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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7056122 | Word isolating educational tool An educational device and method in which a user can learn the pronunciation and meaning of words using a word isolator with a window and a slide. The word isolator is placed over the unfamiliar word. The slide is manipulated to expose only a portion of the word at ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6832915 | Educational reading aid An apparatus having a generally triangular shape and for helping a person read includes a housing with oppositely spaced edge portions and oppositely spaced end portions integral with the edge portions. The housing further has substantially planar top and bottom sur... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6726487 | Device for supporting reading of a text from a display member The invention refers to a device for supporting reading of a text from a display member (1) in order to increase the reading speed. The device includes first means (2, 4) which are arranged to provide a text, which consists of a number of characters fo... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6471517 | Reading teaching aid A reading teaching aid comprising two substantially coplanar masking elements each of which defines at least one edge of a viewing area, said elements being carried on the respective first ends of a pair of elongate arms which are resiliently hinged toget... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5201659 | Motorized gymnastic training apparatus A motorized gymnastic training apparatus has first and second planar support members and a central support member attached through the first planar support member into the second planar support member. The central support member has a wheel rotatably moun... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5145376 | Teaching aid for foreign language Apparatus for assisting the learning of a foreign language employs a text in the foreign language printed with an ink which reflects part of the visual spectrum, such as red ink. Superimposed on that foreign language text is a literal translation of the t... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4880385 | Fully automatic speed-reading trainer A fully automatic speed-reading trainer for which reading speed can be adjusted in a non-step fashion is provided which includes an electric motor designed to drive a relatively large gear, which is one main component of a driving assembly forming a porti... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4295408 | Music teaching apparatus and method A music teaching apparatus, useful for requiring the student to play notes in correct relative timing and suitable for employment on a piano, includes a holder for sheet music, a continuous transparent web having a plurality of opaque covering sections th... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4016659 | Focal scanning aid Mat of thin material has an aperture therein to limit the visible area of printed material to be read to aid in the development of good reading habits by controlling the focal scanning area. Set of focal scanning aids has progressively larger apertures to... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3982332 | Speed reading aid and method A speed reading aid is provided for reading down columns of characters of successive greater width or complexity. The device is a hand manipulated packet containing a series a removable opaque cards, each card having a one or more characteristic slots the... | 09/28/1976 |
| 3968576 | Method and apparatus of aural/visual correspondence for the improvement of reading A method and apparatus for aural and visual program correspondence for the improvement of reading by training the reader. A visual program is presented in line-by-line sequence with each line being held in position during a predetermined viewing time and ... | 07/13/1976 |
