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Puzzle and playing method using puzzle

a technology applied in the field of puzzles and playing methods using puzzles, can solve the problems of lowering the and achieve the effect of high difficulty level of the gam

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-24
ENSKY CO LTD
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[0004]The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described problem, and has as its object to provide a puzzle with high difficulty level of the game, and a playing method using the same.

Problems solved by technology

However, this lowers the difficulty level of the game.

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[0020]A puzzle 1 whose overall arrangement is shown in FIG. 1 includes a storage box 2, 18 pieces 41 to 49 and 51 to 59, and a lid 6. The storage box 2 is formed into a shallow square box shape, and has an opening 2a on the upper side. The storage box 2 also functions as a base member. Out of the 18 pieces, the nine pieces 41 to 49 construct a lower piece group 4 which is inserted from the opening 2a of the storage box 2 and overlaid on a bottom portion 2b. The remaining nine pieces 51 to 59 construct an upper piece group 5 which is overlaid on the lower piece group 4. The lid 6 covers the opening 2a of the storage box 2.

[0021]The puzzle 1 is a game that is designed to form nine partial patterns 21a to 29a by overlaying the nine lower pieces 41 to 49 at predetermined positions on the bottom portion 2b of the storage box 2 and further overlaying the nine predetermined upper pieces 51 to 59 on the pieces 41 to 49, and then complete an animal pattern 7 (in this embodiment, an illustrat...

second embodiment

[0033]The second embodiment of the present invention will be described next with reference to FIGS. 10, 11A, and 11B. A puzzle 101 according to the second embodiment includes a lower piece group 104 and an upper piece group 105 overlaid on the lower piece group 104, as shown in FIG. 10. The puzzle 101 also includes a storage box 2 to store the lower piece group 104 and the upper piece group 105, and a lid 6 described in the first embodiment. In the second embodiment, however, the entire surface of the bottom portion 2b of the storage box 2 is colored in white serving as the background of the pattern to be described later.

[0034]Nine pieces 141 to 149 of the lower piece group 104 are made of a transparent material, and have the same square outer shape as that of the lower pieces 41 to 49 of the above-described first embodiment. The pieces 141 to 149 include opaque parts 141b to 149b colored in black that is the base of the pattern, and transparent parts 141a to 149a other than the opa...

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[0045]As the third embodiment of the present invention, another playing method using the puzzle of the first or second embodiment will be described next with reference to FIG. 12. In the puzzle 1 of the above-described first embodiment, one pattern 7 is completed, and in this state, an arbitrary piece 59 of the upper pieces 51 to 59 is removed from the storage box 2, as shown in FIG. 12. When the piece 59 is removed, a free space corresponding to one piece is provided above the piece 49. Providing the free space allows to move the piece 56 adjacent to the free space to the near side or move the piece 58 to the right so that the remaining upper pieces 51 to 58 are sequentially moved in the vertical or horizontal directions using the free space.

[0046]The movement is repeated to arrange the upper pieces 51 to 58 as shown in FIG. 12, thereby expressing and completing one pattern 7 again. In this case, it is unnecessary to select the positions of the lower pieces 41 to 49 or select the v...

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Abstract

A puzzle includes a plurality of pieces having the same outer shape, the plurality of pieces are divisionally arranged in a plurality of layers, and the pieces assigned to each of the plurality of layers are selectively arranged at locations on a plane of the layer. Each of the plurality of pieces includes an opaque part, and at least one of the plurality of pieces further includes a transparent part. The opaque parts of pieces assigned to a given layer are formed to cover, of true patterns and dummy patterns on a lower side of the layer, the dummy patterns, and the true patterns seen through the transparent parts of the pieces are combined to form one pattern.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a puzzle which completes one pattern by arranging a plurality of pieces with partial patterns at predetermined positions, and a playing method using the same.[0002]Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 2537311 discloses a conventional puzzle. This puzzle includes a label attached in the frame of a casing, and eight pieces movably arranged on the label. Eight reference patterns are drawn on the label. The partial patterns are drawn on the eight pieces, respectively. The eight pieces on the label are moved within the frame using a free space corresponding to one piece to make the reference patterns and partial patterns match each other, thereby completing one pattern using the eight pieces.[0003]In the conventional puzzle, the positions of the eight reference patterns are determined in advance and need not be selected. To complete the pattern, only the eight pieces are moved to select positions. However, this lowers t...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/10
CPCA63F9/10A63F2009/1083A63F2009/062
Inventor SOMEYA, KOICHI
Owner ENSKY CO LTD