Educational children's toy
First Claim
Patent Images
1. A toy comprised of a three dimensional object and a plurality of blocks;
- (a) said three dimensional object including an upper surface provided with open shafts passing through said object;
(b) one of said shafts provided with obstructing means;
(c) said blocks proportioned so that when inserted in said unobstructed open shafts they will drop through said object;
(d) said three dimensional object provided with sequentially obstructing action means for selectively obstructing said open shafts, so that when blocks are inserted in one predetermined sequence they cannot drop through said object.
0 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A toy adapted to instruct young children by association. The toy teaches proper numeric, alphabetic, or color sequences and the standard left to right reading convention, by utilizing blocks that are inserted into shafts in a stand. Blocks inserted out of proper sequence will fall through the stand but passage of blocks inserted in the proper sequence will be obstructed and those blocks will not fall through but will remain supported within the stand.
-
Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A toy comprised of a three dimensional object and a plurality of blocks;
-
(a) said three dimensional object including an upper surface provided with open shafts passing through said object; (b) one of said shafts provided with obstructing means; (c) said blocks proportioned so that when inserted in said unobstructed open shafts they will drop through said object; (d) said three dimensional object provided with sequentially obstructing action means for selectively obstructing said open shafts, so that when blocks are inserted in one predetermined sequence they cannot drop through said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
-
-
6. A toy comprised of a three dimensional object and a plurality of blocks, wherein said three dimensional object includes an upper surface provided with open shafts passing said object, wherein one of said shafts is provided with obstructing means, wherein said blocks are proportioned so that when inserted into said unobstructed open shafts they will drop through said object, and wherein said three dimensional object is provided with means for selectively obstructing said open shafts, so that when blocks are inserted in one predetermined sequence they cannot drop through said object, and wherein:
-
(a) said upper surface is horizontal and said shafts are vertical shafts arranged in a row from the sinistral side of said stand to the dextral side of said stand; (b) said stand is provided with fixed obstructing means which prohibits any block inserted into the most sinistral shaft from passing through said stand; (c) said stand is provided with releasing obstructing action means that prohibits blocks inserted into shafts into one predetermined sequence from passing through said stand, said sequence beginning with the most sinistral shaft and proceeding one shaft at a time to each next adjacent shaft toward the most dextral shaft; (d) said releasing obstructing means mounted to said stand selectively obstructing the passage of any block through any given shaft when blocks are inserted in proper sequence beginning with the most sinistral shaft and proceeding in a dextral direction to, and including inserting a block in, the shaft immediately sinistrally adjacent to said given shaft; (e) said releasing obstructing action means releasing for all shafts dextral to any given shaft when the block in said given shaft is removed, so that any block inserted into a shaft dextral to said given shaft drops through said stand; (f) said releasing obstructing action means not obstructing any shaft dextral to any open shaft so that blocks inserted dextral to any open shaft will drop through said stand. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. A toy comprising a plurality of three dimensional objects in a support structure with openings embodying a sequential system for assembly of an array of the three dimensional objects within openings in the support structure within:
-
(a) said structure is provided with fixed obstructing means which prohibits any object inserted into the most sinistral opening from passing through said structure; (b) said structure is provided with releasing obstructing action means that prohibits objects inserted into openings in one predetermined sequence from passing through said structure, and supports said objects within said support structure, said sequence beginning with the most sinistral opening and proceeding one opening at a time to each next adjacent opening toward the most dextral opening; (c) said releasing obstructing means mounted to said structure selectively obstructing the passage of any object through any given opening when objects are inserted in proper sequence beginning with the most sinistral opening and proceeding in a dextral direction to, and including inserting an object in, the opening immediately sinistrally adjacent to said given opening; (d) said releasing obstructing action means not obstructing any opening dextral to any opening without an object, so that objects inserted dextral to any opening which does not contain an object, will drop through said stand.
-
-
12. A toy comprising a plurality of three dimensional objects and a support structure with openings embodying a sequential system for assembly of an array of the three dimensional objects within openings in the support structure wherein:
-
(a) the support structure is provided with a single row of openings through its upper surface; (b) said structure is provided with fixed obstructing means which prohibits any object inserted into the most sinistral opening from passing through said structure; (c) said structure is provided with releasing obstructing action means that prohibits objects inserted into openings in one predetermined sequence from passing through said structure, and supports said objects within said support structure, said sequence beginning with the most sinistral opening and proceeding one opening at a time to each next adjacent opening toward the most dextral opening; (d) said releasing obstructing means mounted to said structure selectively obstructing the passage of any object through any given opening when objects are inserted in proper sequence beginning with the most sinistral opening and proceeding in a dextral direction to, and including inserting an object in, the opening immediately sinistrally adjacent to said given opening; (e) said releasing obstructing action mens not obstructing any opening dextral to any opening without an object, so that objects inserted dextral to any opening which does not contain an object, will crop through said stand. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
-
Specification