Amusement devices: toys – Figure toy or accessory therefor – Having movably joined body parts
Reexamination Certificate
2000-12-11
2002-10-15
Banks, Derris H. (Department: 3712)
Amusement devices: toys
Figure toy or accessory therefor
Having movably joined body parts
C434S159000, C446S369000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06464556
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to children's educational play items. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to dolls which incorporate pedagogical indicia thereon.
2. Background of Related Art
Educational dolls or toys are known wherein instructional features are incorporated thereon. For example, dolls which teach counting, motor skill and coordination, exist which aid in teaching children. Therefore, children can interact with the doll either by themselves or with the assistance of a parent or an instructor to learn and reinforce basic skills.
A continuing need exists for improved playthings which are useful as teaching aids to assist in the educational process.
SUMMARY
The present disclosure provides a children's doll which is useful as a child's plaything and which can also be used to teach the child to learn basic information, for example, the letters of the alphabet, words, and numbers, in a manner that is both fun and stimulating for the child. A plurality of dolls are provided, each of which is shaped in the form of a letter of the alphabet. Alternatively, the doll may be shaped in the form of another instructional indicia such as a number.
A pair of legs depend from the bottom of the doll and have feet which are provided with both the upper and lower case format of the letter of which form the doll is fashioned. Preferably, the letters on the feet are provided one each on the respective soles of the feet. Alternatively, other instructional indicia may be provided on the soles of the feet. For example, indicia such as pictures of items the names of which are spelled beginning with the letter in which the doll's body portion is formed. Optionally, numbers may also be used on the soles of the feet in the embodiment where the doll's body portion is in the form of a number.
In one aspect of the presently disclosed doll, the doll is attractive and brightly colored so as to promote the child's interest in learning. Alternatively, the doll may be further animated by the inclusion of facial features.
In another aspect of the present invention a method of instructing an individual in letter recognition is provided which includes the steps of providing doll which includes a body portion in the form of a letter of the alphabet and including a front portion and a back portion and arranging at least one of a pair of legs such that a letter of the alphabet formed on a sole surface on the bottom of the foot is oriented toward the front of the doll so as to be visible to an individual looking at the front of the doll.
In another aspect of the present invention, a further method is provided which is a method of instructing an individual in word recognition. That method includes the steps of providing a plurality of dolls each of which includes a body portion in the form of a letter of the alphabet and including a front portion and a back portion, arranging at least one of a pair of legs such that a letter of the alphabet formed on a sole surface on the bottom of the foot is oriented toward the front of the doll so as to be visible to an individual looking at the front of the doll, and arranging the plurality of dolls in a series in a predetermined sequence so as to form a word.
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Banks Derris H.
Dilworth & Barrese LLP
Williams Jamila
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