Phrase-composing device featuring interlocking collars
OwnerMatthew Steven Sarconiinventor
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Abstract
An amusement or educational device comprising a plurality of interlocking collars slidable along and rotatable about a common shaft, and bearing elements of a multi-element relationship about their circumferences. In one embodiment, the collars are configured to allow users to construct fortunes, words, sentences, equations, or other relationships by selectively interlocking adjacent collars to align word, mathematical, sentence or other appropriate elements disposed around the collars. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a fortune-telling or entertainment device allowing users to compose fortunes or other relationships by selectively combining multi-word sentence fragments disposed around the circumference of interlocking collars.
Claims24
An apparatus adaptable for use as a phrase-composing device, comprising
- a shaft,
- a first collar slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the first collar includes teeth extending from a first edge thereof, wherein the first collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- a second collar adjacent to the first collar and slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the second collar includes teeth extending from a first edge thereof and configured to selectively interlock with the teeth extending from the first collar, wherein the second collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- wherein the text areas and the teeth of the first and second collars are configured such that at least one text area of the first collar and at least one text area of the second collar are in substantial alignment when the teeth of the first collar and teeth of the second collar interlock.
An apparatus adaptable for use as a phrase composing device, comprising
- a shaft,
- a first end cap attached to a first end of the shaft,
- wherein the first end cap includes first teeth extending from the inner edge thereof,
- a first collar adjacent to the first end cap and slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the first collar includes second teeth extending from a first edge thereof and configured to selectively interlock with the first teeth extending from the first end cap, wherein the first collar includes third teeth extending from a second edge thereof, wherein the first collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- a second collar adjacent to the first collar and slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the second collar includes fourth teeth extending from a first edge thereof and configured to selectively interlock with the third teeth extending from the first collar, wherein the second collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- wherein the text areas and the teeth of the first and second collars are configured such that at least one text area of the first collar and at least one text area of the second collar are in substantial alignment when the third teeth of the first collar and fourth teeth of the second collar interlock.
An apparatus adaptable for use as a phrase-composing device, comprising
- a shaft,
- a first collar slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the first collar includes teeth extending from a first edge thereof, wherein the first collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- a second collar adjacent to the first collar and slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the second collar includes teeth extending from a first edge thereof and configured to selectively interlock with the teeth extending from the first collar, wherein the second collar has at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof,
- wherein each text area disposed on the collars includes a sentence fragment,
- wherein the text areas and the teeth of the first and second collars are configured such that at least one text area of the first collar and at least one text area of the second collar are in substantial alignment when the teeth of the first collar and teeth of the second collar interlock.
An apparatus adaptable for use as a phrase-composing device, comprising
- a shaft,
- at least two collars slidable along and rotatable about the shaft, wherein the at least two collars each have at least two text areas disposed around the circumference thereof, and wherein the at least two collars have selectively interlocking edges configured such that at least one text area of the first collar and at least one text area of the second collar are in substantial alignment when the interlocking edges of adjacent ones of the at least two collars engage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.