GB2124912A

GB2124912A - Perpetual calender or puzzle device

Info

Publication number: GB2124912A
Application number: GB08222886A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Rong-Juh Yang
Original assignee: YANG RONG JUH
Current assignee: YANG RONG JUH
Priority date: 1982-08-09
Filing date: 1982-08-09
Publication date: 1984-02-29

Abstract

The device comprises a base having a plurality of first recesses, in which a plurality of marked first pegs are registerable, and a plurality of second recesses, in which a plurality of marked second pegs are registerable. The pegs can be cubic, rectangular, or cylindrical in shape, the markings can be numbers, colors, illustrations etc and the device can show the year, month, day, week, or graphical designs depending upon the arrangement of the pegs. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Perpetual cubic calender Background and summary of the invention: The present invention utilizes different arrangements of wooden pegs on each of which are disposed predetermied indicia, such as, number, illustrations, or colours to show, for example, the year, month, day, and/or week, similar to a conventional calendar in order to effect the "universal cubic calendar" of the present invention.

There, of course, exists some prior designs of calendars on which the year, month, day, or week, are depicted on carved wood pieces having small apertures to hang each of the numbers to which that year, month, or day belongs. However, the present invention not only shows the year, month, and/or day, but also, can be utilized as a "perpetual calendar" (e.g. one in which any month, day, or year can be depicted).

The present invention is a type of decorative calendar,but may be convertible to what is hereinafter referred to as a "perpetual cubic calendar". Also, the present invention can function as an illustration combination, numerical arrangement, or a puzzle game for children's education purposes. Rectangular pieces or pegs of wood, can be utilized and the size thereof depends upon the size of numbers, year, month, or day to be shown. To increase useable space, the pegs may be either others cubic or cylindrical in shape, one side of which depicts numbers while the other side depicts specific colours or illustrations.

Brief description of the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the universal cubic calendar according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the universal calendar according to the present invention; Figure 3 is a partial cross-sectional view of one embodiment of the peg mounting arrangement according to the present invention; Figure 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the peg mounting arrangement according to the present invention; Figure 5 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 6 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 7 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 8 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 9 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 10 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 11 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 12 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 13 shows an embodiment of this invention.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments: This present invention combines the advantageous qualities of a decorative calendar, decorative tearing calendar, convertible number calendar, or the like into one simplified unit. Various predetermined illustrations can be compiled and number can be re-arranged for special purposes. Specific dates or illustrations can be arranged to aid a child's eduction, for example.

Referring to Figure 1 and 2, it can be seen that the present invention comprises pegs of wood (a) some of which are provided with numerals so that consecutive numerical indicia from 1 to 31 are provided.

Holes (b) in which numerical pegs (a) can be slidably registered. Seven columns of numerical recesses (b) are provided corresponding, of course, to the seven days in a week. Thus, in predetermined ones of the numerical recesses (b) in the seven columns, numerical pegs (a) can be registrably accepted in a predetermined array to form any calendar month of any year.

Above each of the seven columns mentioned above, there is similarly provided a row of day recesses (d) in each of which a day peg (c) each showing one of the particular days of the week (e.g.

Saturday, Sunday, Monday, etc.) can be slidably registrable.

At least 12 monthly recesses (f) are provided above the day recesses (d) in each of which one month peg (e) each showing one of the twelve months (e.g. January, February, March, etc.) of a calendar year can be slidably registrable.

Of course, pegs (a), (c), and (e) and recesses (b), (d) and (f) can be of any geometrical shape as long as each peg and its corresponding recess are capable of slidably registering with one another. Further, the peg (e) may be used for indicating the faces (2), (3), and (4) by turning it, and the months may also be indicated with its left or right side.

According to the present invention, the pegs can be set perpendicular to base (g) (see, Figure 3) or inclined laterally relative to base (g) (see Figure 4) as desired. Thus, rectangular pegs can be utilized showing the year, month, and day wherein the useable space is the same or, according to the present invention, an enlarged surface space may be utilized so that other pegs can be supplied for other purposes, and can be embodied in cubic or cylindrical shape or the like. Numbers can be provided on one side of the pegs, and desired illustrations can be printed on the other side thereof.

The design in this invention provides a panel having multi-variation which is valuable in skillfulness practice and in education. Each said cubic inserting block has six faces, which may optionally be turned to have one face facing outwards. Each of said faces, except one of them being used to indicate a calendar numeral of the day, may be used to indicate a single pattern, such as a butterfly, a dragonfly, a peach, a tiger, a lion, etc., or fruit, or others. In real use, one face is used to indicate the calendar numeral of the day, while the rest five faces may be used to indicate one pattern of butterfly as shown in Figure 1. By the same token, the whole panel may be used to display one single pattern, such as, dragonfly, peach, or tiger, etc. so as to have the whole panel looked uniform and beautiful.

Simultaneously, more than two different patterns may be arranged in one panel in irregular arrangement as shown in Figures 6 and 7. One type of pattern may be arranged in one row or one column, or alternatively. In other words, said invention may be arranged into thousands and thousands of different combined patterns through proper combination and permutation depending upon one's desire.

Photo 8 shows to have the year, twelve months, the week days, and the date numeral (1-31) inserted on the panel in proper sequence. Photo 9 shows a date of 10 Oct. 1981, Saturday; the date numeral and the week day have to be changed every day; the month numeral is changed once a month, and the year should be changed once a year. In the panel, a combined pattern, Chinese character "Chuen", is built up with a number of blocks to symbolize auspiciousness. The inserting blocks in this panel are rectangular solids, of which one face is marked with calendar numeral, and one face is marked with part of the combined pattern; the rest two faces may be used for children education and taking-note purposes, such as independent words or phase, or pattern. Photo 10 shows a monthly calendar of Oct.

1981. (being changed daily) Figure 11 shows an embodiment of this invention, in which a cubic peg (or inserting block) is provided on the front face of the planar base, and said pegs may be put in the recess (or niche) with 2 to 5 of its sides facing outwards to show the year, or month, or week day. Use the pegs at both sides (four pegs at right, and through pegs at left) to show the date, and each of said pegs has fine faces to be turned and shown. The pegs in the inner part may have different colour coatings so as to change the colour of the whole panel.

Figure 12 shows another embodiment of this invention, in which rectangular pegs (or inserting blocks) are inserted along the circumference of said planar base, and each of said pegs may be turned and shown with its four faces. The pegs on the top circumference may be used for showing the year at different position. The pegs at the bottom circumference may be used for showing the months and the week days. The pegs at the both sides of the circumference may be used for indicating the date (five pegs at the left side, and six pegs at the right, and each peg can be turned with four faces, but three faces to show the date, and one face is blank). The pegs in the central part of the planar base may be arranged in different colours so as to change the colour of the whole panel.

Figure 13 shows a still another embodiment of this invention, in which rectangular pegs are inserted along the circumference of said planar base, and each of said pegs may be turned with fourfaces. The pegs on the top circumference show the year; the pegs on the bottom circumference show the months and the week-days. The pegs on both sides show the date. The space in the central part of said planar base may be decorated with various kinds of animal, flower, grass patterns to increase the integral beauty.

Claims

CLAIMS 1. A perpetual cubic calender, comprising: a substantially planar base including a plurality of first recess means each defining first recessed surfaces arranged in said base as a matrix consisting of seven horizontal rows and seven vertical columns, said base further including a month row horizontally disposed above said seven rows having at least twelve second recess means each defining second recessed cavities, a plurality of first pegs each slidably registrable with a predetermined one of said first recess means, only those of said first pegs registable with said first recess means along the uppermost horizontal row thereof bearing first word indicia indicating a predetermined day of the week, and predetermined ones of the remainder of said first pegs bearing numerical indicia of the numbers 1 up to and including the number 31, each of said predetermined ones of said first pegs bearing only one said numerical indicia; and at least twelve second pegs each slidably registrable with a predetermined one of said second recess means, each of said second pegs bearing second word indicia indicating a predetermined month of the calender year. 2. A perpetual cubic calender as in claim 1 wherein each of said first and second pegs is a perpendicular parallelpiped, and wherein each of said first and second recess means defines upper and lower parallel opposingly separated surfaces, said upper and lower surfaces being inclined relative to said substantially planar base so that each of said first and second pegs are similarly inclined when slidably registered in said first and second recesses. 3. A perpetual cubic calenderas in claim 1, wherein said first and second recessed surfaces each includes top and bottom opposing surfaces, and right and left opposing surfaces, said top and bottom surfaces being parallel with respect to one another and defining an angle relative to said planar base so that said first and second pegs when slidably registered in said first and second recesses, respectively, are similarly inclined relative to said planar base. 4. A perpetual cubic calender as in claim 2 or 3, wherein each of said first pegs registrable with said first recess means along said uppermost horizontal row has a width dimension as measured in the vertical direction less than the length dimension as measured in the horizontal direction, said width and length dimensions being perpendicular to one another. 5. A perpetual cubic calender as in claim 2 or 3, wherein each of said remainder of said first pegs has identical width and lengh dimensions perpendicular relative to one another. 6. A calender as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cubic or rectangular pegs may be inserted in the recess on the top circumference of said planar base; and the inner part of said planar base may be furnished with a number of discrete pegs or with a blank surface decorated with a pattern. New claims or amendments to claims filed on 13 May1983 Superseded claims 1 to 6 New or amended claims: CLAIMS

1. A device suitable for use as a board game or as a calendar, the device comprising a base including a plurality of first recesses, a plurality of first pegs each registrable with a predetermined one of said first recesses and each first peg bearing first indicia, a plurality of second recesses and a plurality of second pegs each registrable with a predetermined one or the said second recesses and each second peg bearing second indicia.

2. A device for use as a calendar comprising a base firstly including an array of first recesses arranged in at least five rows and at least seven columns, and secondly including a further row of at least twelve second recesses, a plurality of first pegs each one receivable in a different one of the first recesses, seven of the first pegs each bearing a different day of the week and thirty one of the remaining first pegs each bearing a different one of the numbers 1 to 31, and a plurality of twelve second pegs each bearing a different one of the twelve months of the year, each one receivable in a different one of the second recesses.

3. A device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the first and second pegs are in the form of parallelipipeds and the sides of the first and second recesses are shaped complementarily to the sides of the respective pegs

4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the numbered first pegs are shaped identically with one another and the pegs marked with the days of the week are shaped identically with one another.

5. A device according to any preceding claim including third pegs receivable in further recesses in the base.

6. A device according to claim 5, wherein the third pegs bear indicia.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the indicia are decorative.

8. A device according to claim 5, 6 or 7, wherein the surfaces of the third pegs are white or coloured.

9. A device according to any preceding claim, wherein at least a portion of the base bears indicia and/or is coloured.

10. A device according to any preceding claim, wherein a predetermined number of the pegs can be inserted in the recesses in two or more orientations such that one of at least two of the faces can be selectively upwardly facing.

11. A device according to claim 10, wherein there is indicia on at least two faces of a predetermined number of pegs.

12. A device according to any preceding claim, wherein a predetermined number of the pegs bears a portion of a pattern, picture or other marking on at least one face such that when housed in the recesses with a respective marked face of the peg upwardly facing, a composite pattern, picture or other marking is formed.

13. A device substantially as herein described.

14. A device constructed and arranged substantially as herein described with reference to any of the drawings.