Patent ID: 6142786
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An apparatus to educate a special needs child about shapes and hardware comprising:a working platform having three faces, a first face having colored areas with shaped openings in the colored areas, a second face having threaded openings, and a third face having an assortment of locks,a collection of pegs shaped and sized to be received in the shaped openings, anda collection of threaded shafts shaped to be received in the threaded openings,whereby a child can learn to associate shapes by matching pegs to shaped openings, to associate threaded fasteners by matching threaded shafts to threaded openings and to learn to recognize and operate locks;wherein said platform includes three boards each having one of said three faces, said boards being hinged together to form a three-fold unit that can be folded flat for storage or opened to have a triangular cross section.