US 7,321,090 B2
Automatic musical instrument
Huang Meng-Suen, Hong Kong (China)
Assigned to Mr. Christmas Incorporated, New York, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/179,621.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/647388, filed on Jan. 28, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0169122 A1, Aug. 03, 2006
Int. Cl. G10F 1/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 84—94.1  [84/97] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic musical instrument comprising:
a tine that creates an audible sound when vibrated;
a rotor having plural picks extending radially outwardly therefrom;
an actuatable arm disposed to displace said rotor when said actuatable arm is pivoted between a normal position and an actuated position; and
a rotatable cam having at least one protrusion extending outwardly from a surface thereof, wherein said rotatable cam is rotated to contact a pick on said rotor after said rotor is displaced by said actuatable arm,
wherein the contact of said rotatable cam with a pick of said rotor further displaces said rotor, causing a pick on said rotor to vibrate said tine, emitting the audible sound.