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US 10,966,898 B2Granted
Fidget sleeve
OwnerWilliam James Nichols, David Daniel Nichols +5inventors
InventorsWilliam James Nichols, David Daniel Nichols, Kevin Daniel May, Joseph Nathanial Hackett, Julia Ann May, Martin Pike, Rosemary Louise Saile Pike
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Abstract
An elongate hollow tube having two or more fidgets molded onto or attached to an outside surface of said tube is described. The tube can be slipped over a smooth elongated base object, such as a pencil or similar object, to provide manipulatives for students.
Claims20
A plurality of removable sleeves, each removable sleeve comprising:
- an elongate hollow tube having two or more different types of manipulatives, each manipulative having a different manipulative action, molded onto or permanently attached to an outside surface of said tube wherein at least one of said manipulatives comprises a nut turned on a screw attached at an upper end portion of said tube wherein said nut is not removable from said sleeve wherein said sleeve is configured to be slipped over a writing implement wherein said sleeve is configured to have a lower portion thereof configured to be used by a user to hold said writing implement during a writing process, wherein said sleeve is configured to remain in place during use of said writing implement in said writing process, wherein said manipulatives are configured to be manipulated by said user allowing expenditure of energy by manipulation of said manipulatives, and wherein said sleeve is configured to be slipped off of said writing implement and replaced by another one of said plurality of sleeves.
A plurality of removable sleeves, each removable sleeve comprising:
- an elongate hollow tube having six or more different types of manipulatives, each manipulative having a different manipulative action, molded onto or permanently attached to an outside surface of said tube wherein at least one of said manipulatives comprises a nut turned on a screw attached at an upper end portion of said tube wherein said nut is not removable from said sleeve wherein said sleeve is configured to be slipped over an elongated smooth base structure wherein said elongated smooth base structure comprises a standard writing implement including a wooden pencil, a mechanical pencil, a pen, or a stylus, or a non-writing implement having a similar shape and diameter as a standard writing implement, wherein said sleeve is configured to have a lower portion thereof configured to be used by a user to hold said writing implement or said non-writing implement during a writing process, wherein said manipulatives are configured to be manipulated by said user allowing expenditure of energy by manipulation of said manipulatives, and wherein said sleeve is configured to be slipped off of said elongated smooth base structure and replaced by another one of said plurality of sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.