Teaching device
OwnerVera Zimowskiinventor
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Abstract
A teaching device is disclosed which permits the utilization of both the visual and tactile senses during the learning process. The device includes a main frame, one end of which carries information conveying means consisting of a rotatable roller having removable covers attached thereto which carry raised figures or symbols such as numbers or letters, for example,. The opposed end of the frame slants away from the first end and carries a work surface suitable for writing purposes. The device also includes a support member which is essentially U-shaped in cross section and is capable of receiving the main frame on its top, whereby the overall device may be utilized as a lap desk, for example.
Claims3
A teaching device comprising:
- (A) a frame having first and second ends;
- (B) an exposed information conveying roll
- (1) disposed adjacent said firstend of said frame transversely thereof and
- (2) bearing raised indicia thereon;
- (C) an information receiving work surface
- (1) disposed on said frame between said information conveying roll and said second end of said frame and
- (2) covering substantially all of the surface area thereof;
- (D) a support member having
- (1) opposed legs with top and bottom edges, and
- (2) a top transverse support element interconnecting the top edges of said legs;
- (E) said frame being freely received on said support element;
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- (F) engagement means carried by the bottom surface of said frame and the top surface of said support member, whereby relative shifting there between is prevented.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.