CA2538431A1 - Three dimensional jigsaw puzzle - Google Patents

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CA2538431A1
CA2538431A1 CA002538431A CA2538431A CA2538431A1 CA 2538431 A1 CA2538431 A1 CA 2538431A1 CA 002538431 A CA002538431 A CA 002538431A CA 2538431 A CA2538431 A CA 2538431A CA 2538431 A1 CA2538431 A1 CA 2538431A1
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Su-Lian Chuang
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63HTOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS
    • A63H33/00Other toys
    • A63H33/04Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts
    • A63H33/046Building blocks, strips, or similar building parts comprising magnetic interaction means, e.g. holding together by magnetic attraction
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1208Connections between puzzle elements
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1288Sculpture puzzles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1208Connections between puzzle elements
    • A63F2009/1212Connections between puzzle elements magnetic connections
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1208Connections between puzzle elements
    • A63F2009/1216Connections between puzzle elements using locking or binding pins
    • A63F2009/122Connections between puzzle elements using locking or binding pins connecting only two neighbouring elements
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F2009/1248Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles with a final configuration representing a house or other building
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1252Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles using pegs, pins, rods or dowels as puzzle elements
    • A63F2009/1256Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles using pegs, pins, rods or dowels as puzzle elements using a plurality of pegs
    • A63F2009/126Configuration or arrangement of the pegs
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1252Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles using pegs, pins, rods or dowels as puzzle elements
    • A63F2009/128Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles using pegs, pins, rods or dowels as puzzle elements with notches
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/12Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1288Sculpture puzzles
    • A63F2009/1292Sculpture puzzles formed by stackable elements

Abstract

A three dimensional jigsaw puzzle includes a topmost puzzle piece, a bottommost puzzle piece and mediate puzzle pieces of different dimensions. A
connection device is provided between two adjacent puzzle pieces to facilitate combination of the two adjacent puzzle pieces such that an object is formed after the combination of all the puzzle pieces.

Description

I THREE DIMENSIONAL JIGSAW PUZZLE
3 1. Field of the Invention 4 The present invention relates to a three dimensional jigsaw puzzle, and more particularly to a three dimensional jigsaw puzzle composed of multiple plates 6 interconnected to one another so as to form a three dimensional object.
7 2. Description of the Prior Art 8 A conventional plan jigsaw puzzle is composed of multiple pieces each with 9 multiple protrusions and cutouts. With the mutual correspondence between the 1 o protrusions and the cutouts, two adjacent pieces are connected together.
Therefore, little 11 by little, a complete picture is formed. The difficulty ofthe jigsaw puzzle dcpcnds on the 12 number of the pieces involved. This kind of jigsaw puzzle does provide entertainment to 13 the player. In order to increase the fun of playing with jigsaw puzzles, a three 14 dimensional jigsaw puzzle is introduced to the market to challenge the player's patience and skill.

16 The 3D jigsaw puzzle is composed of multiple pieces and may soinehow 17 include a bladder. When the 3D jigsaw puzzle includes the bladder, the player is able to 18 depend on the spherical contour of the bladder and place each of the pieces on the outer 19 periphery of the bladder to manage to connect every two adjacent pieces.
When there is no bladder provided to the 3D jigsaw puzzle, the player will have to depend on hislher 21 own skill to gradually form a three dimensional pattern.

22 No matter what kind of jigsaw puzzle previously described, the pieces are 23 interconnected to one another in a plan surface or a curved surface. That is, the space 24 usage is confined and fixed and the challenge to the player's patience and skill is small.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide an . + _ I improved laminated 3D jigsaw puzzle to mitigate the aforementioned problems.
2 SUM4ABYSDF 'Y TM 1NVENTIQhT

3 The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an improved three 4 dimensional jigsaw puzzle having multiple pieces of different dimensions such that after the pieces are interconnected one another, a three dimensional object is formed.

6 Another objective of the present invention is that a connection device is 7 provided to the three dimensional jigsaw puzzle to help position two adjacent pieces, 8 Still another objective of the present invention is that a box configured to have 9 multiple receiving recesses defined to receive therein the pieces so that when the 3D
jigsaw puzzle is not in use, the 3D jigsaw puzzle is compact for storage.

11 Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more 12 apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the 13 accompanying drawings.

14 RRTEF DESCRIPTION OF TH _I)R&WINGS

Fig. I is an exploded plan view of the 3D jigsaw puzzle of the present invention;
16 Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the assembled 3D jigsaw puzzle in Fig. 1;

17 Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the connection device provided between 18 two adjacent pieces;

19 Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing alternat,e connection device between two adjacent pieces;

21 Fig. 5 is a plan view showing that a box is provided to the 3D jigsaw puzzle;
22 Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing that a puzzle piece may be divided into 23 halves to save space;

24 Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing that a puzzle piece may be provided with 1 recesses to receive puzzle pieces of different dimension; and 2 Fig. 8 is a schematic plan view showing that an image is printed on the box for 3 identification of the content inside the box.

4 I?fiT IL=FD DRS.RIPTION flF THE PRFFER RF,n FMBOIIMENT

With reference to Figs. 1-3, it is noted that the 3D jigsaw puzzle in accordance 6 with the present invention includes multiple puzzle pieces. In this embodiment, 7 reference numerals (1-20) are respectively assigned to a corresponding one of the 8 puzzle pieces and the multiple puzzle pieces are divided into a topmost puzzle piece (1), 9 a bottommost puzzle piece (20) and mediate puzzle pieces (2-19). A
connection device is provided between two. adjacent puzzle pieces to facilitate assembly of the two 1 I adjacent puzzle pieces. In this embodiment, a puzzle piece (2) is provided with 12 connection rods (22) extending from a bottom thereof and connection holes (21) defined 13 in a top face thereof. A puzzle piece (3) is provided with connection rods (32) extending 14 from a bottom thereof and connection holes (31) defmed in a top face thereaf. With the extension of the connection rods (22) into the connection holes (31), the puzzle pieces 16 (2,3) are combined. In addition, the connection rods extending from a bottom of the 17 puzzle piece (1) are able to extend into the connection holes (21) of the puzzle piece (2) 18 so as to combine the puz.zle pieces (1,2). Altemate embodiment of the connection device, 19 as shown in Fig. 4, is that the puzzle piece (2) is provided with magnetically positive material receive therein and the puzzle piece (3) is provided with magnetically negative 21 material received therein such that the attraction between the magnetically positive 22 material and the magnetically negative material facilitates the combination between two 23 adjacent puzzle pieces (2,3).

24 With reference to Fig. 5, to facilitate storage and tidiness, a box (30) is provided 1 and has multiple receiving recesses (301) defined therein to receive the puzzle pieces 2 (1-20) of different dimensions. That is, each of the receiving recesses (301) is of 3 different dimensions so as to accommodate the puzzle pieces (1-20).

4 Witb reference to Fig. 6, it is noted that each puzzle piece (1 -20) may be divided into two halves so that when the puzzle pieces (1 -20) are received in the box (30) 6 (as shown in Fig. 5), every available space inside the box (30) is able to be used.

7 With reference to Fig. 7, a puzzle piece (15), for example, is provided with 8 multiple recesses (155,157) such that two puzzle pieces (5,7) are able to be received in 9 the puzzle piece (15). The purpose of the provision of the recesses in one puzzle piece is to save space in the box (30) and to organize the puzzle pieces (1-20).

11 With reference to Fig. 8, it is noted that an image may be printed on top of the 12 box (30) so that a customer or a player of the}igsaw puzzle is able to identify the content 13 inside the box (30) without the trouble of opening the box (30) to find out what exactly 14 is received in the box (30).

] 5 It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous character'stics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, 17 together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is 18 illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, 19 and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are 21 exxpressed.

Claims (13)

1. A three dimensional jigsaw puzzle comprising:

a topmost puzzle piece, a bottommost puzzle piece and mediate puzzle pieces of different dimensions; and a connection device provided between two adjacent puzzle pieces to facilitate combination of the two adjacent puzzle pieces.
2. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection device is composed of connection rods extending from one puzzle piece and connection holes defined in the puzzle piece so that the puzzle piece is able to be combined with an adjacent puzzle piece by extending the connection rods into the connection holes of the adjacent puzzle piece.
3. The jigsaw piece as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connection device is composed of magnetically positive pole and magnetically negative pole in two adjacent puzzle pieces so that attraction between the positive pole and the negative pole is able to combine two adjacent puzzle pieces.
4. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a box having multiple receiving recesses defined to receive therein the puzzle pieces.
5. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 3 further comprising a box having multiple receiving recesses defined to receive therein the puzzle pieces.
6. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 4, wherein each puzzle piece is divided into two halves.
7. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 5, wherein each puzzle piece is divided into two halves.
8. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 5, wherein each mediate puzzle piece is provided with multiple recesses to accommodate other puzzle pieces having dimensions smaller than the mediate puzzle piece.
9. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 4, wherein an image is formed on a top face of the box for identification.
10. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 5, wherein an image is formed on a top face of the box for identification.
11. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 6, wherein an image is formed on a top face of the box for identification.
12. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 7, wherein an image is formed on a top face of the box for identification.
13. The jigsaw puzzle as claimed in claim 8, wherein an image is formed on a top face of the box for identification.
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EP06003564A EP1825892A1 (en) 2006-02-22 2006-02-22 Three dimensional jigsaw puzzle
US11/358,097 US20070194525A1 (en) 2006-02-22 2006-02-22 Three dimensional jigsaw puzzle
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