Therapeutic aid for the handic apped
OwnerEllwood J. Collins, Helen M. Collinsinventors
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Abstract
A teaching machine for improving hand and eye coordination, as well as muscle development in the fingers, wrists and forearms of handicapped individuals includes a plurality of various types of electrical switches which are operably associated with a color coding on a viewing panel and may be operated to control a color display. Additionally, several mechanical exercising devices which are adjustably variable in tension are included as a part of the machine, while hand and eye coordination is accomplished by the matching of the particular switches and colored lights on the viewing panel.
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A therapeutic aid for developing hand and eye coordination of a user, said aid comprising:
- a housing;
- switch means mounted on said housing, said switch means being selectively actuatable by said user;
- display means mounted on said housing and being operable in response to an actuation of said switch means by said user;
- exercise means mounted on said housing and being selectively actuatable by said user for purposes of improving said user's muscle control and strength;
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- power supply means for energizing said display means in response to actuation of one of said switch means and the exercize means.
A therapeutic aid for developing hand and eye coordination of a user, said aid comprising:
- a housing;
- switch means mounted on said housing, said switch means being selectively actuable by said user;
- display means mounted on said housing and being operable in response to an actuation of said switch means by said user;
- exercise means mounted on said housing and being selectively actuatable by said user for purposes of improving said user's muscle control and strength;
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- power supply means for energizing said display means in response to at least an actuation of said switch means, said display means including a plurality of colored lamps selectively illuminable in response to said actuation of the switch means, said plurality of colored lamps also being selectively actuatable in response to a movement of said exercise means.
A therapeutic aid for developing hand and eye coordination of a user, said aid comprising:
- a housing;
- switch means mounted on said housing, said switch means being selectively actuatable by said user;
- display means mounted on said housing and being operable in response to an actuation of said switch means by said user;
- exercise means mounted on said housing and being selectively actuatable by said user for purposes of improving said user's muscle control and strength;
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- power supply means for energizing said display means in response to at least an actuation of said switch means, said switch means including the use of pushbutton switches, rotary switches, slide switches and toggle switches selectively actuatable by a user to operate said display means, said display means including a plurality of colored lamps selectively illuminable in response to said actuation of said switches, various combination of said pushbutton switches, rotary switches, slide switches and toggle switches are utilized to illuminate respective ones of said plurality of lamps contained in said display means so as to permit an illumination of a same lamp by two or more different switches.
A therapeutic aid for developing hand and eye coordination of a user, said aid comprising:
- a housing;
- switch means mounted on said housing, said switch means being selectively actuatable by said user;
- display means mounted on said housing and being operable in response to an actuation of said switch means by said user;
- exercise means mounted on said housing and being selectively actuatable by said user for purposes of improving said user's muscle control and strength;
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- power supply means for energizing said display means in response to at least an actuation of said switch means, said exercise means including a slide assembly for developing muscle control and strength of said user, said slide assembly serving to operate said display means in response to an actuation thereof by a user.
A therapeutic aid for developing hand and eye coordination of a user, said aid comprising:
- a housing;
- switch means mounted on said housing, said switch means being selectively actuatable by said user and including a plurality of pushbutton switches, rotary switches, slide switches and toggle switches;
- display means mounted on said housing and being operable in response to an actuation of said switch means by said user, said display means including a plurality of variously colored lamps in selective electrical communication with said switch means;
- exercise means mounted on said housing and being selectively actuatable by said user for purposes of improving said user's muscle control and strength, said exercise means including a slide assembly operable to actuate said display means in response to a movement thereof, and further including a digit exerciser assembly for improving muscle control and strength in a user's hands and fingers;
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- power supply means for energizing said display means in response to an actuation of one of said switch means and said slide assembly.
A therapeutic aid for developing coordination comprising a housing, a plurality of manually operable switch devices mounted on the housing for selective actuation thereof, display means mounted on the housing and operatively connected to the switch devices for operation in a first mode in response to said actuation of the switch devices, exercise means mounted in the housing for manual manipulation, and means operatively connecting the exercise means to the display means for operation thereof in a second mode in response to said manual manipulation of the exercise means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.