Margaret B Sterr

US Patent:

56847580, Nov 4, 1997

Filed:

Nov 20, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/556988

Inventors:

Jacqueline D. Gray - Grand Rapids MI
Margaret B. Sterr - Grosse Pointe Woods MI

Assignee:

T.O.T. Ventures, Inc. - East Grand Rapids MI

International Classification:

G04B 4700
G04F 800
A63H 302

US Classification:

368 10

Abstract:

A child's disciplinary device including a plush toy and a countdown timer secured to the toy. The timer includes indications corresponding to children's ages, and the timer is set to a proper time-out period by setting the timer to the child's age. The correspondence between ages and time-out periods is nonlinear.