Patents by Inventor Beverly Gimmestad

Beverly Gimmestad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4468203
    Abstract: A teaching device, for use in a classroom, comprising a hand-held size calculator adapted to normally include a display for showing the numerical output of the calculator, and adapted to include a face plate having a plurality of keys which are arranged in a particular pattern and which bear indicia indicating the calculator function of the keys. The calculator does include a circuit for producing a signal in response to depression of the face plate keys of the hand-held size calculator. The teaching device further includes an enlarged keyboard including a plurality of enlarged keys arranged in a key pattern simulating the face plate keys of the hand-held size calculator, and indicia on the enlarged keys simulating the indicia on the faceplate keys of the hand-held size calculator. The indicia is readily readable anywhere within the classroom. The keyboard also includes a plurality of switches responsive to depression of the keyboard keys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Inventors: Beverly Gimmestad, Douglas Brumm