Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John Schell
  • Patent number: 6572380
    Abstract: A game unit and a method for teaching favorable behavioral patterns. The game unit includes a portfolio and an allowance system in cooperative engagement with the portfolio. The portfolio includes a plurality of tab cards and a score unit for receiving the tab cards. The allowance system includes an allowance element as a unit of exchange between what is earned by a player and a tangible reward outside of the play situation. Accordingly, a method for teaching favorable behavioral patterns includes incorporating the game unit with a routine of a player for a predetermined period, such as a daily routine. The player is credited via the tab cards throughout the predetermined period for favorable and unfavorable behavior while performing the routine. At the end of play, a value received from calculating the awarded tab cards is used to determine a value of an allowance element to be received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventors: Kathryn Sue Buckley, Wilbert Earl Portis