Educational toy

Claim 2

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a first portion of a front surface and a back surface of said board, a first set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a language concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, each member of the first set being associated with a respective one of said holes, a second set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a mathematical concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, each member of the second set being associated with a respective one of said holes and aperture means in said board on a second portion of said front and back surfaces; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, said pegs being placeable within said holes on said first portion for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes and said pegs being placeable within said aperture means on said second portion for utilizing the members of the sets to learn more advanced aspects of said concepts.

Claim 3

An educational toy according to claim 1, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows.

Claim 4

An educational toy according to claim 2, wherein said aperture means comprises a row of indicialess openings on each of said surfaces, all of the holes, pegs, and openings being of the same cross-sectional shape, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said openings for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia.

Claim 5

An educational toy according to claim 2, wherein the indicia of the sets are arranged in sequential order within each row and from row to row.

Claim 6

An educational toy according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 or 4, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board.

Claim 7

An educational toy according to claim 1, further comprising a backing-board associatable with both said front and rear surfaces so as to block one end of the holes.

Claim 8

An educational toy according to claim 6, wherein the backing-board is secured to the board by C-clips.

Claim 9

An educational toy according to claims 3 or 4, wherein each of the plurality of rows or holes is provided with a separate color band, each color band being of a different color, and wherein pegs bearing indicia corresponding to indicia associated with a particular row of holes are formed of the same coloration as the color band that the particular row of holes is provided with, whereby the members of the sets can be learned in groups, and whereby the learning of colors is facilitated.

Claim 10

An educational toy according to claim 1, wherein said set of language indicia are letters of the alphabet.

Claim 11

An educational toy according to claim 9, wherein the indicia are formed as Braille symbols.

Claim 12

An educational toy according to claim 1, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board.

Claim 13

An educational toy according to claim 1, wherein said aperture means is an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia.

Claim 14

An educational toy according to claim 2, wherein each hole within each respective row of the plurality of rows of holes is of a different shape from the other holes within the respective row, and wherein each of said pegs is provided with a cross-sectional shape which will fit in one of the holes when the indicia on the peg is properly associated with the indicia associated with the hole.

Claim 15

An educational toy according to claim 13, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board.

Claim 16

An educational toy according to claim 14, wherein said aperture means is an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia.

Claim 17

An educational toy according to claim 1, wherein said holes extend completely through said board from said first side to said second side.

Claim 18

An educational toy according to claim 1 or 16, wherein said plurality of pegs are equal in number to the number of holes on the first portion of one of said surfaces of the board, and wherein the members of the sets of indicia associated with each hole are the same as the members of the sets of indicia on each respective peg placeable therein.

Claim 19

An educational toy according to claim 17, wherein said first set of indicia comprises numbers and mathematical symbols and said second set comprises letter of an alphabet.

Claim 20

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and on a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows and wherein said plurality of pegs are of different lengths, said peg lengths being chosen so as to progressively increase in height when the pegs are inserted within each of said plurality of rows of holes with the indicia on an end of each of the pegs properly matched to a respective indicia associated with each of the holes.

Claim 21

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and on a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows and wherein said plurality of pegs are of different lengths, said peg lengths being chosen so as to progressively increase in height when the pegs are inserted within each of said plurality of rows of holes with the indicia on an end of each of the pegs properly matched to a respective indicia associated with each of the holes.

Claim 22

An educational toy according to claim 19, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board.

Claim 23

An educational toy according to claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a separate color band, each color band being of a different color, and wherein pegs bearing indicia corresponding to indicia associated with a particular row of holes are formed of the same coloration as the color band that the particular row of holes is provided with, whereby the members of the sets can be learned in groups, and whereby the learning of colors is facilitated.

Claim 24

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and on a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each hole within each respective row of the plurality of rows of holes is of a different shape from the other holes within the respective row, and wherein each of said pegs is provided with a cross-sectional shape which will fit in one of the holes when the indicia on the peg is properly associated with the indicia associated with the hole, wherein said board is provided with an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia, and wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a color band, each color band being of a different color and wherein each of said plurality of pegs is of a different cross-sectional shape and color from all of the other of said pegs.

Claim 25

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and on a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each hole within each respective row of the plurality of rows of holes is of a different shape from the other holes within the respective row, and wherein each of said pegs is provided with a cross-sectional shape which will fit in one of the holes when the indicia on the peg is properly associated with the indicia associated with the hole, wherein said board is provided with an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia, and wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a color band, each color band being of a different color and wherein each of said plurality of pegs is of a different cross-sectional shape and color from all of the other of said pegs.

Claim 26

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each hole within each respective row of the plurality of holes is of a different shape from the other holes within the respective row, and wherein each of said pegs is provided with a cross-sectional shape which will fit in one of the holes when the indicia on the peg is properly associated with the indicia associated with the hole, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board, wherein said board is provided with an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the set of indicia, and wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a color band, each color band being of a different color and wherein each of said plurality of pegs is of a different cross-sectional shape and color from the other of said pegs.

Claim 27

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each hole within each respective row of the plurality of holes is of a different shape from the other holes within the respective row, and wherein each of said pegs is provided with a cross-sectional shape which will fit in one of the holes when the indicia on the peg is properly associated with the indicia associated with the hole, wherein the indicia of the first set are positionally coordinated to the indicia of the second set such that, when the pegs are placed in the holes with the indicia on one end of the pegs matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on one surface of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of the pegs will be matched in the proper sequence with the indicia on the other side of the board, wherein said board is provided with an indicialess opening in the form of a slot sized to receive any of a plurality of said pegs, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said opening for learning the concepts represented by the set of indicia, and wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a color band, each color band being of a different color and wherein each of said plurality of pegs is of a different cross-sectional shape and color from the other of said pegs.

Claim 28

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes; wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a separate color band, each color band being of a different color, and wherein pegs bearing indicia corresponding to the indicia associated with a particular row of holes are formed of the same coloration as the color band that the particular row of holes is provided with, whereby the members of the sets can be learned in groups, and whereby the learning of colors is facilitated.

Claim 29

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes on a front surface and a back surface of said board, a first set of indicia representing a first concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, one member of the first set being associated with each of said holes, a second set of indicia representing a second concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, one member of the second set being associated with each of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs, whereby said pegs can be placed within said holes for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia associated with the holes; wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows, wherein each of the plurality of rows of holes is provided with a separate color band, each color band being of a different color, and wherein pegs bearing indicia corresponding to the indicia associated with a particular row of holes are formed of the same coloration as the color band that the particular row of holes is provided with, whereby the members of the sets can be learned in groups, and whereby the learning of colors is facilitated.

Claim 30

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes extending completely therethrough from a front surface to a back surface, a first set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a language concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, each member of the first set being positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes, a second set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a mathematical concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, each member of the second set being positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs equal in number to said plurality of holes, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs and matching the indicia positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes on the front surface, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs and matching the indicia positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes on the rear surface, said pegs being placeable within said holes whereby a single set of pegs and a single board serves for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia positioned adjacent the holes.

Claim 31

An educational toy comprising: (a) a board having a plurality of holes extending completely therethrough from a front surface to a back surface, a first set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a language concept being positioned on the front surface of the board, each member of the first set being positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes, a second set comprising a plurality of indicia representing a mathematical concept being positioned on the back surface of the board, each member of the second set being positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes; and (b) a plurality of pegs equal in number to said plurality of holes, each peg corresponding in cross-sectional shape to the cross-sectional shape of at least one of said holes, one member of the first set of indicia being positioned on one end of each of said pegs and matching the indicia positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes on the front surface, and one member of the second set of indicia being positioned on the opposite end of said pegs and matching the indicia positioned adjacent a respective one of said holes on the rear surface, said pegs being placeable within said holes whereby a single set of pegs and a single board serves for accommodating learning of the members of said sets by associating indicia on said pegs with the indicia positioned adjacent the holes.

Claim 32

An educational toy according to claim 25, wherein the indicia on the ends of said pegs and adjacent said holes are so selected that when said pegs are positioned with said holes with the indicia on one end of each of said pegs in matching relationship with respect to the indicia adjacent the respective holes on one side of the board, the indicia on the opposite end of said pegs will be in matching relationship to the indicia adjacent the respective hole on the other side of the board, whereby language and mathematical learning operations can be used to check one another.

Claim 33

An educational toy according to claims 25 or 26, wherein said board is additionally provided with aperture means on both sides of said board and into which said pegs are insertable for facilitating the learning of aspects of said concepts involving the positional inter-relating of a plurality of the members of a respective set of indicia.

Claim 34

An educational toy according to claim 27, wherein said holes are arranged in a plurality of rows.

Claim 35

An educational toy according to claim 28, wherein said aperture means comprises a row of indicialess openings on each of said surfaces, all of the holes, pegs, and openings being of the same cross-sectional shape, whereby selected pegs can be interchangeably placed in said openings for learning the concepts represented by the sets of indicia.