Patents Assigned to Motor Skills Research, Inc.
  • Patent number: 3952424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for training the motor movement of a person to make writing more easily learned. The apparatus includes a frame having a pair of horizontal bars. A large, bright colored ball is disposed on one bar and a smaller, bright colored ball is disposed on the other bar. The frame includes means for supporting a looped bar and an undulating bar. Each bar may be disposed in two vertical planes and one horizontal plane. A ball is provided on each of the looped and undulating bars. Each of the balls includes a finger hole and a smaller writing implement-receiving hole therein. The bars, with their associated ball thereon, are disposed in a predetermined sequence of orientations so that the balls thereon can be moved in a predetermined sequence wherein the balls are first moved along horizontal straight bars, then along the undulating bar and finally along the looped bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Motor Skills Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Herr, Dubi Leumi