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Book for joint reading by a visually impaired person and a sighted person
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1989-12-15
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Granted: 1991-07-23
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Expires: 2009-12-15
Abstract
Abstract A book permitting one person to hold and read, or to follow along with the reader of the book, in which a set of removable pages that correspond numerically to fixed pages in the book include material corresponding to that appearing on the fixed pages. The book can be held and read by an unsighted or visually impaired person by means of Braille and/or large-sized type printed upon the removable pages. The relationship of sighted/unsighted may be reversed; and the invention may be adopted to other educational, translation or instructional purposes.
Inventors
- 👤 Shawn M. Phelps
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 11:21
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B21/00; G09B21/001; G09B21/003; B; B42; B42D; B42D1/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A story book to be used together by an unsighted or visually-impaired person and a sighted person comprising: a first set of pages which have conventionally printed upon them normal-sized text for the sighted person to view; a second set of pages which correspond on a page-by-page basis to the text of the first set of pages in the book, the second set of pages including thereon large-sized text and braille superimposed over the large-sized text corresponding to the text of the first set of pages, which large-sized text and braille communicate to the unsighted or visually-impaired person of the text of the first set of pages to enable the unsighted or visually-impaired person to be able to read the book with the sighted person; and the first set and the second set of pages being in a side-by-side relationship in the book so that the corresponding pages face each other.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A story book to be used together by an unsighted or visually-impaired person and a sighted person comprising: a first set of pages which have conventionally printed upon them normal-sized text for the sighted person to view; a second set of pages which correspond on a page-by-page basis to the text of the first set of pages in the book, the second set of pages including thereon large-sized text and braille superimposed over the large-sized text corresponding to the text of the first set of pages, which large-sized text and braille communicate to the unsighted or visually-impaired person of the text of the first set of pages to enable the unsighted or visually-impaired person to be able to read the book with the sighted person; and the first set and the second set of pages being in a side-by-side relationship in the book so that the corresponding pages face each other.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The book of claim 1, further comprising: a removable page component associated with one of the sets of pages.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The book of claim 2, wherein the removable page component is replaceable in the set from which is it removed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The book of claim 2, further comprising: storage pockets formed in the pages of one of the sets for storing the removable components.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The book of claim 1, wherein at least some of the pages include illustrations thereon.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for using a storybook, said book comprising a first set of pages with normal size text thereon and a second set of pages having representations associated therewith which correspond on a page-by-page basis to said first set of pages, said representations communicate to an unsighted or visually impaired person the text of said first set of pages, said method comprising the step of: reading of said representations associated with said second set of pages by an unsighted or visually impaired person while a sighted person is viewing corresponding pages of said first set of pages.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
97 words
A method for using a storybook, said book comprising a first set of pages with normal size text thereon and a second set of pages having representations associated therewith which correspond on a page-by-page basis to said first set of pages, said representations communicate to an unsighted or visually impaired person the text of said first set of pages, said method comprising the step of: reading of said representations associated with said second set of pages by an unsighted or visually impaired person while a sighted person is viewing corresponding pages of said first set of pages.
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