GB2471731A

GB2471731A - Reading aid

Info

Publication number: GB2471731A
Application number: GB0914135A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Sheila Byrne
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-07-08
Filing date: 2009-08-13
Publication date: 2011-01-12
Also published as: GB0911829D0; GB0914135D0

Abstract

A reading aid comprising a ruler having a slot or window through which a single line of text may be read. The ruler also has two grooves positioned along one edge in order to receive the users fingers and which provide a grip. The reading will preferably be made of coloured plastic and may also be calibrated with centimeters and inches.

Description

"READ Wifil ME"

Introduction

The invention relates to a reading aid to allow a person to be able to read and Follow the words on the line they are reading from. It helps the person to Concentrate on the line that they are hying to read and focus only, on this line of Words. It stops the person from jumping from one line up or down from the line They aresupposed to be reading from.

At present, people learning to read from a book are looking at a white background With black print. Many people have difficulties doing this. People who have Dyslexia and other reading problems, find it very difficult to stay and focus on the Line that they are reading from. All the print becomes a blur to them. Whether They are using a finger to try and follow the word or not.

This reading aid will have a large window cut out in the centre of it. In here the person will frame the line in his/her reader into it. As they conic to the end of The line, they push it down gently with their left and right hand forefingers which will fit into the groove in the reading aid. This gives him/her control of the reading aid to bring it down line by line and so on. This reading aid allows the person to 2. () focus only on the line that they are reading from. The colour of the reading aid can be one of numerous colours eg. red, yellow, green, pink or blue, black.

These colours will help the person to focus on the line that they are trying to read from. It will frame the line that the person is reading. This reading aid will be plain on the side that they are reading from. The only thing printed on this side will be the 2. patent/logo (drawing of a happy face, Waving). This is because the person will not have a chance of being Distracted.

On the reverse side the child can use it as a normal ruler for class with Inches and centimetres printed on it. (Drawing I and 2 attached).

This invention is therefore, going to give huge confidence in the person which they 3) didn't have before. It will improve their reading within months where before they thought their reading would never improve because they were sure that this was not possible.

This reading aid could be used by all children/adults learning to read for the first time. When they are confident enough, and have practiced using it for a time, they will be able to focus on the line of reading without it eventually and will have the confidence to feel they don't need to use it as much as they did initially.

Claims

CLAIMSI. My essential features with this reading aid are that it is so easy to use. One of these features is the simplicity of it. There will be a window in the centre of this reading aid and two grooves along the top of it for the person's two forefingers to sit in comfortably. The person will push the reading aid down gently along the page, using the inside edge of the book for balance and push downwards with their two fingers in place.
2. Another feature of this reading aid is that it will be made of hard plastic and of Different dark colours, red, yellow blue, pink green and black. These colours will draw the person's attention to the framed line (which the reading aid is doing) and will allow them to focus only on that line.
3. I am claiming priority for this application No. 0911829.0 which was filed on the 6th July, 2009.
4. Another feature of this reading aid is that it not only is a reading aid, it can also be used as a child's class ruler that will fit into their pencil case. The measurements, inches and centmetres printed on the other side of the reading aid.
5. The invention relates to a reading aid that will allow a person to read without Difficulty in following each word and line. It will help to focus on the line he/she Is reading from.
6. It has a window in the centre of it which will be the width/length of a line in a school book/novel. This window will vary in size due to the age of the person using this reading aid. For example, a child of 4-6 years of age will have print on their school book which may be a Font size 18. The window in the centre of this reading aid will then be measured to the size of the print on his/her reader.
7. The next window size could be slightly smaller for the older child reading from their school book. For example 6-8 years of age the print may be starting to get that much smaller eg. Font size 14.
8. The next window size could be much smaller for the age 9-109! This is generally a Font size 12. This Font would be used in newspapers, magazines, novels etc.
9. The only thing printed on the reading side is the logo/patent of a happy face with Hand waving'. On the other side of the reading aid' it will look like a small Ruler with centmetres and inches printed on it.