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US 4,573,927 AGranted
Means and method of showing feelings
OwnerPatricia T. Newmaninventor
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Abstract
This invention is a means to aide children in identifying, accepting and expressing their feelings. This means is in the form of a doll like figure which is used adjunctively in therapeutic and child care setting as well as in natural surroundings. The doll like figure associated with the present invention is so designed that its faces can be changed according to the feelings to be exemplified.
Claims9
The method of teaching a child to accept and express emotional feelings comprising:
- giving said child a doll-like figure;
- giving said child at least four separate and removable facial panels, each depicting one of the commonly felt emotions of happiness, sadness, anger and fear;
- instructing said child to illustrate his/her feelings by attaching an appropriate facial panel to said doll corresponding to his/her feelings whereby a child is provided with a non-threatening means of expressing his/her feelings.
A teaching aid specifically designed to help children in accepting and expressing their feelings comprising:
- a doll-like figure having a generally circular face area;
- a circular hood means permanently attached to said figure and extending circumferentially about said face area to define a generally circular opening adjacent such face;
- and a plurality of separate and removable round fabric like panels with facial expressions thereon depicting commonly felt emotions whereby the user of the teaching aid can select the desired facial expressions and by placing it over the circular face area and tucking the edges thereof under the circumferential hood, a desired specific feeling can be illustrated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.