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US 4,731,026 AGranted
Method and apparatus for teaching school bus safety
OwnerHector R. Fentoninventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for teaching school bus safety, which includes a school bus educational kit (10) comprising a rectangular surface (11) having designated areas (12, 13A, 13B, 14, 19) of varying degrees of danger; a movable, three-dimensional school bus (15) which fits in a designated area of the surface; a movable three-dimensional child figure (16); and a movable, three-dimensional car (17).
Claims10
School bus educational apparatus, comprising:
- (a) a surface depicting a street area with designated zones of varying degrees of danger, including a most dangerous zone;
- (b) a movable, three-dimensional school bus sized and configured to be placed upon said surface so that said most dangerous zone completely surrounds said school bus;
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- (c) a movable, three-dimensional child figure sized and configured relative to said school bus, wherein said child figure can be positioned in different areas of said surface to illustrate various degrees of danger.
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A method of demonstrating school bus safety upon a surface designating zones of varying degrees of danger, comprising the steps of:
- (a) positioning a three-dimensional school bus in a designated area of said surface so that a most dangerous zone completely surrounds said bus;
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- (b) moving a three-dimensional child figure around different areas of said surface relative to the position of said school bus so as to demonstrate principles of school bus safety.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.