Educational game for children
First Claim
1. An educational apparatus comprising a support member, a plurality of alphanumeric display members including an actuator located on each of said display members at a position in accordance with the identity of the respective display member, means for releasably coupling said display members at predetermined respective positions on said support member, and output means responsive to the positions of a plurality of said actuators of respective support member coupled display members for producing an audible signal in accordance with a predetermined relationship of said coupled display members, wherein said output means includes a plurality of switch members located on said support member along the loci of respective support member coupled display member actuator, said display members includes numeral shaped members, a calculator network having an input connected to said switches, an output being selectively actuated for different mathematical function operations and an LCD connected to said output of said calculator network, said sensible signal is an audible message.
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Abstract
An educational apparatus includes a housing having a front wall with laterally spaced arrays of sensing and positioning holes and sets of letter or number display members each including one or more positioning pins and one or a pair of differently spaced and located positioning pins projecting from the rear faces of the display members, the pins being slidably engageable with respective holes. A switch matrix is located behind each hole array and is connected to the input of a calculator or message enunciating network located in the housing and having an output connected to LCD'"'"'s on the housing front wall and/or to a transducer speaker in the housing. Calculator function switch buttons are located on the front wall.
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6 Claims
- 1. An educational apparatus comprising a support member, a plurality of alphanumeric display members including an actuator located on each of said display members at a position in accordance with the identity of the respective display member, means for releasably coupling said display members at predetermined respective positions on said support member, and output means responsive to the positions of a plurality of said actuators of respective support member coupled display members for producing an audible signal in accordance with a predetermined relationship of said coupled display members, wherein said output means includes a plurality of switch members located on said support member along the loci of respective support member coupled display member actuator, said display members includes numeral shaped members, a calculator network having an input connected to said switches, an output being selectively actuated for different mathematical function operations and an LCD connected to said output of said calculator network, said sensible signal is an audible message.
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Current AssigneeToshihiko Sakow
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Original AssigneeToshihiko Sakow
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InventorsSakow, Toshihiko
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Primary Examiner(s)Apley, Richard J.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Richman, Glenn E.
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Application NumberUS08/153,093Time in Patent Office300 DaysField of Search434/201, 434/188, 434/200, 434/322, 434/327, 434/334, 434/159-161, 434/191, 434/193, 434/195, 434/196, 434/202, 434/204, 434/208, 434/209, 434/236, 434/322, 434/327 , 434/333, 434/340, 434/343, 434/345, 434/171, 434/172, 446/379, 364/410-412US Class Current434/201CPC Class CodesG09B 1/10 by means of pins and holesG09B 17/003 electrically operated appar...G09B 19/025 with electrically operated ...G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educa...
