Communication aid

• US 5,580,254 A
• Filed: 01/27/1995
• Issued: 12/03/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Anthony Ramsey
• Original Assignee: Anthony Ramsey
• Inventors: Ramsey, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US08/379,747
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 434/112, 434/236, 434/237, 434/98, 434/157, 273/150, 273/148 A, 273/141 R, 116/306, 116/309, 116/313, 116/318, 116/319, 116/320, 116/327, 116/328, 116/335, 116/223, 116/DIG. 41, 40/122, 40/189, 40/721
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/00 Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying F41G3/26
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 116/41 Color comparison

Abstract

A silent communication system presents a plurality of color coded cards, each card corresponding to a mood of the user as set forth in writing on a separate master plan. First and second embodiments of the display devices are shown so that the user may select a color from a plurality of colors and display the same to third persons, the color selected corresponding to the user'"'"'s mood. Colored cards, device and master plan cooperate to form a communication system which enables the user to initially communicate his/her mood to others so that subsequent, appropriate verbal communications can be initiated.

Claims

1. A communication system for conveying a mood of a user comprising:

a plurality of cards, each card having a color different than a color of said other cards;

a written master plan having a plurality of potential color-coded moods of a user written thereon, each mood on said plan corresponding to a color of one card of said plurality of cards;

means for displaying one of said colored cards of said plurality of cards, the user displaying said one of said cards in said display means according to the mood of the user as on said master plan, said display means comprises;

a base;

a first wall upwardly extending from said base;

an aperture in said first wall;

a tab in said aperture, said tab having a free end moveable between a first position within said aperture and a second position outside said aperture, said second position clamping said selected card between said tab and said first wall.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for storing said plurality of cards in said display means.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said storage means comprises:

a second base extending from said first wall in a direction opposite said first base, said second base presenting an end displaced from said first wall;

a second wall at said second base end, said second wall and second base cooperating with said first wall to form a compartment for storage of said plurality of colored cards therein.

4. A communication system for conveying a mood of a user comprising:

a plurality of colors, each color different than said other colors;

a written master plan having a plurality of potential moods of a user thereon, each mood of said plan identified by a color of said plurality of colors;

card means for displaying said plurality of colors in a fixed form thereon;

means for displaying a chosen one of said colors of said plurality of colors on said card means, said displayed color chosen according to a mood of a user as written on said master plan.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 wherein said card means includes a hub with said plurality of colors radially extending therefrom.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein said display means comprises a dial on said hub, said dial having a pointer thereon user movable to said chosen one color on said card means.

7. The system as claimed in claim 4 wherein each color of said plurality of color corresponds to an expression identifying a mood desired to be conveyed by a user.

8. A communication system for associating a user'"'"'s mental thoughts with an identifiable expression comprising:

a plurality of cards, each card having a color different than a color of said other cards;

a written master plan having a plurality of potential written expressions of a user thereon, each expression on said plan associated with a color of one card of said plurality of cards;

means for displaying one of said colored cards of said plurality of cards according to the user'"'"'s expression desired to be conveyed as set forth on said master plan,

said display means comprises;

a base;

a first wall upstanding from said base;

an aperture in said first wall;

a tab in said aperture, said tab having a free end moveable between a first position within said aperture and a second position outside said aperture, said second position clamping said selected card between said tab and said upstanding wall.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 further comprising means for associating said plurality of cards in said display means.

10. The system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said associating means comprises:

a second base extending from said first wall in a direction opposite said first base, said base presenting an end displaced from said first wall;

a second wall at said second base end, said second wall and second base cooperating with said first wall to form a compartment for storage of said plurality of colored cards therein.

11. A communication system for associating a user'"'"'s mental thoughts with an identifiable expression comprising:

a plurality of colors, each color different than said other color;

a written master plan having a plurality of potential written expressions of a user thereon, each expression of said plan associated with one color of said plurality of colors;

a display medium for fixing thereon said plurality of colors in a form for presentation to a user;

indicator means associated with said display medium and operable by a user for displaying a chosen one of said colors of said plurality of colors, said chosen color corresponding to a user'"'"'s expression desired to be conveyed as set forth in said master plan.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein said medium comprises a card having said plurality of colors thereon.

13. The system as claimed in claim 12 wherein said card includes a hub with said plurality of colors radially extending therefrom.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13 wherein said indicator means comprises a dial on said hub, said dial having a pointer thereon user-movable to said chosen one color.