Illuminated educational picture viewer toy

Claim 2

An illuminated educational picture viewer toy, comprising: a viewer base having a wall, said wall having a first surface and a second surface, an aperture provided in said wall closer to the outer perimeter thereof than to the center thereof and a light source positioned adjacent said first surface and said aperture; and a picture block having an encompassing side wall and an open top, a translucent screen provided in said open top and a plurality of picture transparencies positioned transversely in said block adjacent said screen, said transparencies having a predetermined location correlated to the location of the aperture in said base such that each transparency may be placed in juxtaposition to the aperture in said base by placing said block on said second surface of said base in a different rotated position for each transparency, whereby light from said source may be transmitted through said aperture in said base and through a juxtaposed transparency for projecting a juxtaposed picture onto said screen.

Claim 3

A viewer toy as stated in claim 1 wherein said viewer base includes an encompassing sidewall and an open top having a predetermined geometric shape, wherein said wall in said base is a bottom wall and wherein said picture block has said predetermined geometric shape and is positioned on said bottom wall through the open top of said base.

Claim 4

A viewer toy as stated in claim 2 wherein said block has a bottom wall provided with apertures juxtaposed to said transparencies.

Claim 5

A viewer toy as stated in claim 3 wherein said light source is an electric light bulb and wherein said toy includes a switch for closing a circuit to said light bulb, said switch being located on said base bottom wall for engagement and actuation by said block bottom wall.

Claim 6

A viewer toy as stated in claim 4 wherein said predetermined geometric shape is square, wherein four transparencies are mounted in said block and wherein indicia are provided on said block for identifying said projected pictures.

Claim 7

A viewer toy as stated in claim 5 wherein said viewer base includes a battery compartment for holding battery means supplying current to said light bulb.

Claim 8

A viewer toy as stated in claim 6 wherein said switch includes an intermediate portion gripping a pin depending from said base bottom wall, an L-shaped, fixed end having a slot gripping said light bulb and a free end having a reversely-bent portion extending through an aperture in said base bottom wall and a portion positioned adjacent said battery means for engagement therewith when said free end is moved by positioning said block on said reversely-bent portion.

Claim 9

A viewer toy as stated in claim 1 wherein said screen is made from a polystyrene material and is formed in a mold having a sandblasted finish on one surface thereof.

Claim 10

An illuminated educational picture viewer toy, comprising: a viewer base having an open top of a predetermined geometric shape and a bottom wall, an aperture provided in said bottom wall closer to the outer perimeter thereof than to the center thereof and a light source adjacent said aperture; and a picture block having an encompassing side wall, a closed bottom wall and an open top, a translucent screen provided in said open top and a plurality of transparencies positioned in said block intermediate said bottom wall and said screen in a plane parallel to the plane of said screen, said transparencies having a predetermined location correlated to the location of the aperture in the base such that each transparency may be placed in juxtaposition to the aperture in the base by placing said block in said base in a different rotated position for each transparency, and a plurality of apertures in said bottom wall of said block in the same number as, and at locations juxtaposed to, said transpArencies, whereby light from said source may be transmitted through said aperture in said base and through a juxtaposed aperture in said block for projecting a juxtaposed picture onto said screen.

Claim 11

An illuminated educational picture viewer toy, comprising: a viewer base having an open top of a predetermined geometric shape and a bottom wall, an aperture provided in said bottom wall closer to the outer perimeter thereof than to the center thereof and a light source adjacent said aperture; and a picture block having an encompassing side wall, a closed bottom wall and an open top, a translucent screen provided in said open top and a plurality of transparencies positioned in said block intermediate said bottom wall and said screen in a plane parallel to the plane of said screen, said transparencies having a predetermined location correlated to the location of the aperture in the base such that each transparency may be placed in juxtaposition to the aperture in the base by placing said block in said base in a different rotated position for each transparency, and a plurality of apertures in said bottom wall of said block in the same number as, and at locations juxtaposed to, said transpArencies, whereby light from said source may be transmitted through said aperture in said base and through a juxtaposed aperture in said block for projecting a juxtaposed picture onto said screen.

Claim 12

A picture viewer toy comprising: viewer base means having an aperture provided therein; light source means in said base for passing light rays through said aperture; separate picture-carrying housing means manually positionable in a plurality of different positions relative to said aperture in said base means and including screen means and a transparency carrier having a plurality of transparencies thereon and received within said housing, said transparencies having a predetermined location correlated to the locations of said aperture and said screen means such that each transparency may be selectively positioned with respect to said aperture in such a manner that a transparency so positioned will have its picture projected onto said screen means; and cooperating engaging and readily disengageable means fixed respectively on said base means and picture-carrying means for aligning a transparency with said aperture in each of said different positions.

Claim 13

A picture viewer toy comprising: viewer base means having an aperture provided therein; light source means in said base for passing light rays through said aperture; separate picture-carrying housing means manually positionable in a plurality of different positions relative to said aperture in said base means and including screen means and a transparency carrier having a plurality of transparencies thereon and received within said housing, said transparencies having a predetermined location correlated to the locations of said aperture and said screen means such that each transparency may be selectively positioned with respect to said aperture in such a manner that a transparency so positioned will have its picture projected onto said screen means; and cooperating engaging and readily disengageable means fixed respectively on said base means and picture-carrying means for aligning a transparency with said aperture in each of said different positions.