Patent ID: 7056122

Claim:
A kit for an assembleable educational device for isolating words appearing on a flat surface, comprising: a sheet-like member forming a base portion, said sheet-like member being foldable over on to itself to define a generally thin, elongated configuration having upper and lower portions and an intermediate slot therebetween, said upper portion at least partially overlapping said lower portion, said upper and lower portions each including a generally rectangular elongated opening therein, said elongated openings being generally sized and aligned with one another to form an aperture through the folded configuration and to permit observation from a point above said upper portion through said aligned openings of a location below said lower portion, said aperture defining a viewing window, said upper portion including a slit generally parallel to said elongated opening therein and the fold in said sheet-like member, a thin, elongated strip forming a slide member, said strip sized and dimensioned to fit within said intermediate slot between the upper and lower portions of said base portion and to be slidably movable therein to substantially fully occlude said viewing window when in a first position, to substantially fully expose said viewing window when in a second position, and to partially occlude said viewing window when intermediate said first and second positions, said strip including at least one projection portion sized and dimensioned to extend through said slit in said upper portion of said base portion and to move therealong as said slide member is slidably moved relative to said base portion, said slide member including a portion extending beyond said base portion even when said slide member is positioned to substantially fully occlude said viewing window, said extending portion forming a handle portion, said slide member positionable within said slot of said base portion with said projection portion extending through said slit in said upper portion of said base portion when said sheet-like member is in said folded configuration to form an assembled word isolator device, said assembled word isolator device positionable upon a generally flat surface to encompass text appearing thereon within the outline of the viewing window and to allow the viewing of at least a portion of said encompassed text as said slide member is slidably moved relative to said base portion while said base portion remains in such position, said handle portion being movable by a user to effect slidable movement of said slide member relative to said base portion to control the degree of occlusion of the viewing window and the amount of text viewable through said viewing window.