Board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard

• US 6,406,300 B1
• Filed: 08/14/2000
• Issued: 06/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rhoda Cohen
• Original Assignee: Rhoda Cohen
• Inventors: Cohen, Rhoda
• Primary Examiner(s): Banks, Derris H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hufnagel, George F
• Application Number:
  US09/637,667
• Time in Patent Office: 673 Days
• Field of Search: 273/236, 434/128, 434/129, 434/227-233, 434/334-339, 434/156-178, 446/143
• US Class Current: 434/227
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 13/02 Dummy practice keyboard apparatus for teaching music G09B15/08

Abstract

A board game teaching letter locations on a keyboard including a first game board and a second game board. The upper surface of the first game board has a spinning wheel, a computer keyboard, and a pair of hand placement markers disposed thereon. The lower surface has a rotatable base secured thereto. The second game board has a path of travel defined by a starting location, a finishing location, and a plurality of spaces. The plurality of spaces are represented by letters of the alphabet in order. The second game board has a question card marker thereon. The spelling cards each have a category including related words to be spelled. A plurality of tokens are provided which represent players for movement along the path of travel of the second game board.

Claims

1. A board game, for teaching letter locations on a keyboard for allowing a child to learn the positioning of letters on a QWERTY keyboard comprising, in combination:

a first game board having a generally square configuration, the first game board having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a spinning wheel disposed thereon, the upper surface having a computer keyboard printed thereon, the upper surface having a pair of hand placement markers disposed thereon adjacent to the computer keyboard, the lower surface having a rotatable base secured thereto;

a second game board having a generally rectangular configuration, the second game board having a path of travel thereon, the path of travel being defined by a starting location, a finishing location, and a plurality of spaces therebetween, the plurality of spaces being represented by letters of the alphabet in order, the starting location being next to the letter “

A” and

the finishing location being next to the letter “

Z”

, the second game board having a question card marker thereon;

a plurality of groupings of spelling cards positionable on the question card marker of the second game board, the spelling cards each having a category; and

a plurality of tokens representing players for movement along the path of travel of the second game board.

2. The board game as set forth in claim 1, and further including a third game board for positioning over the upper surface of the first game board for advanced players, the third game board having a computer keyboard printed thereon, the third game board having finger locations printed thereon corresponding with the keyboard to indicate a proper finger to be used on a specific key on the keyboard.