Patent Application
20210082298
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The disclosure relates to reminder devices and more particularly pertains to a new reminder device for reminding and tracking tasks and chores.
The prior art relates to reminder devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a board body having a board front side, a board back side, a board top side, a board bottom side, a board left side, and a board right side. A plurality of tracks is coupled to the board body. Each track comprises a top rail and a parallel bottom rail coupled to the board front side. The top rail and the bottom rail define a status area of the board front side therebetween. A plurality of status indicator pairs is coupled to the board body. Each status indicator pair is coupled to the status area of one of the tracks. Each status indicator pair has an incomplete sign and a complete sign coupled to a left half and a right half of the status area, respectively. A plurality of plastic sleeves each has an open sleeve end and is slidably engageable within the tracks to cover either the left half or the right half of the status area. Each of a plurality of task cards is selectively coupled within one of the plastic sleeves through the open sleeve end. Each task card displays a task name to be performed.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A plurality of tracks 50 is coupled to the board body 12. Each track 50 comprises a top rail 52 and a parallel bottom rail 54 coupled to the board front side 14 and extending from proximal the board left side 22 to proximal the board right side 24. Each top rail 52 and each bottom rail 54 may have a perpendicular portion 56 extending from the board front side 14 and parallel portion 58 extending from the perpendicular portion 56. The top rail 52 and the bottom rail 54 define a status area 60 of the board front side therebetween. A plurality of status indicator pairs 62 is coupled to the board body 12 within the status area 60 of one of the tracks. Each status indicator pair 62 has an incomplete sign 64 and a complete sign 66 coupled to a left half 68 and a right half 70 of the status area, respectively. The incomplete sign 64 may read “To Do” and the complete sign 66 may read “Done”.
Each of a plurality of plastic sleeves 72 has an open sleeve end 74 and is slidably engageable within the tracks 50 to cover either the left half 68 or the right half 70 of the status area. An upper edge 76 and a lower edge 78 of each sleeve 72 is held within the parallel portion 58 of the top rail 52 and the bottom rail 54, respectively. Each of a plurality of task cards 80 is selectively coupled within one of the plastic sleeves 72 through the open sleeve end 74. Each task card 80 displays a task name 82 to be performed. The task name 82 may be preprinted or handwritten on the task card 80. The task name 82 may be, but is not limited to, “Meds”, “Read”, “Teeth”, “Chore”, and “Hydrate”.
In use, the desired task cards 80 are inserted into the plastic sleeves 72 which are then slid into the tracks 50. The task cards 80 are positioned to cover the complete sign 66 so the apparatus 10 displays the incomplete sign 64 and then the task name 82, for example “To Do Meds” to remind the user to take medication. Once complete, the relevant sleeve 72 holding the task card 80 is slid to cover the incomplete sign 64 to display the task name 82 and the complete sign 66, for example “Meds Done”.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
