US 8,708,766 B2Granted

Child's activity toy

AssigneeTech 4 Kids, Inc.

InventorsBradley D. Pedersen, Kyle Jeffs

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Abstract

A child's activity toy having a support board to which a variety of differently colored discs can be magnetically attached. The colored discs are dispensed with disc dispenser pens adapted to house and dispense the discs, and thus create a colored image. The image created can be viewed using 3D imaging technology, and an enhanced visual effect can be observed when the images are observed under Ultraviolet light. A disc collection and sorting system is also included in the activity toy of the present invention.

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A child's activity toy set comprising:

a support stand having a display with a front magnetic display portion, the support stand further having a non-magnetic catchment area positioned behind the front magnetic display portion and further having a top cover section open to the front magnetic display portion and connected to the non-magnetic catchment area, and wherein the front magnetic display portion extends upwardly and curls around a top portion of the front magnetic display portion and leading to the non-magnetic catchment area;
a series of drawing pieces, wherein said drawing pieces are magnetically attracted to said front magnetic display portion, wherein said drawing pieces include at least two different sizes and/or thicknesses of circular discs;
a disc collection system secured to the support stand under the non-magnetic catchment area, the disc collection system having:
a sorting wheel, with a handle for manually spinning the sorting wheel, the sorting wheel having openings sized to correspond to the different sizes and/or thicknesses of the circular discs, and
at least one ramp section under the sorting wheel, the at least one ramp section having an entrance to receive a circular disc from the sorting wheel and having multiple slots, each slot being sized to correspond to a specific size and/or thickness of the circular disc, such that one particular circular disc from the different sized and/or thickness of the circular disc is only able to exit the at least one ramp section through one slot;
and
a plurality of disc dispensers, each disc dispenser being sized to fit within one of the slots of the multiple slots, and each disc dispenser having a dispenser top end sized to receive a similar sized circular disc fed from the sorting wheel and down the at least one ramp section and each disc dispenser having a dispenser bottom end sized to permit at least one circular disc, held in said disc dispenser, to be pulled from the dispenser when said bottom end is positioned against the front magnetic display portion,
wherein one or more circular discs positioned on the front magnetic display portion are able to be moved around the top portion of the front magnetic display portion and fall into said non-magnetic catchment area, into the disc collection system and then sorted into a properly sized slot for receipt into its corresponding disc dispenser.

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Abstract

A child's activity toy set comprising:

a support stand having a display with a front magnetic display portion, the support stand further having a non-magnetic catchment area positioned behind the front magnetic display portion and further having a top cover section open to the front magnetic display portion and connected to the non-magnetic catchment area, and wherein the front magnetic display portion extends upwardly and curls around a top portion of the front magnetic display portion and leading to the non-magnetic catchment area;
a series of drawing pieces, wherein said drawing pieces are magnetically attracted to said front magnetic display portion, wherein said drawing pieces include at least two different sizes and/or thicknesses of circular discs;
a disc collection system secured to the support stand under the non-magnetic catchment area, the disc collection system having:
a sorting wheel, with a handle for manually spinning the sorting wheel, the sorting wheel having openings sized to correspond to the different sizes and/or thicknesses of the circular discs, and
at least one ramp section under the sorting wheel, the at least one ramp section having an entrance to receive a circular disc from the sorting wheel and having multiple slots, each slot being sized to correspond to a specific size and/or thickness of the circular disc, such that one particular circular disc from the different sized and/or thickness of the circular disc is only able to exit the at least one ramp section through one slot;
and
a plurality of disc dispensers, each disc dispenser being sized to fit within one of the slots of the multiple slots, and each disc dispenser having a dispenser top end sized to receive a similar sized circular disc fed from the sorting wheel and down the at least one ramp section and each disc dispenser having a dispenser bottom end sized to permit at least one circular disc, held in said disc dispenser, to be pulled from the dispenser when said bottom end is positioned against the front magnetic display portion,
wherein one or more circular discs positioned on the front magnetic display portion are able to be moved around the top portion of the front magnetic display portion and fall into said non-magnetic catchment area, into the disc collection system and then sorted into a properly sized slot for receipt into its corresponding disc dispenser.

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