Letter-training plate
OwnerMasaharu Miyakeinventor
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Abstract
A letter of a correct form is engraved in a plate member in the form of a groove having a specified depth. Either a side wall on the bottom side of the groove is arranged in the form of an inclined surface inclining towards the side facing the user at a specified angle, or both of the side walls on both a top side and the bottom side of the groove are arranged in the form of inclined surfaces inclining towards the side facing the user at a specified angle. The plate member may further have indicia indicating the correct order of writing the letter and/or the bottom surface of the groove may be provided with a resistant surface providing resistance to writing. Such arrangements enable a user to naturally and effectively master correct and beautiful letters and a correct holding angle of a writing tool.
Claims8
An apparatus for use in training a user to correctly write characters such as letters or numerals, said apparatus comprising:
- a plate member;
- said plate member having formed therein a groove in the shape of a character;
- said groove being defined by a bottom surface spaced from an upper surface of said plate member by the depth of said groove and by spaced side walls;
- said spaced side walls including bottom side wall portions located at positions closer to a bottom of said character and top side wall portions located at positions closer to a top of said character;
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- both said top side wall portions and said bottom side wall portions being defined by respective surfaces that are inclined in a direction downwardly into said groove and away from said bottom of said character.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.