Travel toy that illustrates time on a trip

• US 8,160,813 B1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MCD International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Julie K. Mcdermed, Paul M. Mcdermed, Stephen A. Zemcik
• Inventors: McDermed, Julie K., Zemcik, Stephen A., McDermed, Paul M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Rosen, Nicholas D
• Application Number:
  US12/206,348
• Time in Patent Office: 1,317 Days
• Field of Search: 701/201, 701/204, 701/207, 701/408, 701/465
• US Class Current: 701/408
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 1/06 and being attachable to, or mounted on, the support

Abstract

The present invention provides devices, kits and methods for illustrating travel time. The device includes a display board, a starting point indicator, a destination indicator, a travel path, and a progress indicator. The starting point indicator represents a starting point and is adapted for display on the display board. The destination indicator represents a destination point and is adapted for display on the display board. The travel path represents a path of travel between the starting point and the destination point. The progress indicator is adapted to indicate a point between the starting point indicator and the destination indicator and is adapted for movement along the travel path. A kit for illustrating travel time comprises a display board, a location indicator set, and a progress indicator. A method for illustrating travel time comprises displaying a starting point indicator on a display board, displaying a destination indicator on the display board, and displaying a progress indicator.

Claims

1. A device for illustrating travel time, the device comprising:

a display board;

a starting point indicator adapted for display on said display board;

a destination indicator adapted for display on said display board;

a travel path adapted for display on said display board, wherein said travel path is adapted to represent a path of travel between said starting point indicator and said destination indicator; and

a progress indicator adapted to indicate a point between said starting point indicator and said destination indicator, wherein said progress indicator is adapted for movement along said travel path;

wherein at least one of said starting point indicator, said destination indicator, and said progress indicator is adapted to connect to said display board.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an attachment component adapted to attach said display board to a surface.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said attachment component comprises at least one of an elastic material, an adhesive, a suction cup, a hook, a hanger, and a hook-and-loop fastener.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said display board comprises a material selected from the group consisting of a magnetic material, an adhesive material, plastic, rubber, a material adapted to be marked upon by a marker, and combinations of any of the foregoing.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said display board is adapted to connect to at least one of a window, a seat, a visor, a dashboard, a headrest, a wall, and a tray.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of said starting point indicator, said destination indicator, and said progress indicator is connected to said display board by at least one of a magnet, an adhesive, a hook-and-loop fastener, a peg, a hook, and a clip.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an intermediate indicator adapted to connect to said display board between said starting point indicator and said destination indicator, wherein said intermediate indicator represents a location between said starting point and said destination point.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein said display board comprises a map.

9. The device of claim 1, further comprising a timing device.

10. A kit for illustrating travel time, the kit comprising:

a display board;

a location indicator set comprising one or more location indicators, wherein at least one of said one or more location indicators is adapted to connect to said display board, and wherein said at least one of said one or more location indicators represents a location associated with a trip; and

a progress indicator adapted to indicate a point between at least two of said one or more location indicators, wherein said progress indicator is adapted to connect to said display board, and wherein said progress indicator is adapted to be moved along a path between said at least two of said one or more location indicators.

11. The kit of claim 10, wherein said display board is adapted to connect to a second display board.

12. The kit of claim 10, wherein said display board is adapted to connect to at least one of a window, a seat, a visor, a dashboard, a headrest, a wall, and a tray.

13. The kit of claim 10, wherein said progress indicator is adapted to connect to said display board using at least one of a magnet, an adhesive, a hook-and-loop fastener, a peg, a hook, and a clip.

14. The kit of claim 10, wherein said location indicator set comprises at least one starting point indicator representing a starting point for travel and at least one destination indicator representing a destination point for travel.

15. The kit of claim 10, further comprising:

a timing device, wherein said timing device is adapted to display at least one of a time of day, an elapsed time, or a remaining time.

16. The kit of claim 10, further comprising:

an intermediate indicator set, wherein said intermediate indicator set includes at least one intermediate indicator adapted to connect to said display board between at least two of said plurality of location indicators.

17. The kit of claim 10, wherein said at least one intermediate indicator is adapted to connect to said display board using at least one of a magnet, an adhesive, a hook-and-loop fastener, a peg, a hook, and a clip.

18. A method for illustrating travel time, the method comprising:

connecting at least one of a starting point indicator, a destination indicator, and a progress indicator to a display board;

displaying said starting point indicator on said display board;

displaying said destination indicator on said display board;

displaying said progress indicator on said display board, wherein said progress indicator is adapted to indicate a point between said starting point indicator and said destination indicator.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

connecting each of said starting point indicator, said destination indicator, and said progress indicator to said display board.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

connecting said display board to at least one of a window, a seat, a visor, a dashboard, a headrest, a wall, and a tray.