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US 4,846,689 AGranted
Magnetic educational aid and teaching method
OwnerConstance J. Dayinventor
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Abstract
An educational aid, comprising a figure representing an animate object. A plurality of first enhancing means are provided which are adapted to attach magnetically to the figure. One surface of the first enhancing means bears representation of at least one teach object. A plurality of second enhancing means is provided, which are adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means relates to a feature of the teaching object.
Claims9
An educational aid comprising:
- (a) a figure representing an animate object;
- (b) a plurality of first enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the first enhancing means bears a representation of at least one teaching object including
- a blank clock face, and
- removable hour and minute clock hands which can be magnetically attached to the blank clock face so as to represent a time;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means relates to a feature of the first enhancing means.
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An education aid comprising:
- (a) a figure representing a child;
- (b) a plurality of primary-colored adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the clothes bears a representation of at least one teaching object;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means is a word which is the name of the teaching object.
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An education aid comprising;
- (a) figure representing a child;
- (b) a plurality of primary-colored clothes adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the clothes bears a representation of at least one teaching object;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means is a number which equals the number of teaching objects.
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An education aid comprising:
- (a) a figure representing a child;
- (b) a plurality of primary-colored clothes adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the clothes bears a representation of at least one teaching object including
- a blank clock face;
- and
- removable hour and minute clock hands which can be magnetically attached to the blank clock face so as to represent time;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means relates to a feature of the clothes and includes
- a plurality of numerals to represent the time shown by the hour and minute hands arranged on the clock face;
- and means to separate the hour and minute numerals so as to accurately represent the times shown on the clock face.
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An education aid comprising:
- (a) a figure representing a child;
- (b) a plurality of primary-colored clothes adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the clothes bears a representation of at least one teaching object wherein the teaching object is a geometric shape;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means is the same shape as the teaching object.
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An education aid comprising:
- (a) a figure representing a child;
- (b) a plurality of primary-colored clothes adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the clothes bears a representation of at least one teaching object;
- and
- (c) a plurality of second enhancing means adapted to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means is a word which represents the color of the first enhancing means.
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An educational teaching method, comprising the steps of:
- (a) selecting a figure representing an animate object;
- (b) selecting at least one first enhancing means to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein one surface of the first enhancing means bears a representation of at least one teaching object including
- a blank clock face, and
- removable hour and minute clock hands which can be magnetically attached to the blank clock face so as to represent a time;
- and
- (c) selecting at least one second enhancing means to magnetically attach to the figure, wherein the second enhancing means includes
- a plurality of numerals to represent the time shown by the hour and minute hands arranged on the clock face;
- and means to separate the hour and minute numerals so as to accurately represent the time shown on the clock face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.