Associative selection and correlation apparatus

Abstract

Abstract RESPECT TO SUCH INFORMATION IN ORDER THAT SUCH ITEMS QUALIFYING WITH RESPECT TOOTHER QUALITY CARDS, MAY BE READILY IDENTIFIED. THE QUALITY CARDS MAY FURTHER BE USED IN PAIRS APART FROM THE ITEM CARD FOR DETERMINING THE CORRELATION BETWEEN TWO QUALITIES FOR ALL THE ITEMS OR A SAMPLING OF SUCH ITEMS. ASSOCIATIVE SELECTION APPARATUS FOMPRISING A THIN PLASTIC CARD CONTANING A PLURALITY OF SYMBOLS REPRESENTATIVE OF SELECTED ITEMS IS PROVIDED FOR USE WITH ONE OR MORE THIN PLASTIC OVERLAYS, CALLED QUALITY CARDS. EACH QUALITY CARD CONTAINS INFORMATION RESPECTING A PREDETERMINED QUALITY OR CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE ITEM CARD. THE QUALITY CARDS ARE REMOVABLY HELD IN REGISTRATION WITH THE ITEM CARD IN A FRAME. EACH QUALITY CARD CONTAINS ITS INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF TRANSPARENT WINDOWS AND OPAQUE AREAS PROVIDED TO BE IN REGISTRATION WITH THE SYMBOLS OF THE ITEMS ON THE ITEM CARD. THE TRANSPARENT WINDOWS AND OPAQUE AREAS PERMIT AND PREVENT RESPECTIVELY VISUAL IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE ITEMS QUALIFYING AND FAILING TO QUALIFY WITH RESPECT TO THE CRITERION CONTAINED ON THE QUALITY CARD. CERTAIN OF THE QUALITY CARDS CONTAIN INFORMATION RESPECTING SOME BUT NOT ALL THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE ITEM CARD. IN THOSE INSTANCES, THE TRANSPARENT WINDOWS OF THE QUALITY CARD ARE PROVIDED WITH A THIN DIAGONAL LINE, COLORATION OR OTHER SIMILAR PARTIAL OBSCURATION IN REGISTRATION WITH THE ITEM WHICH WAS NOT CONSIDERED WITH

Inventors

• 👤 J Drexler

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