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US 4,282,824 AGranted
Memory aiding device
OwnerLyndon E. Laffertyinventor
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Abstract
A device for aiding the remembering of an event which uses a display having board having a surface visible to the observer. A plurality of openings are adapted for accepting a peg like element having a plurality of faces. Indicia associated with each opening denotes a selected time period.
Claims5
A device for aiding memory in the performance of an act such as the administration of a medication comprising:
- a. a display board including a plurality of surfaces, including a first surface having at least a pair of substantially parallel rows of a plurality of openings being staggered from each other, a second surface having a plurality of openings, and a third surface having a plurality of openings, said display board having at least one surface thereof adapted for being visible to an observer;
- b. indicia associated with each of said plurality of openings, each indicium denoting a selected time period;
- c. peg means for fitting within any of said plurality of openings for supporting said peg means against the pull of gravity, said peg means comprising a shaft portion dimensioned to be removably placed in any of said openings and an indicia bearing portion including a plurality of faces, each of said plurality of faces including a different indicium able to be visible to an observer without removal of said shaft portion of said peg means from an opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.