IP Library Granted Patent US 10,229,614
Granted Patent B2
US 10,229,614 · App. 15/026,992 · Granted Mar 12, 2019

Mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired

Inventor: Oguz Karadag (Istanbul, TR)
G09B23/04G09B19/02G09B21/004G09B21/02
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Patent No.
US 10,229,614
App. No.
15/026,992
Granted
Mar 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired ( 1 ) comprising retractable push-buttons ( 2 ) at least one button body ( 4 ) which enable the push-button to be placed on the socket ( 3 ) and making a linear movement towards the inside-outside of the device when the push-buttons are pressed; and at least one lock system which is located on the button body and which enables the button body to be locked in upper and lower positions; when the button body is locked in the upper position, the push-button becomes an open button; when the button body is locked in the lower position, the push-button becomes a closed button.

Claims (21)

1. A mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired comprising:

a plurality of retractable push-buttons, wherein the plurality of retractable push-buttons are provided in blocks consisting of a plurality of elements arranged in a rectangular arrangement comprising a plurality of columns, and the plurality of elements are in the form of a hemisphere, a cube, or a rectangular prism;

a plurality of sockets for enabling the plurality of retractable push-buttons to be placed thereon, in an arrangement that a socket in the plurality of sockets corresponds to a retractable push-button in the plurality of push-buttons;

at least one button is placed on the socket and the at least one button makes a linear movement within the socket when pressed;

at least one lock system located on the button and the at least one lock system enables the button body to be locked in an upper and a lower position;

wherein each button is corresponding to a dot and different symbols are indicated according to the number and position of the dots;

wherein the retractable push-buttons are arranged in equal spaces to each other.

2. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 1 , wherein the push-button comes to an open or a closed position when the button body moves downwards or upwards by means of a vertical force applied on the button body.

3. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 1 , wherein the push-button is produced by using at least one material from the group of resilient and bendable bamboo, leather, metal and plastic materials or a combination of at least two materials from the group.

4. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 1 , wherein the open button is formed when the button body that is connected to the push-button stretches into released state when a vertical force is applied to the closed button.

5. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 4 , wherein the closed button which is formed when the button body that is connected to the button contracts into compressed state when a vertical force is applied to the open button.

6. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 1 , wherein the retractable push-buttons are configured to obtain embossments of geometric figures on the device by applying force on the closed buttons by means of a pen or a rod; and to obtain mathematical symbols and numbers by applying vertical force on the closed buttons.

7. The mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired of claim 1 , wherein one or more buttons selected from the buttons provided in the mechanism enable control of all or some of the other buttons provided in the mechanism.

8. A mathematics and geometry device for visually impaired comprising:

a plurality of retractable push-buttons, wherein the plurality of retractable push-buttons are provided in blocks consisting of a plurality of elements arranged in a rectangular arrangement comprising a plurality of columns, and are in the form of a hemisphere, a cube, or a rectangular prism;

at least one socket which enables the plurality of retractable push-buttons to be placed thereon;

at least one button body placed on the socket and the at least one button body makes a linear movement towards the inside—outside of the socket when pressed;

at least one lock system located on the button body and the at least one lock system enables the button body to be locked in upper and lower positions; when the button body is locked in the upper position, the push-button becomes an open button; when the button body is locked in the lower position, the push-button becomes a closed button;

an electronic program for recording and saving information printed by the retractable push-buttons in a memory;

wherein the electronic program records and saves each operation step in the memory; and

the electronic program is configured to display the information on a display screen wherein one or more buttons selected from the buttons provided in the mechanism enable control of all or some of the other buttons provided in the mechanism.

Priority Claims (1)
TR 2013/11628 · Oct 3, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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