Sound producing pacifier

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Shown in FIG.
1 is a pacifier 10.
The pacifier 10 includes a responsive nipple 14 which expands when subjected to a sucking action.
A typical ribbed nipple 14 will be about 3/4" in length and 3/8" in diameter; under a sucking action the length should increase to 11/4".
The nipple's interior 16 is hollow and in air communication with the atmosphere.
The nipple has a sucking end 18 and a distal end attached to a shield 20.
The shield 20 serves several purposes including preventing a baby from ingesting the pacifier 10, limiting the entry of the nipple 14 into the baby's mouth, and imitating a breast.
The shield 20 is preferably butterfly wing shaped to limit its orientation in a baby's mouth.
The narrowness is to accommodate the baby's nose and avoid interference with the nose's function.
The shield 20 is about 21/2 inches in width and relatively thin with some give.
The shield 20 should be convexed away from the nipple and the material on the nipple side should have the feel of a human breast.
The pacifier 10 further includes on the side of the shield 20 opposite an operations package 30.
The operations package 30 includes an energy source such as a battery with access door 31, a music source powered by the battery with speaker 32, activation button 33 and an activation receiver 34 also powered by the battery.
In an age of miniaturization, the operations package 30 could be made much smaller than is preferred.
The preferred size of the package 30 is that it be large enough to prevent an infant or toddler from placing the package 30 in its mouth.
The music source is designed to play not one, but preferably multiple lullabies in response to button 33 activation or receiver 34 activation and preferably, a periodic beep for locating purposes when activated through the receiver 34 for that purpose.
With the button 33 the playing of a lullaby can be initiated and then the pacifier 10 given to a baby.
Shown in FIG.
2 is a controller 12.
The controller 12 includes a power source, transmitter and one or more activation buttons 40