Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
  • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
  • G09B1/00—Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways
  • G09B1/02—Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways and having a support carrying or adapted to carry the elements
  • G09B1/04—Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways and having a support carrying or adapted to carry the elements the elements each bearing a single symbol or a single combination of symbols
  • G09B1/06—Manually or mechanically operated educational appliances using elements forming, or bearing, symbols, signs, pictures, or the like which are arranged or adapted to be arranged in one or more particular ways and having a support carrying or adapted to carry the elements the elements each bearing a single symbol or a single combination of symbols and being attachable to, or mounted on, the support

Definitions

• the present invention relates to area of the educational toys for individuals who develop their general knowledge or train their skills and memory.
• the simplest toys include for example the playing cubes on sides of which there are e.g. digits, letters, living animals, or other.
• the cubes may be themed to animals, shapes, colours, and more.
• picture books being provided with samples for tactile perception, e.g. a tree picture with a piece of real bark, an animal with imitation of real fur, a castle with imitation of stone, and more, or the educational toys are provided with a speaker for playing of sounds typical for the motives being illustrated.
• the educational toys for older children do already contain the contextual information, for example in the discovery books being provided with an electronic system to check correct responses selected using a stylus.
• the disadvantages of these educational toys are that they are too focused on information with the freedom of play overshadowed. In most cases they show one-off content which loses its attraction soon, or which could not be either extended or developed.
• the toys mentioned above are in particular intended for children. Adults and older people do not find their way to these toys because they do not find them attractive.
• the object of the invention is creation of an educational toy, which provide space to development of motor abilities to the individuals, present themed information, which is suitable for pre- school and school children, for young people as well as adults, which would peacefully provide contextual information without forcing or limiting the individuals the playing style.
• the object specified is achieved by designing of an educational tool according to present invention.
• the educational toy contains a hollow body having at least a part of its wall open for making at least part of the inner space of the body accessible.
• the access permits to either insert the objects to or remove from the body.
• the inner space of the body made accessible is divided into at least two compartments, where at least one compartment is provided with at least one specific identification being assigned to at least one theme. Partitioning of the inner space permits to sort the inserted objects by themes under which they belong. Following guidance how to sort, the compartments of the inner space are provided with the identification.
• the educational toy includes at least one model removably inserted to the accessible compartments of the body, being provided with at least one identification also assigned to at least one thematic group.
• the educational toy includes at least one information carrier removably insertable to the compartments of the body or models.
• the information carrier is provided with at least one identification assigned to at lease one thematic group, wherein the information carrier contains information related to at least one assigned thematic group in the text or graphical or electronic form.
• Each thematic group has assigned own set of models and information carriers, and they are stored in own compartment of the body space. Sorting of the objects by the identification results in mastering of knowledge related to each thematic group, their potential differences, and more.
• the models may be a true- scaled copy of reality, or may bear the main characteristic attributes for a specific thematic group.
• the information carrier offers detail information in the form of text or graphics or in electronic format, which may be remembered during the play, and subconsciously offers remembering of relations between the elements of the thematic group, including the groups themselves.
• the information carrier consists of a plate body, e.g. a printed card with text or graphical or electronic means for replaying of sound.
• the hollow body may have any shape and appearance, which should but does not have to umbrella all assigned thematic groups.
• the body is provided for each its compartment with own identification with a drawer for storing of the information carrier provided with identical identification.
• the order of the drawers corresponds to the arrangement of the identified compartments of the body. Not only the information carriers are cleared away to the body not to lose them, but the main benefits of the drawer is that the child creates awareness on context of the thematic groups based on observance the sequence of the thematic identification.
• the body is stylized to a house.
• the body is provided with removable imitation of roof and gable wall, wherein one wall is open.
• the inner space of the body has four dividers to divide the internal space of the body into five compartments, in particular to four above-ground compartments and one ground compartment.
• Each above-ground compartment has a historical style of a historical period assigned as the thematic group, and the ground compartment is provided with at least one drawer to store the information carriers.
• the ground compartment is assigned as common for all thematic groups of the above-ground compartments of the body space.
• the models are stylized for individual historical styles, wherein the models are divided into groups that include figures, clothes, household equipment and furniture, things for everyday use, and building elements.
• the educational toy allows to introduce the history, features of the historical styles with the context of each style to the corresponding historical development and elements common to all styles.
• the space in the drawer is divided into at least two trays, where each tray contain the information carriers consisting of information cards.
• the trays are themed to sovereigns or their wife, or to important noble births, or important artisans, or important warriors and conquerors, or important representatives of denominations, or important discoverers and inventors, or the other, wherein each tray is identified by an identification symbol.
• the cards are not jumbled during the play, the cards are provided with symbols and a player can distinguish a sovereign from an artisan not only by information thereon but by the symbol as well.
• each above-ground part has an own drawer having the its identification so that a player playing with the toy does not jumble the information carriers consisting of the cards among the thematic groups.
• the body walls are replaceable.
• the body walls are magnetic or provided with hook and loop fastener or press studs, or the information carriers are magnetized or provided with hook and loop fastener or press studs.
• the body walls may bear various motifs that can be changed upon replacement of the wall or insert. The magnetic fixing seems to be the most affordable or hook and loop fastener that is safe and easily affordable.
• the information carrier consisting of the identification card at least some information related to the group of illustrations, detail information, identification by the identification symbol, wherein the identification consists of colour in the form of a frame or colour fill.
• the illustration helps in mastering of appearance of a personality or important cultural monument, detail information teaches the player, and the identification symbol assists in classification of the identification card to a correct category.
• the benefits of the educational toy include contextual links of each compartment with the help of the identification.
• the models and acquired information within a thematic group are linked, distinguishing of the thematic groups and mastering of the context between the groups and their features occurs as well, in particular if the body is embodied in a umbrelling uniform theme to where individual thematic groups belong.
• the toy is intended both for children as well as adults who want to get new information or refresh knowledge gained in the past.
• the toy is suitable for training of elderly people where appropriate repeating retards onset of dementia-causing diseases, and more.
• Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic view on the toy in the form of a tree, models of fruits, and the information carriers,
• Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic view on the body in the form of a house
• Fig. 3 illustrates a schematic view on a drawer with trays
• Fig. 4 illustrates a schematic view on a front of an information card
• Fig. 5 illustrates a schematic view on a back of an information card.
• Fig. 1 illustrates exaggeratedly simplified example of the invention.
• the educational toy includes a body 1 in the form of a tree. Hence, the main theme is the tree and what's growing thereon.
• the compartments 2 for the models 4 bear own identification 3 being in fact coloured, but for the needs of fig. 1, different symbols have been used.
• the models 4 are also stylized in the form of leaves, edible fruits, and cones.
• the information carriers 5 include, for example, printed paper cards but electronic devices for replaying of sounds are possible as well.
• the educational toy is stylized to a house of a rich merchant.
• the body 1 of the toy is shaped to a four-sided prism, see fig. 2 with one wall open.
• the body 1 is made from wood or metal or plastics or other material, or combination thereof.
• the walls of the body 1 are printed on both sides or provided with replaceable covering layer to change the motif, wherein the outer layer imitates facade, and the inner layer imitates interior walls.
• the covering layer consists of foil or paper inlay or plastics or metal.
• Top base of the body 1 is provided with removable imitation of the roof and gable wall 6.
• the imitation 6 is stylized as a shingle roof, and the gable wall is stylized to a selected art style.
• the gable wall is provided with a caption of name of the style, or is provided by dominant colour design, or is provided with characteristic building elements of a historical style.
• dividers 7 that divide the inner space of the house into four above-ground 2 compartments and one ground compartment 2A.
• Each floor consisting of the above-ground compartment 2 is provided with dominant colour design and caption, if needed, to what historical style the floor is assigned.
• the colour should be characteristic for the style.
• the Romanesque style may be brown because natural materials prevailed at this era
• Gothic style may be red because the era was unrealistic and shiny red colour prevailed
• Renaissance style may be blue because the era was the period of wisdom and quietening
• Baroque style may be yellow because the era is characterized by use of gold.
• Classemia era may be grey, Romantic period may be pink, Art Engineering area may be green, and the Cubism era may be black, and more.
• the ground compartment 2A is common to all above-ground compartments 2 and stylized to a scullery. Furthermore, the ground compartment 2A includes four drawers 8 being coated in different colours, wherein the colours coincide with the ground floors, including the sequence.
• the information carrier 5 consists of a plain card from quality cardboard or metal or plastics.
• the drawer 8 shown in fig. 3 houses eight trays 9 to store eight types of the information cards.
• the information card is provided with colour design to characterize the historical style which it relates to. Should histories mingle, multiple colours may be combined.
• the information card includes information being naturally mastered by the player in use.
• the information cards and trays 9 are provided with the identification symbols 10. These are the symbols 10 for children to assist them to sort out the information carriers 5.
• the symbols 10 are then displayed in the left hand upper corner of the front of the information card, see fig. 4 and Fig. 5.
• the symbols 10 are used to differentiate the contents of the cards.
• the sovereigns have the symbol 10 of a decorated crown
• their wife have the symbol 10 of a plain crown
• the warriors have the symbol 10 of crossed swords
• the tribes have the symbol 10 of a arms
• the artisans have the symbols 10 of lute, palette, sculpture, pair of compasses
• the denomination representatives have the symbol 10 of a church
• the scientists have the symbol 10 of a planet with ring, staff of Aesculapius, or a head with brain.
• the models 4 are made from wood, plastics, metal, paper or other material, or combination thereof.
• the toy is provided with the models 4 of four figures, a man and woman of higher class, and a man and woman of lower class.
• the toy includes models 4 of clothes and accessories being characteristic for that historical style for donning of the models 4 of the figures.
• the clothes is the characteristic feature for the historical styles, and the back side is provided with colour identification for correct assignment to a style.
• included in the toy are the models 4 of furniture, household equipment, things for everyday use, music instruments, meals, etc. characteristic for various historical styles. All the models 4 are also provided with colour identification to match them to a style correctly.
• the player In use of the house, the player dons the models 4 of the figures according to his/her option, put the figures to correct compartment 2. In addition, the player furnishes the compartments 2 with furniture according to his/her discretion, wherein help is always available in the form of the colour identification.
• the players establish the links in a natural way between the objects of each art style, shape, appearance, and more.
• the players without reading or language ability may use the information carriers 5 initially for playing only.
• the information carriers 5 in the form of the cards are put into the compartments where the cards are fixed e.g. by magnet, if the card is magnetized, or otherwise.
• the player can view the facts on the card, remember them to a certain extent so they can easily assign the important personalities to their historical period of the historical style.
• the educational toy according to the present invention is suitable for individual player as well as multiple players, wherein the players are naturally informed about the features of the thematic groups, in particular about the historical styles and important personalities of these periods.

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