This invention relates to a multi-function apparatus for developing human skills in spatial relations, language arts, penmanship and sketching.
A self-contained instructional and recreational apparatus is provided which comprises, in one location, a plurality of different writing surfaces and instructional implements.
Such a system has eluded the toy industry for some time. It has apparently been difficult for toy and educational device manufacturers to produce a sturdy, economically fabricated and serviceable multi-purpose device. Numerous attempts have been made in the past to accomplish this, as shown by the prior art, but only certain individual educational functions have been addressed in any one prior art device.
U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,989,216; 3,280,499; 342,762; 483,371; 794,653; 524,617; 3,144,720; and 2,740,206; to Shaw, et al., Studen; Russell; Weissenborn; Allen; Slaughter; Kehl; and Schats, respectively, teach certain of the desired individual concepts, per se, of the present system. However, none of the noted patents address the totality of the multiple functions and the apparatus for performing such functions which are presented in the present combination.