Motivational task tracking device

• US 5,577,915 A
• Filed: 10/18/1995
• Issued: 11/26/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dana H. Feldman
• Original Assignee: Dana H. Feldman
• Inventors: Feldman, Dana H.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirsch, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US08/544,882
• Time in Patent Office: 405 Days
• Field of Search: 434/236, 434/238, 434/430
• US Class Current: 434/238
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 1/06 and being attachable to, or mounted on, the support
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/001 Planning boards

Abstract

A motivational task tracking device that organizes chores, or other activities or things, into categories and provides an incentive system for their performance. The device has a plurality of cards representing activities or things in pictures and text for attachment to a sheet. The sheet has a chart with ranks and files, separated by white space to improve readability. The ranks are divided into different categories and the files represent time units over which performance is being tracked. Completion of the chores or other activities or things in the ranks is indicated by markings on the files.

Claims

1. A motivational task tracking device comprising a plurality of cards and a sheet of material having right and left sides and top and bottom sides, said sheet having a chart on one surface with a plurality of ranks and files,

said ranks being on the left side of the sheet for assigning a plurality of items or activities in at least two different categories, said ranks separated by white space, each of said ranks having attachment means for attaching one or more of the cards in a selected left to right order;

said files being on the right side of the sheet, said files being divided into segments aligned with the ranks, one file for each time unit in a period with titles of the time units at the top of each file, said files separated by white space; and

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each of said cards representing an item in one or more of the categories.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein there are four ranks into which the following activities are categorized:

"Ready Morning and Night", "School Time", "Family and Home" and "Personal Pride".

3. The device of claim 1 wherein attachment means are provided on the sheet for storing cards not attached to the ranks.

4. The device of claim 3 wherein adjacent files are different colors to improve readability.

5. A motivational task tracking device comprising a sheet of material having a wipe-off surface, right and left sides and top and bottom sides, a plurality of activity cards and a chart on one surface of the sheet having a plurality of ranks and files,

said ranks being on the left side of the sheet for assigning a plurality of activities in at least two different categories, said ranks separated by white space, each of said ranks having attachment means for attaching one or more of the activity cards;

said files being on the right side of the sheet, said files being divided into segments aligned with the ranks, one file for each time unit in a period with titles of the time units at the top of each file and an additional file to the right of the time files with a reward title at the top of the file, all of said files separated by white space and neighboring files being different colors; and

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said activity cards representing the activity to be performed in pictorial and text form, each of said activity cards having attachment means for mating attachment with the attachment means in said ranks.

6. The device of claim 5 wherein there are four ranks into which the following activities are categorized:

personal hygiene and room care, getting ready for and going to school and school work, tasks around the home, and things done for fun and acts of courtesy to others.

7. The device of claim 5 wherein the time unit is a week and the titles on the files are the days of the week.

8. The device of claim 7 wherein an attachment strip is provided on the sheet to the left of the ranks for storing cards not attached to the ranks.