5 to 10 days the fresh flowers will start withering, the heart of the flower sender can not be kept forever. But sending a cluster of artificial flowers for the preservation reason, the artificial flowers are not so beautiful and fragrant as the flesh flowers, and it seems that the flower sender doesn't have enough sincerity. Besides, no matter sending any kind of flowers, the truest heart feelings of the flower sender usually still can not be conveyed completely from the flowers.




It is thus desirable to have a decorative flower with lighting and voice message for overcoming the problems discussed above. The present invention provide a decorative flower with lighting and voice message which can record voice message from the flower sender, then play the voice message out to the flower receiver, the true feelings can be conveyed completely and preserved for a long time




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a decorative flower that can memorize, play voice message and lighten.




The other object of the present invention is to provide a decorative flower may be used as a ball pen.




One more object of the present invention is to provide a decorative flower that is easily to carry.




To achieve the above objects, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a decorative flower with lighting and voice message comprising a shaft having a tapering lower end, a middle section, and a top section having an enlarged inner space. A flower part having a number of artificial petals is encircled to the top section of the shaft to form a flower shape. A printed circuit board is mounted inside the middle section of the shaft. A microphone is electrically connected to the printed circuit board. A recording button and a playing button are electrically connected to the printed circuit board separately. A battery receptacle is formed under the printed circuit board for receiving batteries therein for supplying power to the printed circuit board.




The top section of the shaft is concealed inside the flower part. A speaker is arranged in the enlarged inner space of the top section, and a light emitting element is mounted on the top end of the top section. Both of the speaker and the light emitting element are electrically connected to the printed circuit board. When a user presses the recording button, the voice of the user may go through the microphone hole, be recorded and memorized by the printed circuit board. When pressing the playing button, through the controlling of the printed circuit board, the voiced memorized will be played by the speaker, and the light emitting element will lighten or flash at the same time.




Furthermore, a ball pen refill is arranged inside the tampering lower end of the shaft, and the tip of the ball pen refill protrude out of the shaft for making the present invention become a ball pen.




Besides, a clip is mounted on the shaft for the present invention may be clipped on the pocket or handbag of the user for easily carrying and decoration. Alternatively, the clip may be replaced by a brooch.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following description of preferred embodiments thereof, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:





FIG. 1

is a perspective view of a decorative flower with lighting and voice message constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a cross-sectional view of a decorative flower with lighting and voice message in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention taken along line


1





1


of

FIG. 1

; and





FIG. 3

is a perspective view of a decorative flower with lighting and voice message constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




With reference to the drawings and in particularly to

FIG. 1

, it shows a decorative flower with lighting and voice message constructed in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention comprising a shaft


20


having a tapering lower end, a middle section, and a top section having an enlarged inner space. A flower part


10


having a number of artificial petals is encircled to the top section of the shaft


20


to form a flower shape. The flower part


10


may be made of clothes or soft plastics, such as flannel or corduroy, to form a flower shape, such as rose or carnation.





FIG. 2

shows a cross-sectional view of the decorative flower with lighting and voice message, taken along line


1





1


of FIG.


1


. According to FIG.


1


and

FIG. 2

, a printed circuit board


30


is mounted inside the middle section of the shaft


20


. A controlling circuit for controlling recording, memorizing, playing, and lightening is arranged on the printed circuit board


30


by means of well-known printed circuit layout technique. A microphone


32


is electrically connected to the printed circuit board


30


and aimed at a corresponding microphone hole


21


formed on the shaft


20


for the voice going through the microphone hole


21


and being received by the microphone


32


. A recording button


33


and a playing button


34


are electrically connected to the printed circuit board


30


separately and protruded out of the shaft from the corresponding holes (not shown) formed on the shaft


20


for easily controlling. A battery receptacle is formed under the printed circuit board


30


for receiving a battery


35


therein for supplying power to the printed circuit board


30


.




The top section


22


of the shaft


20


is concealed inside the flower part


10


. A speaker


31


is arranged in the enlarged inner space of the top section


22


and electrically connected to the printed circuit board


30


. A light emitting element


40


is mounted on the top end of the top section


22


and electrically connected to the printed circuit board


30


. When a user presses the recording button


33


, the voice of the user may go through the microphone hole


21


, be received by the microphone


32


and be recorded and memorized by the printed circuit board


30


. When pressing the playing button


34


, through the controlling of the printed circuit board


30


, the voice which has been memorized will be played by the speaker, and the light emitting element


40


will lighten or flash at the same time.




A ball pen refill


50


is arranged inside the tampering lower end of the shaft


20


. The tip


51


of the ball pen refill


50


protrudes out of the shaft through a hole formed on the button end of the shaft


20


, for making the present invention become a ball pen.




Besides, a clip


60


is mounted on the opposite side corresponding to the microphone hole


21


of the shaft


20


for the present invention being clipped on the pocket or handbag of the user for easily carrying and decoration.





FIG. 3

shows a decorative flower with lighting and voice message constructed in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the clip


60


will be replaced by a brooch


61


. The brooch


61


is fixed on a ring


23


formed on the opposite side corresponding to the microphone hole


21


of the shaft


20


, for the present invention being pinned on clothes or handbags for decoration.




Although the present invention has been described with respect to the preferred embodiments, it is contemplated that a variety of modifications, variations and substitutions may be done without departing from the scope of the present invention that is intended to be defined by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A decorative flower with lighting and voice message comprising:a shaft having a tapering lower end, a middle section, and a top section having an enlarged inner space; a flower part having a number of artificial petals and encircled to the top section of the shaft; a printed circuit board mounted inside the middle section of the shaft; a microphone mounted inside the middle section of the shaft and electrically connected to the printed circuit board; a recording button mounted inside the middle section of the shaft and electrically connected to the printed circuit board for controlling recording; a playing button mounted inside the middle section of the shaft and electrically connected to the printed circuit board for controlling playing; a speaker mounted in the enlarged inner space of the top section of the shaft and electrically connected to the printed circuit board; a light emitting element mounted in the top end of the top section of the shaft and electrically connected to the printed circuit board; and a battery arranged inside the shaft under the printed circuit board for supplying power thereto.
  • 2. A decorative flower with lighting and voice message as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shaft further comprises a plurality of through holes corresponding to the microphone, recording button and playing button.
  • 3. A decorative flower with lighting and voice message as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a ball pen refill arranged inside the tapering lower end of the shaft and the tip of the ball pen refill protruding out of the shaft from the bottom end.
  • 4. A decorative flower with lighting and voice message as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a clip mounted on the shaft.
  • 5. A decorative flower with lighting and voice message as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a ring formed on the shaft and a brooch fixed on the ring.
US Referenced Citations (3)
Number Name Date Kind
4910647 Gong Mar 1990 A
5648129 Lee et al. Jul 1997 A
6253183 Boucard Jun 2001 B1