Patent ID: 7080983
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: B42B,B42D,G09B

Abstract:
1. An educational flipbook device for teaching orthographic structure of written words and syllables comprising: a plurality of sets of pages with each set comprising a plurality of pages; a backing board having a top, bottom, left and right sides with some of said plurality of sets of pages attached to said backing board through a plurality of spiral bindings, wherein each spiral binding attaches at least one set of pages to said backing board; each page of said plurality of sets of pages comprises indicia located on the front face of each individual page, wherein said individual pages can either be displayed, rotated out of sight behind said backing board or covered by other pages; said spiral bindings attaching said sets of pages located along the left top, center top, right top, left side and right side of said backing board, the spiral bindings along the top of said backing board allowing the pages attached thereto to rotate vertically while the bindings along the left and right sides of said backing board allowing the pages attached thereto to rotate horizontally from the front of said backing board to behind said backing board; the pages bound along the top of said backing board being situated in three positions, left top-bound pages, center top-bound pages, and right top-bound pages; said left and said right side-bound pages and said left and said right top-bound pages positioned on said backing board such that said left and said right side-bound pages and said left and said right top-bound pages are aligned so that one can cover or supersede the other; said plurality of sets of pages bound to said backing board such that each page is able to rotate about the respective spiral binding so that said indicia located on their faces appears in a side by side readable relationship displaying a written word or syllable which can be altered by rotating other pages into place in a flipbook fashion; a schwa display comprising a single first page having indicia on the front face of said page and affixed to a vertical handle, which can be displayed by holding said handle behind the flipbook so that said indicia of said single first page appears above one of the other pages of the plurality of sets of pages displayed by the flipbook; a plurality of attachment rods with some of the attachment rods having a single page attached thereto and other attachment rods having the remainder of said plurality of sets of pages attached thereto through means of a spiral binding enabling the indicia shown on the front of individual pages of said plurality of sets of pages to be displayed or vertically rotated behind other pages in a flipbook fashion; a left receptacle and a right receptacle mounted to the backing board allowing said attachment rods to be affixed to said backing board for the purpose of displaying said at least one page, wherein some of the attachment rods may be attached to only the left receptacle and other of the attachment rods may be attached only to the right receptacle; an index tab having a front and back affixed to each page of the plurality of pages of said plurality of sets of pages such that an individual page can be readily located, wherein said index tab comprises indicia located on said index tab front and said index tab back such that said index tab indicia is the same as the indicia located on the face of the page which the index tab is affixed to so that the respective page can be located among other pages either in front or behind the backing board.