Metric block toy

• US 4,838,794 A
• Filed: 06/16/1988
• Issued: 06/13/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lyman Coddington
• Original Assignee: Lyman Coddington
• Inventors: Coddington, Lyman
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US07/207,232
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 434/187, 434/195, 434/207, 434/208, 434/211, 434/403
• US Class Current: 434/187
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 1/34 the elements to be placed loosely in adjacent relationship
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/02 for mathematics for statics or dynamics G09B23/08

Abstract

A metric block toy comprising ten blocks of varying colors, each block being a one tenth of a meter cube, and having indicia designating ten centimeter increments along one edge of each block, together with other legends designating the length of the edge invarying metric terms. The blocks, when placed in aligned relation, indicate the total length of one meter.

Claims

1. A set of toy blocks for teaching the metric system comprising:

ten cubic blocks each of the dimension ten centimeters square, and having six square exposed surfaces;

one of said exposed surfaces having a rectangular edge, said edge having nine equally spaced gradations thereon designating a distance of one centimeter, said surface having a legend indicating the total length of said edge;

a second of said exposed surfaces having a legend indicating the volume of said block in terms of metric measurement;

a third of said exposed surfaces bearing a legend indicating the mass of said block in terms of metric measurement;

three similarly exposed gradated surfaces having legends corresponding to 0.1 meter, 100 millimeters, and 1 decimeter respectively.

2. A set of blocks in accordance with claim 1, further characterized in said blocks being molded from synthetic resinous materials of different spectral colors.