Abstract: Educational tools are provided that can include a plurality of sets of placards with individual ones of these sets can include a plurality of individual placards, and individual placards within the sets having substantially the same surface area and can be associated with a common symbol. The educational tool can also include at least two of the sets including placards having different surface areas associated with different symbols. Educational methods are also provided that include providing a first set of placards, with the first set of placards including individual placards having a first surface area associated with a first symbol, and providing a second set of placards, with the second set of placards including individual placards having a second surface area associated with a second symbol.

Abstract: A pig board for the purpose of displaying various images includes a planar member shaped substantially to the profile of a pig. The planar member includes a first side, a second side, an anterior end and a posterior end.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for planning and tracking meals and activities comprising a display panel having a first and second side, a plurality of manipulatives for releasable attachment to the first and second sides, and an attachment device for releasably securing the display panel to a surface. A portion of the first side of the display panel bears indicia defining a category of food and a drink item. A portion of the second side of the display panel bears indicia defining an activity. The manipulatives bear indicia defining a food item, a drink item, and a serving size. In one embodiment the manipulatives and the indicia on the first and second sides of the display panel are color coordinated such that an individual may plan and track meals and activities.

Abstract: An educational content presentation system and a file format for facilitating learning in that presentation system are provided. The presentation system receives an archival file, such as a ZIP file, that comprises a manifest, one or more activities, and one or more libraries. The manifest associates activities with educational content in the one or more libraries. Some or all the educational content in the library can be encrypted to facilitate digital rights management of the content or provide security in learner assessment activities. Activities can then be executed, such as by a Common Language runtime or Java virtual machine, which present the educational content in the associated libraries to facilitate student learning.

Abstract: This invention is described as a classroom that will have classroom displays, layouts, and a floor plan to educate students to the maximum, A+ Level. This is an entirely new concept in education.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for teaching music to one or more students. The instructor's manual operation of a musical instrument controls in real-time the illumination of guide lamps on each student's musical instrument. This allows the students to visually connect the note to be played with the instructor's verbal instruction and then play the visually indicated note without having to look up at the instructor or a distant display. In another embodiment, the instructor's manual operation of his musical instrument provides a score display of the played note on each student's musical instrument. The students can visually connect the played note with the musical notation on the score display. Remote teaching over a communication network is also described as well as a removable interface for the musical instrument to assist in teaching and use of the instrument.

Abstract: A bulletin board having a map printed on an outer fabric layer, that is bonded to a tack-receptive layer, such as cork, which is bonded to a rigid backing layer such as foam. The sandwiched layers can be trimmed to fit within a metal and/or wood frame. The bonding of the layers can be by pressure activated liquid adhesive. The bonding between the layers can be done by a heat activated adhesive.

Abstract: A display board assembly includes a substrate having a first edge and a second edge, and a non-fabric bulletin board sheet including a first edge portion wrapped around the first edge of the substrate to at least partially cover the first edge of the substrate and a second edge portion wrapped around the second edge of the substrate to at least partially cover the second edge of the substrate.

Abstract: Methods and systems for graphically depicting gum tissue and teeth for illustrating gingival health and plaque reduction. The relative risk as one type of statistical methods for comparing two treatments of different therapeutic agents for gingivitis and plaque are displayed. The upper and lower sets of teeth are represented in rows or groups of teeth separated by rows of boxes which depict the result of various treatments by various therapeutic agents.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a network-based educational system comprising educational content that is presented to a child in an interactive session; and a reporting function to report via an interactive dashboard on various aspects of the child's interaction with the educational content.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reusable device for creating a model or reproducing a subject manually from life (3D subject) or by means of scaled or non-scaled duplication (flat or cylindrical subject). The inventive device comprises an overhead transparency (1) which has been pre-perforated to form a regular distribution of holes (1.a) over the entire surface thereof and a not-perforated overhead transparency (2). Said two overhead transparencies are stacked on top of one another such as to enable a subject (3) to be aimed and reproduced. A first drawing is divided into two complementary layouts (6/1) and (6/2). Depending on the case, the layout (6/1) can be used as it is (without being transferred) or it can be transferred to a support (7). The result (8/7) is obtained through the overhead transparency (1) which is put alone on the support (7), by drawing again over the layout (6/1). The device also comprises other components.

Abstract: The present invention involves an interactive selection system for a consumer product that improves the consumer's ability to quickly sort through numerous criteria in a complex decision making process and determine whether that particular consumer product is appropriate for his or her purchase and use.

Abstract: A desktop teaching aid which has a body having a top surface and an opposite bottom surface, the bottom surface comprising a magnetic material for securing the body to a desk, the body defining a frame around an aperture, educational information represented on the top surface of the body, and a replaceable name tag positioned within the aperture of the body.

Abstract: An apparatus for demonstrating cardiac device function and patient cardiac function over time, including a board with a coordinate system representing time, the board having one or more colored areas representing cardiac device function and patient cardiac function and a legend. Assembled magnetically to the board are objects sized for alignment with the coordinate system representing cardiac device function and including colors matching the one or more colored areas of the magnetic board and the legend. The assembled object and board demonstrate cardiac device function over time. The present subject matter also includes a method for demonstrating cardiac device function and patient cardiac function over time, including placing the objects on a magnetic board in alignment with the coordinate system and one or more colored areas representing cardiac device function and patient cardiac function to demonstrate cardiac device function over time.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to assign line break numbers to locations where line breaks have been made in order to separate a series of figures configured by connecting a number of figures into parts in a manner which makes it easy for a user to view a drawing including the series of figures, or a series of figures. In response to a line break operation for separating a series of figures configured by connecting a plurality of figures into parts, line break numbers displayed at line break locations are sorted based on a positional relationship of the line break locations. The series of figures with the sorted line break numbers assigned to the line break locations is displayed after performing the line break operation. The line numbers are therefore assigned in a consecutive manner for each series of figures.

Abstract: A lightweight, easily portable, convertible billboard display has three panels rotatably connected to each other in parallel fashion. The billboard display can be used as a vertically standing three panel display or, when two of the panels are connected by a removable connection component, as a three dimensional triangular display. Informational display items can be removably attached to the display panels. In addition, pockets, variously located within each panel, allow for the insertion and display of and full access to multi-page display items, mounted directly on the billboard display.

Abstract: Methods and systems for graphically depicting gum tissue and teeth for illustrating gingival health and plaque reduction. The relative risk as one type of statistical methods for comparing two treatments of different therapeutic agents for gingivitis and plaque are displayed. The upper and lower sets of teeth are represented in rows or groups of teeth separated by rows of boxes which depict the result of various treatments by various therapeutic agents.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for enhancing a memorization process by using a mnemonic display implemented. First, the mnemonic display is implemented on a predetermined display area of a display device with one or more border sections, the border sections containing one or more guiding elements in a predetermined order. When one or more learning entities to be memorized by a user of the mnemonic display are identified, the learning entities are placed in the mnemonic display, wherein the first guiding element contained in each learning entity is aligned with a same guiding element in at least one border section, and wherein the locations of the learning entities with reference to the corresponding border sections assist the user to memorize the learning entities.

Abstract: A ultra light presentation display case is a slim, lightweight portable case that can be easily carried to the site of a presentation. The case easily folds open to provide a multi surfaced, free standing exhibit display. The display case comprises three lightweight, rigid structural panels, each panel encapsulated by a rigid frame, the three panels hinged together, allowing the two outer panels to be folded towards the center panel, and a handle fixedly secured to the top of the center structural panel. Each of the panels is made from a rigid, lightweight polystyrene foam core. The front surface of the panels is covered with a Velcro® compatible loop material. The rear surface of the panels is covered with a thermoplastic polymer that is heated and formed to create a corrugated pattern providing both structural integrity and an embossed area wherein a logo or other advertising can be affixed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a collapsible, educational chart that also serves as a promotional item.

Abstract: A method of simulating the effects of one or more explosive events utilizes a mapping of graphically-valued dots to describe the explosive event at detonation at a plurality of (x,y) positions. A degradation rule is applied to the mapping of dots at each of times tn, for n=1 to N, to yield corresponding mappings of degraded value dots. The degradation rule specifies how the mapping of dots at detonation changes with time. The mapping at detonation and mappings of the degraded value dots are then simultaneously displayed in (x,y) registration with one another.

Abstract: An activity station and method of learning for reinforcing skills taught by a teacher or institutional assistant to students. The activity station is comprised of a board with folds that, when open, will stand erect and reveals instructions and activities for the student. A student's progress through the activities is tracked, and the student's performance is evaluated by completing skill sheets. The activity station can then be closed to conceal the instructions and activities for ease in storage.

Abstract: A method of visualizing data including displaying wheels, which represent functional units of a system, wherein each wheel is subdivided into segments collectively representing a process within the functional unit, identifying at least one communications pathway, connecting a hub of each of the wheels to the communications pathway, rotating the wheels around the communication pathway, periodically noting rotational positions of the plurality of wheels, and correlating the rotational positions with the timing of information that is transmitted via the communications pathway as the information passes one or more of the wheels.

Abstract: An educational tool having a substrate with a first side and a second side having thereon at least two pictures of creatures on the first side of the substrate spaced at a defined distance from each other, and a description of the creatures on the second side in approximate registration to the picture on the first side; and a facsimile of a license on said first side of the substrate.

Abstract: Methods provide for the selection and use of a system of feminine hygiene products. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method in which information is collected from a consumer regarding certain of her menstrual cycle. The information collected is used to select a particular system of feminine hygiene products for use by the consumer. The system of products selected is then revealed to the consumer for use by the consumer to achieve a reduction in soiling and improvements in comfort as compared to the use of a single type of feminine hygiene products.

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for enhancing a memorization process by using a mnemonic display implemented with a grid learning system. First, the grid learning system is implemented on a predetermined display area of a display device with a plurality of aligned border sections to form the mnemonic display, the border sections containing one or more guiding elements in a predetermined order. When one or more learning entities to be memorized by a user of the mnemonic display are identified, the learning entities are placed in the grid learning system, wherein the first guiding element contained in each learning entity is aligned with a same guiding element in at least one border section, and wherein the locations of the learning entities with reference to the corresponding border sections assist the user to memorize the learning entities.

Abstract: A display frame for securing a document to a rigid surface and a method for using same are disclosed. The frame includes a plurality of fastener elements preferably made from hook type sections of hook and loop fastener material, although magnetic or low tack adhesive fasteners may also be used. The rigid surface may be a portable board or a wall, the same display frame being usable on both types of rigid surface. The fastener elements on the frame limit relative movement between the document and the frame to simplify the attachment of the document and frame to the rigid surface.

Abstract: This invention aids singing in the shower. A preferred embodiement is a waterproof book of song lyrics which when wetted adheres to the shower wall. For best adhesion, the book has the slim proportions of a magazine or pamphlet. It is easily moveable on the wall for people of different heights. Its large font sizes are easy to read in shadowy light and streaming water. For thicker books, additional support by suction cups or brackets can be provided. Also disclosed are waterproof posters adhering wet to the shower wall and displaying lyrics, photos of musicians, or other art. A series of waterproof lyrics collections (CDs possibly included) would offer singers in the shower all the best of popular song.

Abstract: The invention is a novel book design and structure especially adapted for children, having at least two sections, each of which can be opened independently of others and more than one section can be opened at once, and which sections are connected by hinges along different edges of the pages, and each section may be read at a different orientation to the previous section.

Abstract: A preprinted food group triangle sheet having indicia representative of a plurality of food groups thereon is sized to be inserted between a first triangular member and a second triangle member. A plurality of apertures extend in complimentary alignment through both the first and second triangular members. The plurality of apertures are positioned in relation to each of the food groups preprinted on a food group triangle sheet. One or more additional apertures may be provided to record the taking of vitamins, minerals or medication. A punch is provided for manual insertion into an aperture selected from a plurality of apertures. A flexible strap may be used to secure the punch to the food group monitoring apparatus. The food triangle sheets may be releasably secured in a pad, or on a page of a book, to provide a lasting record of the quantity and selection of foods consumed according to food groups, over time.

Abstract: A method for the selection and use of a system of feminine hygiene products is described. The method includes an information collection step, a system selection step, and a product provision step. In the information collection step, information is collected from a consumer regarding her menstrual cycle protection needs. In the system selection step, the information collected is used to select a system of feminine hygiene products from at least two of such available systems. Each of such available systems is comprised of at least two different feminine hygiene products. In the product provision step, a kit is provided to the consumer. The kit contains in a common package the feminine hygiene products which make up the selected system.

Abstract: A jazz drumming ride pattern flip chart tool comprises at least one ride pattern card and a notation card beneath and extending beyond the ride pattern card. A sliding dowel moved to a place on the notation card indicates which drum should be struck. Each sliding dowel is positioned horizontally exactly the same distance apart as the space between the notes on the card directly above. A disk is at the top of each dowel with “R” on one side and “L” on the other side.

Abstract: The system of musical notation includes a series of alphabetic characters “C”, “D”, “E”, “F”, “G”, “A” and “B” representing tones C through B, and a series of alphabetic characters “H”, “I”, “J”, “K” and “L” representing tones C♯ (D♭), D♯ (E♭), F♯ (G♭), G♭ (A♭) and A♯ (B♭), respectively. A timing grid is divided horizontally into an upper register section, a middle register section and a lower register section. The middle register section accommodates characters A, L, B, C, H, D, I and E, with character C representing the middle C tone of a keyboard instrument. The upper register section accommodates characters representing tones higher in pitch than tone E, the lower register section, accommodates characters, representing tones lower in pitch than tone A.

Abstract: A method that facilitates the learning process of musical note reading which is exhibited in a series of written exercises. Musical notes and letters of the alphabet are arranged in a specific order on musical staffs that consist of five horizontal lines. Each staff begins with a musical clef and is often, but not always, separated into segments by vertical lines. When each note is correctly identified and translated into the appropriate letter of the musical alphabet, either a, b, c, d, e, f, or g, the answers, in combination with the letters printed, will form recognizable words.

Abstract: A video coloring book includes a processor, a display device and a selecting device. The processor displays a coloring picture on the display device. The coloring picture has a plurality of selectable coloring regions. The processor further displays a plurality of selectable colors on the display device. The processor receives a first selection of one of the colors and a second selection of one of the coloring regions from the selecting device. The processor then fills the selected region with the selected color. Additional colors and/or regions can be selected. When a predetermined time expires, the processor animates the coloring picture.

Abstract: A board base provides a storage and display unit for a plurality of markable white erasable presentation panels. Such presentation panels can be used with erasable marker pens. The board base can display one presentation panel and store four additional presentation panels. The board base can be adapted to permit either first side removal, second side removal, or top side removal. Set screws are provided for releasably securing these members. Indicia, such as color coded or numbered tabs permit ready identification by the user, and provide an accessible manual gripping portion for removal of each presentation panel. In operation, a selected presentation panel is removed from the framework in the board base, and the presentation panel is inserted into a front presentation slot in the lower track member. The presentation panel is positioned flush with the front board for ease of marking and viewing.

Abstract: A toy apparatus includes a back housing portion which includes straps for connecting the apparatus to a crib. A plurality of item pressing members are connected to an interior portion of the back housing portion. A front housing portion includes a housing connector for connecting the front housing portion to the back housing portion. The front housing portion includes a plurality of item retainers and a plurality of windows placed in registration with the item retainers. A plurality of infant stimulus items are retained in the item retainers. The item retainers are placed in registration with the item pressing members when the front housing portion and the back housing portion are placed in a closed orientation. A housing lock assembly is connected between the back housing portion and the front housing portion, for keeping the back housing portion and the front housing portion closed with respect to each other.

Abstract: A learning materials delivery system contains an instruction unit. The instruction unit has a number of instruction sets, and each instruction set corresponds to a lesson in the instruction unit on an instruction subject. Each instruction set bears indicia corresponding to the instruction subject and includes a first instruction document, a second instruction document, and optionally one or more resource documents. The documents include information relating to the instruction unit and the instruction sets.

Abstract: The invention is a compliance support package for improving the compliance of a patient with a dietary health management system, which provides a predetermined daily calorie content and level of nutritional enhancement. The dietary health management system includes prepackaged meals consisting of meal components. The package includes portion identification aids, wherein portion sizes of meal components are identified; food exchange lists, wherein the meal components are identified by the calorie content and level of nutritional enhancement per the portion sizes; food record sheets for recording daily consumption of meal components and the calorie content and nutritional enhancement corresponding to the portion sizes consumed; and a "survival" kit. The survival kit includes information and food products which enable the patient to stay within guidelines of the dietary health management system when traveling or when meal components of the system are otherwise unavailable.

Abstract: A method for the selection and use of a system of feminine hygiene products is described. The method includes an information collection step, a system selection step, and an information provision step. In the information collection step, information is collected from a consumer regarding her body type and menstrual cycle characteristics. In the system selection step, the information collected is used to select a system of feminine hygiene products from at least two of such available systems. Each of such available systems is comprised of at least two different feminine hygiene products. Additionally, each of said available systems is adapted to correspond to a predetermined range of body types and menstrual cycle characteristics. In the information provision step, information identifying the system of products selected is then provided to the consumer allowing her to use the system of feminine hygiene products.

Abstract: Described herein is a collaborative drawing device having a support surface configured to support a drawing medium for drawing thereupon by a human user. The drawing device includes a printer that prints prepared graphics on the drawing medium and a scanner that scans documents that have been printed, drawn by hand, and annotated by hand.

Abstract: In a hexagonal element extraction method, a hexagonal theme region (0) for writing or inputting a subject or the theme to be given a thought is set, and hexagonal first-layer element regions (1-6) for writing or inputting elements such as subjects, action means, and the like that come into one's mind in association with the theme written in the theme region (0) are set around the theme region (0) to form a first layer. Furthermore, elements that come into one's mind in associated with those written in the first-layer element regions (1-6) are defined as new subtheme, and hexagonal subtheme regions (3-0, 5-0) for writing or inputting these subthemes are set. Hexagonal second-layer element regions (3-1, 3-2, . . . , 3-6, 5-1, 5-2, . . . , 5-6) for writing or inputting elements such as subjects, action means, and the like that come into one's mind in association with the subthemes written in the subtheme regions (3-0, 5-0) are set around the subtheme regions to form a second layer.

Abstract: A method for providing a system of feminine hygiene products for use by individuals. The method includes collecting information from a consumer regarding her menstrual cycle using a computer, selecting a system of feminine hygiene products based upon the information collected where the system contains at least one tampon and one sanitary napkin. The method further includes a step of providing information back to said consumer identifying the products which make up the selected system.

Abstract: An educational system including a set of characters comprising foam numbers, operational symbols, and advanced problem solving activities each of which includes touch sensitive fasteners which can be applied to a collapsible, touch sensitive board. The set of math manipulatives permits a student to carry out all pre-algebraic calculations upon a vertical surface by using the touch fasteners to fasten the characters onto the collapsible touch sensitive board.

Abstract: A method for dispensing absorbent articles for use by individuals, said method comprising a dispensing device containing at least two different types of absorbent articles and a means for allowing an individual to select one or more types of the absorbent articles in the dispensing device.

Abstract: A building block training system and method of training of cleaners of facilities to be used on the job which utilizes a plurality of pictorial displays showing a specific set of steps to accomplish a cleaning operation in an efficient safe manner, e.g., dusting or vacuuming of a facility as well as a plurality of pictorial displays as to what must not be missed and must be avoided in performing the cleaning operation.

Abstract: A cloth chart for learning characters having the characters indicated on a bed sheet or a lap robe for infants or children, for example, which may be used in sleep or for cold weather. The cloth chart is a sheet of cloth which is formed of at least one or a plurality of sheets of cloth in piles, with the characters indicated on at least one face of the cloth, and pictures with each of pictures respectively located adjacent each of the characters so that a pronunciation of the first letter in the title of a picture corresponds to the reading of the character. At least one of the characters and the pictures is embroidered. A list formed of different colored pieces of cloth is sewed along the circumference of the face on which the characters are arranged.

Abstract: A method for indicating and tracking the progress of activities is disclosed wherein a table containing a calendar covering at least a portion of a calendar year is provided. Activities which are intended to be undertaken during the period of time covered by the calendar are listed in the table and a group of symbols is selected, which symbols are representative of the status and relative priority of such listed activities from commencement through completion or abandonment thereof. The symbols should be readily modifiable so that they can be altered to represent changes in the status and priority of the activities as such status and priority changes occur.

Abstract: A coordination kit for choosing suitable fabrics, paints, wall coverings, window treatments, fabrics for chairs etcetera, rugs and other floor coverings to achieve a desired decorator effect. The kit includes at least two nomographs, mounted to a substrate, and numbering up to a number equal to the number of elements of the total decoration effect that the user desires to choose. Each nomograph (nomogram), includes a rotatable upper layer having at least two windows, which overlies a lower layer having viewable segments, each of which segments has a plurality of cells, all of which cells contain a set of predetermined generally accepted color spectrum specimens, from either the entire color spectrum or a portion thereof, which specimens are used in the selection of the coordinated decorator effect desired. The specimens may be from but not limited to actual or photographic representations of tile, fabric, paint, rugs and other aspects of a room's decor.

Abstract: An interactive teaching aid. The teaching aid includes a fabric or plastic panel having a binding attached around the outer edges of the structure for providing structural integrity; a plurality of hangers for permitting the panel to be hung on a wall or stand; and panel indicia on at least one surface of the panel. The teaching aid also includes removable relational manipulative elements for attaching to the panel, the relational manipulative elements including element indica related to the panel indica.