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US 8,348,534 B1Granted
Infant/child crayon grip system
OwnerSusan E. Brindiseinventor
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Abstract
A writing implement has a cylindrical configuration over the majority of its extent. The writing implement has a leading and trailing end and a side wall. A generally tubular gripping member has an essentially cylindrical exterior surface and a bore forming a cylindrical interior surface. The gripping member has a leading and a trailing face. The writing implement is frictionally received by and supported within the interior surface of the gripping member. The leading end of the writing implement is spaced from the leading face of the gripping member. The gripping member is fabricated of a resilient material.
Claims11
A grip system comprising:
- a writing implement having a length in a cylindrical configuration with a first diameter over the majority of its extent with a leading and trailing end and with a side wall, the writing implement adapted to be used by people with greater motor skills;
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- a generally tubular gripping member having an essentially cylindrical exterior surface with a second diameter greater than the first diameter, a bore through the gripping member forming a cylindrical interior surface with a third diameter when the gripping member is received by the writing implement, the gripping member having a side wall between the cylindrical exterior surface and the bore, the side wall of the gripping member having a thickness greater than the diameter of the writing implement, the gripping member having a leading and a trailing face, the writing implement being frictionally received by and supported within the interior surface of the gripping member with the leading end of the writing implement being spaced from the leading face of the gripping member, the gripping member covering the majority of the length of the writing implement when in system configuration adapted to be used by young children and people with undeveloped motor skills, the gripping member being fabricated of a resilient foam material.
An infant/child crayon grip system for helping young children and people with undeveloped motor skills develop appropriate pre-writing and handwriting skills to make crayon use easier comprising, in combination:
- a crayon having a length in a cylindrical configuration over the majority of its extent, the crayon being formed with a cone-shaped writing end and a flat rear end with a cylindrical side wall between the writing end and the rear end, the crayon having a length of about 2.75 inches, the crayon being fabricated of a waxy writing material;
- a covering having a cylindrical configuration over its entire extent and encompassing the majority of the extent of the side wall of the crayon, the covering being formed with a leading end positioned adjacent to the conical writing end of the crayon but exposing the writing end for use for writing, the covering being formed with a trailing end positioned adjacent to the flat rear end of the crayon, the covering having an axial length of about 2.25 inches, the covering being fabricated of paper;
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- a tubular gripping member having a cylindrical exterior surface with a diameter of about 2.00 inches and a bore forming a cylindrical interior surface with a diameter of about 0.25 inches, the diameter of the exterior surface being about 8 times the diameter of the interior surface, the gripping member having a side wall between the exterior surface and the interior surface, the side wall of the gripping member having a thickness greater than the diameter of the crayon, the interior surface and the exterior surface having a common axis, the gripping member having a planar leading face perpendicular to the axes of the gripping member and a planar trailing face parallel with the leading face, the gripping member covering the majority of the length of the crayon, the first distance being about four times the length of the second distance, the gripping member being a resilient memory foam fabricated of a visco-elastic polyurethane foam with an indentation force deflection rating of between 10 and 12 whereby when the gripping member of the system is held by children and infants for writing, the exterior surface of the gripping member will be indented and remain indented for a period of time so that subsequent holding and writing may be facilitated.
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A teaching system for young children and people with undeveloped motor skills, the system comprising:
- a crayon having a length in cylindrical configuration with a first diameter over the majority of its extent with a leading and trailing end and with a side wall, the crayon adapted to be used by people with developed motor skills;
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- a generally tubular gripping member having an essentially cylindrical exterior surface with a second diameter greater than the first diameter, a bore through the gripping member forming a cylindrical interior surface with a third diameter when in system configuration, the gripping member having a side wall between the cylindrical exterior surface and the bore, the side wall of the gripping member having a thickness greater than the diameter of the crayon, the crayon being frictionally received by and supported within the interior surface of the gripping member, the gripping member covering the majority of the length of the crayon and adapted to be used by young children and people with undeveloped motor skills, the gripping member being fabricated of a resilient foam material.
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