Patent ID: 6514078
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
An electronic educational device comprising:a housing assembly including a tubular housing having a top end and a bottom end said tubular housing also including an opening through said bottom end and a battery compartment disposed near said bottom end thereof, said housing assembly further including a cover member being removably attached over said opening in said tubular housing; a turntable drive assembly including a spindle being rotatably disposed through said top end of said tubular housing, said turntable drive assembly further including a motor being disposed in said tubular housing and being connected to said spindle for the rotation thereof, and also including a switch member being movably attached to a wall of said tubular housing and being connected to said motor for the energizing of said motor, and further including at least one battery being removably disposed in said tubular housing and being connected to said motor and to said switch member; a turntable member being mounted upon said spindle, said turntable member including a transparent radial window being disposed therein and also a notch being disposed in a circumference thereof exposing a portion of said at least one disk member positioned between said top end of said housing and said turntable member for permitting finger gripping of said portion of said at least one disk member to remove said at least one disk member from said turntable member; at least one disk member being removably positionable between said top end of said housing and said turntable member and having pictures displayed thereupon, said disk member comprising, a substantially circular plate such that said pictures thereon are displayed through said radial window of said turntable member when said turntable member is rotated by said spindle, said at least one disk member having a radial slot extending through a circumference and terminating at a center of said at least one disk member and removably receiving a portion of said spindle therein, said at least one disk member being divided into a plurality of radial segments each of which has a respective said picture of an object or item including food and personal hygiene products being displayed thereupon and being displayable through said radial window of said turntable member, said at least one disk member further having a plurality of sound chips being displayed upon said radial segments and identifying said pictures displayed thereupon, said at least one disk member being removably inserted between said top end of said tubular housing and said turntable member; and an audio system for describing said pictures displayed upon said at least one disk member, said audio system including a speaker being disposed in said tubular housing, and also including a sound chip reader and player being disposed upon said turntable member and being connected to said speaker for reading and playing information contained in said sound chips, and further including an earphone jack being disposed in said wall of said tubular housing and being connected to said speaker.