Patent ID: 6760987
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G09F

Abstract:
A variable and attachable numeric character having less than sixteen segments, said character comprising:a substantially hollow rectangular figure having a perimeter formed by corresponding pairs of substantially parallel horizontal and vertical segments; a substantially horizontal bisecting segment dividing said hollow rectangular figure into upper and lower portions of substantially equal area; a substantially vertical bisecting segment extending between said pairs of substantially parallel horizontal segments of said substantially hollow rectangular figure, and dividing said substantially hollow rectangular figure into left and right portions of substantially equal area; and an attachment means affixed to a back surface of each of said segments; wherein any numeral from zero through nine can be produced by removing one or more particular individual segments of said variable and attachable numeric character; and wherein, when using a plurality of substantially equally spaced variable and attachable numeric characters to create a row or columnar-oriented multi-digit number, removal of all but said substantially vertical bisecting segment produces a numeral one whose spacing from one or more adjacent numerals of said multi-digit number is substantially the same as the spacing between the other numerals of said multi-digit number.