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Musical garment
Assignee: GALAXY GROUP
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Filing: 1988-09-15
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Granted: 1989-10-24
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Expires: 2008-09-15
Abstract
Abstract A garment capable of playing a musical tune comprising a garment having incorporated into its fabric a musical element comprising a memory chip, a battery and a speaker, wherein said element plays a musical tune when depressed.
Inventors
- 👤 Ruth Solomon
- 👤 Harvey J. Rosenberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 16:12
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D27/00; A41D27/08; G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/18; G10H1/26; G10H2220/00; G10H2220/155; G10H2220/321
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A garment capable of playing a musical tune comprising a garment having incorporated into its fabric a musical element comprising a memory chip, a battery and a speaker, wherein said element plays a musical tune when depressed; said garment being a garment selected from the group consisting of T-shirt, sweat shirt, sweat pants, pants, sweater, jersey, shorts and socks; said garment being machine washable such that said musical element maintains operability after said garment is washed; and wherein said machine washable feature of said garment is obtained by maintaining said musical element in the interior of a machine washable pouch, and wherein said machine washable pouch is sewn into the fabric of said garment.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
A garment capable of playing a musical tune comprising a garment having incorporated into its fabric a musical element comprising a memory chip, a battery and a speaker, wherein said element plays a musical tune when depressed; said garment being a garment selected from the group consisting of T-shirt, sweat shirt, sweat pants, pants, sweater, jersey, shorts and socks; said garment being machine washable such that said musical element maintains operability after said garment is washed; and wherein said machine washable feature of said garment is obtained by maintaining said musical element in the interior of a machine washable pouch, and wherein said machine washable pouch is sewn into the fabric of said garment.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The garment according to claim 1 wherein said garment comprises a T-shirt.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The garment according to claim 1 wherein said garment comprises a sweat shirt.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The garment according to claim 1 wherein said machine washable pouch comprises an expanded nylon pouch.
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