Educational amusement device for matching words with non-verbal symbols
OwnerMatthew R. Lutininventor
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Abstract
The present educational amusement device includes a horizontally pivoted balance arm and several pairs of matched game pieces. The game pieces of each pair include one which displays a non-verbal symbol and another one which displays the word for that symbol. The game pieces of each pair are equal in weight to each other but different in weight from the game pieces of every other pair. Therefore, the balance arm will assume a horizontal position only if two game pieces placed on it belong to the same pair. A downwardly extending front wall of the balance arm presents a window which registers with and fully uncovers a smiling face symbol on the pivotal support for the balance arm only when the balance arm is horizontal.
Claims8
In an educational amusement device for teaching a player to match words with corresponding non-verbal visual symbols, said amusement device having a balance arm and means providing a horizontal pivotal fulcrum for the balance arm at its center of gravity, the improvement which comprises:
- a plurality of integral first game pieces of different weights which display different non-verbal symbols;
- a plurality of integral second game pieces displaying different words which correspond respectively to the non-verbal symbols displayed by said first game pieces, each of said second game pieces having the same weight as the respective first game piece which displays the corresponding non-verbal symbol;
- and visual indicator means for indicating whether the balance arm is horizontally balanced by first and second game pieces of equal weight on opposite sides of its pivotal fulcrum.
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