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Maze modular partition system

a modular partition and maze technology, applied in the field of mazes, can solve the problems of prior art failing to provide a maze game apparatus, no convenient source of assemblage of materials available in a form, and no such games or kits that can be conveniently provided, and achieve the effects of convenient portability, convenient assemblage, and convenient assembling/disassembly

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-03-01
SPROLJEN INC
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The invention is a play area building system that includes a maze system for setting up and playing children's games. It is made up of light, easy to assemble construction components that can be easily set up indoors or outdoors. The system features modular, partition-style play structures that allow users to create custom play-structures with ease. The panels and partitions can be opened with a simple tool, making it simple to customize access to the individual sections. Overall, this invention provides a more convenient and efficient way to set up play structures for children's games.

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Despite the seemingly availability of the construction materials for a maze, there are no such games or kits that can conveniently be provided to a parent and which can be easily set up, stored and moved with a minimum of difficulty.
Thus, while a parent can individually purchase various equipment and materials to construct a maze, there is no convenient source of the assemblage of materials available in a form that can be used by the parent to readily set up the maze expeditiously and that is adaptable to be used indoors or outdoors.
The prior art fails to provide a maze game apparatus that is light, comprised of readily transportable components by a parent, and which is adaptable to be as easily set up indoors as well as outdoors.
There are currently no repeatable or configurable maze-like structures or systems available on the market today that allow users to construct or configure play-structures in this manner.

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[0018]The following are more detailed descriptions of various related concepts related to, and embodiments of, methods and apparatus according to the present disclosure. It should be appreciated that various aspects of the subject matter introduced above and discussed in greater detail below may be implemented in any of numerous ways, as the subject matter is not limited to any particular manner of implementation. Examples of specific implementations and applications are provided primarily for illustrative purposes.

[0019]Referring now to the Figures, in particular FIGS. 1, 2A-2C and FIG. 5, FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of a panel component or partition 100 which in this example embodiment comprises a component of a maze system or play area system 200 or 200B according to the invention. In one example embodiment, panel 100 includes 4 sections 110A-110D which include foldable portions 120 for shipping, foldable or perforated sections 130 that act as door or portal hinges and perf...

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Described herein is a convenient set-up of a play structure, similar to a maze or multi-room play house without the use of tape or external connectors outside of the structure design. The panel component-based play area structure system will allow users to reduce the set-up time required for custom play structures as it is based on a simple individual partitions or panels designed to fit together to form a multiple room, or partitioned structure. The individual panel partitions allow the user to form customizable portals thereby customizing access to the individual partitioned sections.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 381,396, filed Aug. 30, 2016 and entitled “MAZE MODULAR PARTITION” the application of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention generally relates to mazes for the amusement of children.[0003]The use of a maze or labyrinth as a basis for a children's game is well known and there have been many differing types of apparatus to establish the basic maze for the enjoyment of the children. Basically, the maze is set up so that the children can proceed down a particular path and are not readily visible to other children in the same maze such that each child wends a unique path and chances an encounter with another child. With a typical maze set up, there are certainly many games that can thus be played and with certain of the maze setups, the children themselves can improvise and make up their own g...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63J11/00A63H33/00A63F9/00
CPCA63J11/00A63F9/0078A63H33/008
Inventor JENSEN, DANIEL MARKKOLB, JEREMY
Owner SPROLJEN INC
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