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Indication assembly
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-03-02
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Granted: 1981-03-03
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Expires: 1999-03-02
Abstract
Abstract An indication assembly of the type used to facilitate the teaching of relatively young children and persons of limited learning ability to dress themselves with limited instruction comprising the use of wearing apparel or garments which include a plurality of indication elements affixed thereto. Each of said indication elements is disposed on an exposed surface portion of the garment and being structured to include visual indicia arranged in predetermined sequence so as to accomplish presentation of visual cues for proper sequence of holding the particular garment for placing the garment on the body.
Inventors
- 👤 Keith F. Posta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 11:35
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D27/00; A41D27/08; A41D11/00; G; G09; G09B; G09B19/00; G09B19/0076; G09F; G09F3/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
An indication assembly of the type primarily designed to facilitate the placing of clothing on the human body, said indication assembly comprising: at least one garment, a plurality of indication means mounted on said garment at predetermined spaced apart locations from one another, each of said indication means disposed at a location substantially corresponding to a position on said garment normally grasped by one while donning said garment, each of said indication means further disposed for substantially sequential grasping by one donning said garment, each of said plurality of indication means comprises indicia mounted thereon, said indicia configured to represent a predetermined sequential cue point, whereby teaching one to dress through utilization of said plurality of indication means is facilitated.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
An indication assembly of the type primarily designed to facilitate the placing of clothing on the human body, said indication assembly comprising: at least one garment, a plurality of indication means mounted on said garment at predetermined spaced apart locations from one another, each of said indication means disposed at a location substantially corresponding to a position on said garment normally grasped by one while donning said garment, each of said indication means further disposed for substantially sequential grasping by one donning said garment, each of said plurality of indication means comprises indicia mounted thereon, said indicia configured to represent a predetermined sequential cue point, whereby teaching one to dress through utilization of said plurality of indication means is facilitated.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An indication assembly as in claim 1 further comprising reference means disposed in the accessable, vicinity of said garment, said reference means comprising explanatory information relative to said cue points and sequential utilization of said plurality of indicia.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An indication assembly as in claim 2 wherein said plurality of indication means are colored coded, and said reference means comprise a predetermined arrangement of said indication means relative to said colored coded arrangement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
An indication assembly as in claim 1 wherein said plurality of indication means comprises a number of indication elements mounted on a predetermined outer, exposed surface portion of said garment, each of said indication elements visually accessable and including predetermined sequentially coded indicia formed thereon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
An indication assembly as in claim 4 wherein said sequentially coded indicia comprises sequentially arranged letters of the alphabet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
An indication assembly as in claim 4 wherein said predetermined sequentially coded indicia comprises a plurality of numbers each of said numbers mounted on different ones of said indication elements.
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| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-03-02 | 1992-09-01 | 1993-03-03 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |