Variable maze device
OwnerPaul Houghtoninventor
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Abstract
A variable maze device for enriching the environment of a contained primate, or for use as a crib toy, the device including a variable and programmable maze as well as a mechanism whereby a contained primate or a human infant may be instructed as to the location of the correct pathway through the maze.
Claims9
A variable maze device for use as a crib toy, comprising a container means having a variable maze through which a human infant can move an object, said maze being programmable to varying degrees of difficulty and said container means provided with a rear panel, an opposing front panel, and an interior therebetween, said front and rear panels having a plurality of substantially oppositely disposed access ports through which access to said interior of said container means may be had through each of said front and rear panels, wherein said device includes a means for instructing the infant as to the location of the correct path through the maze, said instructing means comprising a means for manipulating said object within said device through said rear panel, infant access to said object being through said front panel.
In a method for confining a human infant in a contained space, the improvement comprising placing in said contained space a variable maze device comprising a container means having a variable maze through which a human infant can move an object, said maze being programmable to varying degrees of difficulty and said container means provided with a rear panel, an opposing front panel, and an interior therebetween, said front and rear panels having a plurality of substantially oppositely disposed access ports through which access to said interior of said container means may be had through each of said front and rear panels, wherein said device includes a means for instructing the infant as to the location of the correct path through the maze, said instructing means comprising a means for manipulating said object within said device through said rear panel, infant access to said object being through said front panel.
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