Stock Photo - Teddy Bear Puts You To Sleep -- Janne Bradley with an electronic teddy bear invented by three engineers at Ruislip, Middlesex, to help put you to sleep. The electric apparatus at the beside pumps air into the teddy bear at ten to twelve breaths a minute, normal human breathing rate, and the teddy's chest heaves up and down just like a living person's. This, claims the chief inventor, Norman Parker, 52, has a soothing effect which helps to bring sleep. The teddy bear costs about ?21. For adults who dislike the idea of taking a teddy beat to bed, parker fits a special pad that achieves the same result. Parker says there is no risk of electrocution. Because the only thing going into the teddy bear itself is air. Parker's colleagues are Cyril Taylor and Geoffrey Fairbrass. All three are directors of a firm producing the teddy bear - electrical appliances (Ruislip) Limited. September 23, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).