Activity book with extrudable illustration feature

Details Activity book with extrudable illustration feature Activity book with extrudable illustration feature

1999-06-09

2001-03-27

Rimell, Sam (Department: 3712)

Education and demonstration

Visual art or craft, artistic adornment, or color training...

C434S258000, C434S428000, C218S022000, C218S038000, C446S147000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06206699

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates to children's books and more particularly to an activity book for young readers designed to make reading more enjoyable and educational. The book of the present invention preferably includes illustrations on at least some of the pages thereof. The children's book of the present invention allows the reader to complete illustrations on the pages of the book by compressing pages of the book so as to force modeling clay, dough, modeling compound (such as PLAY DOUGH®) or other moldable material through openings in the page.
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
Encouraging children to read has always been a concern of society. As school and work become increasingly competitive, the importance of encouraging children to read at a young age has increased.
Many different types of books have been designed to make reading more enjoyable for young readers. For example, there are books that allow the reader to see his or her image superimposed on the pages thereof. Other books are designed to play music or make animal sounds. Activity books are also known which encourage children to read by allowing them to interact with the book in a way that relates to the theme or plot of the book. However, parents and educators are continuously looking for new ways to encourage young readers.
Children's books have traditionally focussed on educating the young reader. Typically children's books have drawn on the basic themes relating to teaching fundamental skills such as counting and shape or size recognition. Few books provide the child with the opportunity to develop creativity and find motor skills through the effort and ultimate accomplishment of the child interacting with the book. Currently available children's activity books do not offer the young reader a vehicle for developing skills related to sculpting and fashioning three-dimensional designs as part of the reading experience.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The present invention is therefore directed to an activity book designed to make reading more enjoyable and educational for young readers. The activity book of the present invention comprises at least one illustrated page with at least one opening on the page through which a moldable material such as modeling clay is forced or extruded by the reader through the opening in the page as through a die. The moldable material is forced through the opening(s) by the reader compressing the illustrated page against an area located on a hard flat surface such as a table or another page of the book. The moldable material passing through the opening(s) completes the illustration on the page.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide young readers with an illustrated activity book which requires the child to manually transform a moldable material into a shape or design suitable to complete an illustration on the page.
It is further object of the present invention to provide an illustrated activity book with at least one opening on the illustrated page(s) so that the shape of the opening(s) compliments the illustration and facilitates the completion of the illustration when a moldable material is extruded through the opening.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention, as well as the details of illustrative embodiments, will be more fully understood from the following specification and drawings.


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patent: 2489240 (1949-11-01), Meyer
patent: 2538085 (1951-01-01), Cotton
patent: 4176473 (1979-12-01), Rae
patent: 5573438 (1996-11-01), D'Andrea

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