Abstract

Techniques are addressed for providing young children with an art experience in which opportunities to misuse art supplies, such as crayons, markers and the like are substantially reduced. To such ends, an art supply system is provided in which selectively enabled art supplies are automatically enabled so that they are useable only within a compliant usage zone, such as within a predetermined distance of an acceptable work surface.

IPC Classes  ?

• G05B 23/02 - Electric testing or monitoring
• B43L 25/00 - Ink receptacles
• B43K 23/016 - Holders for crayons or chalks
• B43K 23/008 - Holders comprising finger grips
• B43M 11/06 - Hand-held devices
• B43K 24/02 - Mechanisms for selecting, projecting, retracting or locking writing units for locking a single writing unit in only fully projected or retracted positions
• B43K 23/00 - Holders or connectors for writing implements; Means for protecting the writing-points
• A63H 33/22 - Optical, colour, or shadow toys
• B43K 8/24 - Pens with writing-points other than nibs or balls characterised by the means for retracting writing-points
• B43L 23/00 - Sharpeners for pencils or leads
• B43K 8/00 - Pens with writing-points other than nibs or balls
• B43K 24/00 - Mechanisms for selecting, projecting, retracting or locking writing units
• B43K 29/08 - Combinations of writing implements with other articles with measuring, computing or indicating devices
• B43L 3/00 - Writing or drawing-underlays, e.g. blotting pads
• B43K 29/00 - Combinations of writing implements with other articles
• B43K 25/00 - Attaching writing implements to wearing apparel or objects involving constructional changes of the implements
• B43L 1/00 - Repeatedly-usable boards or tablets for writing or drawing
• B43K 8/02 - Pens with writing-points other than nibs or balls with writing-points comprising fibres, felt, or similar porous or capillary material