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EP1690574A1
EP1690574A1 EP05002749A EP05002749A EP1690574A1 EP 1690574 A1 EP1690574 A1 EP 1690574A1 EP 05002749 A EP05002749 A EP 05002749A EP 05002749 A EP05002749 A EP 05002749A EP 1690574 A1 EP1690574 A1 EP 1690574A1
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Shih-Hung Chuang
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F2009/1016—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F2009/1016—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes
    • A63F2009/1022—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes to the display board
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1011—Composition of faces, i.e. visages, using individual pieces representing parts thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F9/1044—Display boards therefor

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  • the present invention relates to a jigsaw puzzle, and more particularly to a jigsaw puzzle assembly having multiple subassemblies to be assembled respectively so as to form a complete picture and a frame assembly to secure the assembled jigsaw puzzle pieces on top of a base assembly.
  • Jigsaw puzzles are popular toys for children and even adults.
  • Conventional jigsaw puzzles generally have planar pictures which have been cut up into pieces, and then the pieces are fitted together to recreate the pictures.
  • the quantities of pieces in puzzles can be varied by manufacturers so that assorted difficulty levels in doing the puzzles are achieved in order to satisfy consumer demands.
  • One of the three dimensional puzzles is composed of cubic pieces that each have six surfaces painted with various patterns and that can be recombined to form six pictures corresponding to the respective surfaces of the cubic pieces.
  • Another three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle has a three dimensional frame being composed of horizontal brackets and vertical brackets.
  • the brackets have a plurality of apertures defined therein.
  • Puzzle pieces with poles can be mounted on the brackets by the poles being inserted in the apertures to form a three-dimensional shape.
  • a third three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle there is a plurality of sheets painted with the same picture.
  • the sheets are cut according to the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle.
  • the pieces are respectively adhered with the sheets and have different numbers. Whereby, the pieces have different thicknesses and the picture is recreated by the pieces so as to present a three-dimensional effect.
  • the present invention tends to provide an improved jigsaw puzzle to mitigate the aforementioned problems.
  • the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a jigsaw puzzle having multiple subassemblies to be assembled so that the user is able to assemble one subassembly at a time and then combine the subassemblies.
  • Another objective of the present invention is that a frame assembly is provided to the jigsaw puzzle so as to preserve the picture after the jigsaw puzzle is finished.
  • Still another objective of the present invention is to provide a securing device to the frame assembly to firmly combine the frame assembly so that the picture is protected.
  • the jigsaw puzzle in accordance with the present invention includes a frame assembly (1) and a puzzle piece assembly (2) securely framed by the frame assembly (1).
  • the puzzle piece assembly (2) of the present invention includes multiple base units (21) and multiple puzzle piece blocks (22) detachably mounted on top of the base units (21).
  • the base unit (21) has multiple through holes (211) defined through the base unit (21).
  • the puzzle piece blocks (22) include four corner puzzle piece blocks (22A), side puzzle piece blocks (22B) and central puzzle piece blocks (22C).
  • Each of the corner puzzle piece blocks (22A) has bosses (four are formed in this embodiment) (22A1) each formed on a corresponding one of corners of a bottom side of the corner puzzle piece block (22A) and two first ribs (22A2) extending from one of the bosses (22A1) to respectively connect to two different bosses (22A1).
  • Each side puzzle piece block (22B) has bosses (22B1) (four in this embodiment) each formed on a corresponding one of corners of a bottom side of the side puzzle piece block (22B) and one second rib (22B2) interconnecting two of the bosses (22B 1).
  • Each central puzzle piece block (22C) has bosses (22C1) (four in this embodiment) respectively formed on a corresponding one of corners of a bottom side of the central puzzle piece block (22C).
  • each corner puzzle piece block (22A), each side puzzle piece block (22B) and each central puzzle piece block (22C) has a circular step (22A3, 22B3,22C3) formed on the bottom side of the corner puzzle piece block (22A), the side puzzle piece block (22B) and the central puzzle piece block (22C) and a cylindrical extension (22A4,22B4,22C4) extending from a center of the circular step (22A3, 22B3,22C3) of the corner puzzle piece block (22A), the side puzzle piece block (22B) and the central puzzle piece block (22C) to correspond to and be received in one of the through holes (211) of the base unit (21) as shown in Fig. 7.
  • the formation of the two ribs (22A2) of the corner puzzle piece block (22A) is to indicate that this particular corner puzzle piece block (22A) is located at a particular corner of the base unit (21) of the puzzle piece assembly (2).
  • the rib (22B2) of the side piece block (22B) is to show that this particular side puzzle piece block (22B) is located at a particular side of the base unit (21) and the central puzzle piece blocks (22C) are then surrounded by the corner puzzle piece blocks (22A) and the side puzzle piece blocks (22B).
  • the bosses (22A1,22B 1,22C1) of the corner puzzle piece blocks (22A), the side puzzle piece blocks (22B) and the central puzzle piece blocks (22C) keep the bottom faces of the corner puzzle piece blocks (22A), the side puzzle piece blocks (22B) and the central puzzle piece blocks (22C) from engagement with the top face of the base unit (21).
  • a bottom face of the base unit (21) is provided with multiple connecting areas (212) (four in this embodiment) each being a quarter of a circle.
  • Each connecting area (212) includes an arcuate gap (2121) defined between a first wall (2122) and a second wall (2123) having a height lower than that of the first wall (2122) and a hook (2124) formed on an inner face of the first wall (2122).
  • a circular joint (3) is provided to combine base units (21). In this embodiment, the joint (3) is able to combine four base units (21).
  • the joint (3) has a recessed area (31) defined in a bottom face of the joint (3) and a cross shaped protrusion (32) formed on the bottom face of the joint (3) and having a crossed path (321) defined in the protrusion (32). Furthermore, from the depiction of Fig. 8A, the joint (3) has a step (30) formed on a top periphery of the joint (3) to correspond to the hook (2124).
  • the frame assembly (1) of the present invention includes corner frames (11) and side frames (12). To simplify the structure of the frame assembly (1) of the present invention, only one side frame (12) is introduced between two corner frames (11). The combination of the corner frames (11) and the side frame (12) forms a rectangle.
  • the corner frame (11) has a sectorial wall (111) formed between two adjacent side walls of the corner frame (11) to correspond to the arcuate gap (2121) of the base unit (21).
  • a first securing device is provided between the corner frame (11) and the side frame (12) to combine the corner frame (11) and the side frame (12).
  • the first securing device includes two half-cylindrical protrusions, a first half-cylindrical protrusion (112) formed on a side of the corner frame (11) and a second half-cylindrical protrusion (121) formed on a side of the side frame (12) to combine with the first half-cylindrical protrusion (112) to form a cylinder.
  • the first securing device further has a hollow cylindrical connector (13) to receive therein the first half-cylindrical protrusion (112) and the second half-cylindrical protrusion (121).
  • the corner frame (11) and the side frame (12) are securely combined.
  • the side frame (12) has a half circular wall (122) formed on a side face of the side frame (12) to correspond to a combination of two arcuate gaps (2121) of two base units (21). Therefore, from the depiction of Fig. 12, it is noted that a joint (3) is able to combine four base units (21), a sectorial wall (111) of the corner frame (11) is able to connect to one base unit (21) and the half circular wall (122) of the side frame (12) is able to combine two base units (21).
  • the puzzle piece assembly (2) of the present invention is composed of multiple base units (21) and each base unit (21) has multiple puzzle piece blocks (22) detachably mounted thereon, a user is able to separately package one base unit (21) together with the puzzle piece blocks (22) on that one particular base unit (21) as a travel package. That is, the player of the jigsaw puzzle is able to carry one portion of the jigsaw puzzle as a pastime on a bus journey etc so that after each of the puzzle piece blocks (22) is mounted on each of the base units (21), the player is then able to combine the base units (21) one by one via the joint (3). Therefore, in addition to the indication of the rib formed on the back side of the corner puzzle piece block and the side puzzle piece block, the difficulty level of the jigsaw puzzle may be reduced by the travel package.
  • the frame assembly of the present invention can be assembled in any suitable manner so long as the corner frame (11) and the side frame (12) are securely connected together.
  • the entire jigsaw puzzle reveals a unique attraction to observers' attention due to its special light reflection resulting from the bosses (220) on top of each of the puzzle piece blocks (22).

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Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2196264A (en) * 1986-10-17 1988-04-27 Cole Hedges Limited Jigsaw
GB2203663A (en) * 1987-04-23 1988-10-26 Dennis Hoyle Tessellatina puzzles with pieces capable of variation
US20030162160A1 (en) * 2002-02-27 2003-08-28 Jack Horchler Interactive puzzle
US20040170796A1 (en) * 2003-02-27 2004-09-02 Yao-Chen Chuang Assembled pad formed by multiple EVA mats

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2196264A (en) * 1986-10-17 1988-04-27 Cole Hedges Limited Jigsaw
GB2203663A (en) * 1987-04-23 1988-10-26 Dennis Hoyle Tessellatina puzzles with pieces capable of variation
US20030162160A1 (en) * 2002-02-27 2003-08-28 Jack Horchler Interactive puzzle
US20040170796A1 (en) * 2003-02-27 2004-09-02 Yao-Chen Chuang Assembled pad formed by multiple EVA mats

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