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US 2021/0201695 A1Published application
Blocks Assembly
OwnerJohn Vlietinventor
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Abstract
A blocks assembly is provided. The assembly is formed of a base with an arch attached thereto. A number of blocks are slideably attached to the arch and confined by the base. The blocks can be slid from one side of the arch to the other. Markings on each side of the arch indicate how many blocks are on each side of the arch. Addition, subtraction, and general mathematical principles and relationships can be taught by movement and manipulation of the blocks.
Claims20
A blocks assembly comprising:
- a base;
- an arch comprising two legs and a connector joining the legs at a proximal end of each of the two legs, each of the two legs connected to the base at a distal end;
- a plurality of sequential numerical markings on each of the two legs;
- a quantity of ten blocks, each block defining an aperture through a height, the arch passing through the aperture of each of the ten blocks, wherein each of the ten blocks is slideable along the arch between one leg and the other leg.
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A blocks assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a sliding track comprising two legs and a connector joining the legs at a proximal end of each of the two legs, each of the two legs connected to the base at a distal end;
- eleven sequential numerical markings positioned on each of the two legs, the numerical markings arranged in sequential order starting from zero at the base and increasing in number to ten as the numbering approaches the connector;
- ten blocks, each of the blocks slideably connected to the sliding track allowing movement of each of the blocks between one leg and the other leg;
- wherein each of the numerical markings is spaced apart from an adjacent numerical marking by a distance that is equal to a height of one of the ten blocks.
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A method of operation of a blocks assembly comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a blocks assembly, the block assembly comprising a base and two legs, the two legs joined at bottom to the base, and at a top by a connector, a plurality of blocks slidably connected to the two legs and slidable from one of the two legs to the other of the two legs via the connector, plurality of sequential numerical markings on each of the two legs;
- sliding at least one of the plurality of blocks from a first leg to a second leg;
- and
- observing a marking above the one of the plurality of blocks when it is at the first leg, and observing a second marking on the first leg after the one of the plurality of blocks has moved to the second leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.