Patent ID: 6994556

Claim:
An electronic children's educational toy comprising: a fishing pole device including a rod member and a hook member; a plurality of objects, each of said objects including a plurality of object contact elements wherein two or more of such contact elements are connected to one another to form a contact pattern which serves to uniquely identify each object, wherein each of said objects includes an aperture configured so as to accept engagement of said hook member when said hook member is placed in physical contact with said object; an identification member associated with said hook member, said identification member including a plurality of member contact elements configured such that at least two of said member contact elements come into electrical contact with at least two of said object contact elements when said hook member is placed in physical contact with one of said objects; a processing unit associated with said fishing pole device, wherein said processing unit is in direct electrical contact with said identification member and said processing unit is capable of detecting the object contact pattern in physical contact with said identification member, thereby determining the identification of the particular object in physical contact with said hook member.