Teaching board apparatus

• US 5,131,849 A
• Filed: 10/04/1991
• Issued: 07/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John J. Perrero
• Original Assignee: John J. Perrero
• Inventors: Perrero, John J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, John J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Jeffrey A.
• Application Number:
  US07/770,882
• Time in Patent Office: 291 Days
• Field of Search: 434/281, 434/298, 434/300, 434/301, 434/278, 434/408, 434/417, 434/418, 434/430, 434/429
• US Class Current: 434/281
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/20 for atomic physics or neucleonics

Abstract

A board apparatus is arranged for educational presentation of inter-relationship relative to atomic particles and their associated energy levels relative to interaction of such particles, wherein the board structure includes a central ferrous metallic base plate formed with a perimeter framework accommodating a plurality of ferrous metallic discs to simulate atomic particles such as electrons and their interaction relative to one another. A modification of the invention includes a dispenser housing mounted to a first side of the framework and a container housing mounted to a second side of the framework to provide for the respective dispensing of the discs and the storage of writing instruments. An alignment board is reciprocatably mounted relative to a forward surface of the base plate for the positioning and alignment illustration in the use of the particles, wherein the board is arranged in a spaced relationship relative to the base plate to permit the discs to be received between the base plate and the alignment board.

Claims

1. A teaching board apparatus, comprising,

a ferrous metallic base plate, the base plate including a perimeter framework extending coextensively about the base plate, wherein the perimeter framework includes a right side edge and a left side edge, and

a plurality of magnetic discs to include first magnetic discs and second magnetic discs, wherein the first magnetic discs are of a first coloration and the second magnetic discs are of a second coloration to effect contrasting visual illustration representative of atomic particles, and

each of the magnetic discs includes a ferromagnetic base magnetically adherable to a forward surface of the base plate, and

a support trough fixedly mounted to the perimeter framework orthogonally between the right side edge and the left side edge, wherein the support trough is mounted adjacent a lower terminal end of the first side edge and the left side edge, wherein the support trough is arranged for receiving said magnetic discs and writing instruments therewithin, and

a dispensing housing fixedly mounted to the perimeter framework adjacent the right side edge, wherein the dispensing housing is longitudinally aligned and vertically oriented relative to the base plate and includes a respective first and second semi-cylindrical cavity, and the dispensing housing includes a housing front wall, the housing front wall includes a respective first and second access opening coextensively directed through the front wall coextensive with the respective first and second cavity, and the dispensing housing including a housing floor, the housing floor defining a housing slot orthogonally directed through the housing front wall between the housing floor and the first and second semi-cylindrical cavities, wherein the first and second semi-cylindrical cavities includes a respective first and second column of said first and second magnetic discs, and

the housing floor includes a first and second slot positioned below the respective first and second cavity directed into the housing floor from a forward edge of the housing floor, wherein the forward edge of the housing floor is coplanar with the housing front wall, and

a container housing mounted to the left side edge of the perimeter framework, the container housing including a container housing rear wall, and a plurality of pairs of spring clip members mounted to the housing rear wall, and each of the spring clip members includes a writing instrument removably mounted within each of said pair of spring clip members, and an elastomeric band mounted to the housing rear wall, wherein the elastomeric band includes a matrix of chalk rods contained therewithin, and

the container housing includes a container housing left edge and the dispensing housing includes a dispensing housing right edge, and a predetermined length is defined between the container housing left edge and the dispensing housing right edge, and a first cover plate is pivotally mounted to the container housing left edge, and a second cover plate is pivotally mounted to the dispensing housing right edge, wherein the first and second cover plates are each defined by a length equal to one-half the predetermined length, and

a respective first and second flexible guide wire arranged parallel to the respective left and side edges of the perimeter framework adjacent the respective left and side edges of the perimeter framework, and the first and second flexible guide wires frictionally, orthogonally, and slidably directed through an alignment board arranged orthogonally between the respective first and second side edges, wherein the alignment board is vertically displaceable along the respective first and second flexible guide wires for visual enhancement of a horizontal component of the planar base plate.