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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2011
Janice Z. Olsen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Emily F. Knapton, Omaha, NE (US);
Janice Z. Olsen, Bethesda, MD (US);
Emily F. Knapton, Omaha, NE (US);
NO TEARS LEARNING INC., Cabin John, MD (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are manipulator devices for use in learning games, and kits utilizing the same. The manipulator devices may be a substantially elongated and flat body formed of flexible material and at least partially stuffed to resemble a bean bag. The body is adapted to be capable of manipulation between an unfolded position and a folded position, where the folded position conceals an identifiable attribute of the device selected from the group consisting of a number or a symbol. The kits may include three or more manipulator devices each having at least two attributes identifiable by children and allowing them to associate the plurality of devices into subsets according to shared types of these attributes.