Portable board puzzles

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-03-01
JUENGER ARTHUR WILLIAM
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Experienced puzzle solvers find simple and uncomplicated puzzles boring and unchallenging, and conventionally avoid such puzzles.
To satisfy these needs, applicant has invented a small, portable puzzle, sized and shaped for carrying in briefcases or folders or the like, which is complex and challenging, and which may be readily stored in a partially solved condition when matters arise causing interruptions in puzzle solving.

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[0014]Referring now in more detail by reference character to the drawings, which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, A represents a puzzle assembly comprising a base 20 and seven prisms 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 140 and 160. The base 20 is provided with a recessed base 22 of magnetic material for purposes more fully to appear.

[0015]The prism 40 is a regular twelve sided prism having twelve outwardly extending swirls 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 and 52 as shown in FIG. 5. Similarly, the prism 60 is a regular twelve sided prism having twelve outwardly extending swirls 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72 as shown in FIG. 6; the prism 80 is a regular twelve sided prism having twelve outwardly extending swirls 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91 and 92 as shown in FIG. 4; the prism 100 is a regular twelve sided prism having twelve outwardly extending swirls 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 and 112 as shown in FIG. 3; the ...

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A portable puzzle comprising a board containing a recess sized for holding seven regular twelve-sided prisms, one prism centrally located and the other six surrounding the center prism, and also comprising seven regular twelve sided prisms each having an upwardly presented face displaying six pairs of different colored segments, each segment extending radially outwardly from the center of the prism to a different side, the color arrangement of each prism's segments being varied from prism to prism but having been prearranged such that when the prisms are placed within the recess of the game board in one preselected manner, the contiguous edges of adjacent prisms will face segments of the same color.

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[0001]This invention relates to portable pattern alignment puzzle games. Applicant has no knowledge of any cross-related applications. This invention has no connection with any federally sponsored research and development program.BACKGROUND[0002]Puzzles have existed for decades as conventional forms of amusement, entertainment and interest occupying devices. Puzzle solvers regularly enjoy mental exercises in shape, space and color identification and recognition provided by puzzles. Experienced puzzle solvers find simple and uncomplicated puzzles boring and unchallenging, and conventionally avoid such puzzles. There exists a need for complex puzzles which are small, portable, and suited for convenient storage in a briefcase or handbag while in a partially solved condition.[0003]To satisfy these needs, applicant has invented a small, portable puzzle, sized and shaped for carrying in briefcases or folders or the like, which is complex and challenging, and which may be readily stored in...

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IPC IPC(8): A63F9/10
CPCA63F9/0604A63F2009/0629A63F9/1044A63F9/10
InventorJUENGER, ARTHUR WILLIAM
OwnerJUENGER ARTHUR WILLIAM