Toy building blocks for teaching braille

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1993-03-05

1994-01-04

Mancene, Gene

Education and demonstration

Communication aids for the handicapped

Tactile reading aid

434112, 434403, 434172, G09B 2100

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052755673

ABSTRACT:
Toy blocks and sets of toy blocks containing Braille characters for teaching young, sight-impaired children. A typical wooden block is cubical, comprising a pair of opposite, spaced apart display sides having recessed surfaces. One recessed surface contains a raised Braille character, and the opposite side displays the corresponding alphabetic or numerical character or characters. The recessed sides have borders comprising a bottom tactile-sensing portion that includes a plurality of raised nubs adapted to be touched for orienting the characters properly. Smaller Braille characters are preferably disposed beneath each alphabetic character.

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