JP3175903U - Puzzle combined letter card - Google Patents

Abstract

A puzzle letter card which can conceal a message written by a giver with a puzzle piece and can also conceal the original design of the whole jigsaw puzzle.
A message entry field in which characters and pictures provided in a predetermined area of a mount can be written is concealed with a puzzle piece. Since the puzzle piece is composed of a rectangle having no irregularities, each puzzle piece can be arbitrarily arranged.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a letter card that can also be enjoyed as a jigsaw puzzle.

  Traditionally, not only letters and pictures are written and mailed as letter cards, but also a letter card with a jigsaw puzzle function has been developed so that the letter card recipient can enjoy as a jigsaw puzzle. Yes.

  A postcard with a puzzle is disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-240471) as a first conventional technique of a letter card for both jigsaw puzzles. In the invention described in this publication, after writing a message to the destination in the message entry field on the substrate surface, the message written by combining the puzzle pieces on the substrate surface is concealed. As a result, the message written on the substrate surface is less likely to be read by a third party, and the recipient can read the message after removing the puzzle piece and enjoy it as a normal jigsaw puzzle.

  As a second prior art of a jigsaw puzzle letter card, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-224839 discloses a letter card that can be played as a jigsaw puzzle. In the invention described in this publication, after writing a message such as a letter on the surface of the mount, the puzzle piece is fitted into a predetermined position, and the message is covered with the puzzle piece. This prevents the message from being read by others as in the first prior art, and after reading the message written on the mount after removing the puzzle pieces, it can be enjoyed as a normal jigsaw puzzle.

  A learning jigsaw puzzle toy using a rectangular puzzle piece having no irregularities is disclosed in Patent Document 3 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-236260). In the invention described in this publication, the pattern of the entire puzzle piece surface can be completed by the learner placing the puzzle piece correctly at the position where the answer is printed.

JP 2002-240471 A

JP 2001-224839 A

JP 2003-236260 A

  In the first conventional technique and the second conventional technique, each puzzle piece of the jigsaw puzzle is provided with a fitting portion including a concave portion and a convex portion fitted to the concave portion, and each of the puzzle pieces adjacent to each other in the fitting portion is mutually connected. It is configured so that a predetermined photograph or picture is completed when fitted. Therefore, if the letter card is sent with all the puzzle pieces inserted, the original design of the original picture and picture will be known when the recipient receives the letter card, which significantly impairs the taste as a jigsaw puzzle. There is a problem that it ends up.

  On the other hand, in the method of sending each puzzle piece together with the letter card without putting it in the message entry field of the letter card, the completed design is unknown when the destination party receives the letter card However, text and picture messages written in the message entry field are exposed, and the message may be read by a third party who does not want to read it.

  Further, in the prior art described in Patent Document 3, there is no description or suggestion that a jigsaw puzzle is used as a letter card, and there is no description about the structure of a message field in which a message can be freely written. Also, if you try to match the puzzle board in the message field that composes the puzzle letter card of the present invention, you can not find the reason to conceal the answer printed on the puzzle board, but if you conceal it, you can not learn itself, It is essential for the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention to conceal a message written freely in the message field.

  The puzzle-use letter card of the present invention is a puzzle-use letter card comprising a message entry field provided in a predetermined area of a mount, and at least concealing the message entry field, and a puzzle piece as a jigsaw puzzle, The piece is composed of a rectangle having no irregularities.

  Further, at least one of the shape of the mount, the mount design, and the puzzle piece design may be configured with an ema as a motif.

  Moreover, the structure by which the anti-peeling agent for preventing the design of the character, picture, etc. displayed on the said puzzle piece surface from peeling may be applied.

  Further, the puzzle piece surface and the frame surface surrounding the puzzle piece may be covered with a sheet for preventing the puzzle piece from peeling off from the mount.

  The puzzle combined letter card of the present invention has a written message such as letters and pictures on the predetermined surface of the mount, and when the puzzle pieces are arranged in an arbitrary pattern on the mount, the written message is concealed by the puzzle piece. There is no risk of messages being viewed by a third party during mailing.

  The recipient who received the letter card can remove the puzzle piece and only the person can read the message. And after reading the message, you can enjoy the jigsaw puzzle using the removed puzzle pieces. In addition, you can decorate the completed pictures and photos on walls and enjoy them as interiors.

  The letter card of the present invention is used for the puzzle because the gift piece is sent to the recipient by placing the puzzle piece in a different layout from the original design of the original picture or picture, so that the recipient sees the original completed design when receiving the letter card. I can't. Therefore, when the recipient, who has been a problem in the prior art, receives the letter card, the original completed design is known, and the taste as a jigsaw puzzle is not significantly impaired, and it can be fully enjoyed as a normal jigsaw puzzle. .

  In addition, the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention is composed of rectangular puzzle pieces with no irregularities, so the dividing lines for illustrations and photographs by the puzzle pieces are sharp, and the aesthetics when the jigsaw puzzle is completed and overlooked are excellent ing. In particular, when a cut is made in the puzzle piece of the face part of the idol photo, the status as the idol is damaged, so it became a big problem with the conventional jigsaw puzzle, but the face part of the idol photo is cut in the puzzle piece of the present invention Since it is composed of a clean rectangle that does not have, it can also be applied to cases that are aesthetically fatal.

  Furthermore, since the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention is composed of rectangular puzzle pieces having no irregularities, the arrangement of the puzzle pieces can be changed quickly, and no stress is felt on the arrangement of the puzzle pieces.

  The message field on the mount is basically plain so that characters, illustrations, etc. can be freely written, but ruled lines may be put in the message entry field in advance. The ruled line is a hindrance when you want to draw an illustration freely, but it has the effect of writing characters and characters neatly along the ruled line.

  In addition, after covering the puzzle piece surface with an anti-peeling sheet, the anti-peeling sheet is attached to the surface of the puzzle piece and the frame so that it can be peeled off, so that the puzzle piece does not peel from the mount during mailing. be able to.

  In addition, by composing letter cards as picture horses, those who wish to worship directly, can pray and dedicate to shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan by mail.

  Furthermore, since the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention has no unevenness on the puzzle piece, the difficulty of the game as a jigsaw puzzle is higher than the jigsaw puzzle in which the unevenness is provided on the puzzle piece. Therefore, by preparing multiple types of puzzle pieces for one jigsaw puzzle, it is difficult for beginners who have few puzzle pieces and easy puzzle difficulty, to enthusiasts with many puzzle pieces and high puzzle difficulty Different jigsaw puzzles can be provided.

(A) is a plan view of a puzzle-use letter card according to the present invention, (b) is a diagram showing a state in which each puzzle piece is separated by removing the puzzle piece from the mount, and (c) is a separated puzzle. It is the figure which inserted the piece in the frame as it is, (d) is a figure which shows the message column of a mount, when a puzzle piece is removed from the mount. It is a top view which shows the puzzle combined use ema postcard which applied the puzzle combined use letter card by this invention to the ema. It is a top view which shows the letter card for both puzzles by this invention when changing the number of puzzle pieces. It is explanatory drawing explaining the sales base of the puzzle combined use ema postcard by this invention. It is explanatory drawing at the time of posting a puzzle combined use Ema postcard by this invention to a post | mailbox, and mailing to a destination. It is an explanatory diagram when devoting the puzzle-use ema postcard according to the present invention from anywhere in the country to shrines and temples nationwide.

11, 21, 31 Mount 12, 22, 32 Frame 13, 23, 33A-33D Puzzle piece 14, 24 Message entry field

  An embodiment of a letter card for puzzles according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view of a puzzle-use letter card according to the present invention, in which 11 is a mount on which a message is written at a predetermined location, 12 is a frame provided on the periphery of the mount surface, and 13 is a puzzle piece. . The puzzle piece of the present invention has a rectangular shape with no irregularities on the four sides of the puzzle piece. In (a), the shape of the puzzle piece is a square, but it is not necessarily a square, and it may be a vertically long or horizontally long rectangle having the same shape. Therefore, since it is not necessary to combine puzzle pieces, the puzzle piece 13 can be arranged at an arbitrary position in the frame 12.

  FIG. 1B shows a state in which the puzzle piece 13 is detached from the mount 11 and each puzzle piece 13 is separated, and FIG. 1C shows a state in which the separated puzzle piece 13 is fitted into the frame 12 as it is. .

  In the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention, the puzzle piece 13 in the arrangement state (b) can be arranged on the mount 11 in an arbitrary positional relationship. Therefore, it is very easy to randomly arrange the puzzle pieces 13 on the mount in order to conceal the message written on the mount 11.

  1 is based on Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, but in the case of portraits of people such as idols, if an important part such as a face is divided between the puzzle pieces 13, it will look very bad and uncomfortable for the fans. Will be given. For this reason, such jigsaw puzzles are not accepted in the market. Since the jigsaw puzzle of the present invention has a rectangular shape with no irregularities on its four sides, the dividing lines by puzzle pieces such as illustrations and photographs are simple and sharp, and the aesthetics when the jigsaw puzzle is completed and viewed are excellent.

  In addition, when applying the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention to not only idle photographs but also art works such as paintings, an excellent aesthetic can be obtained when the completed jigsaw puzzle is looked down on.

  When dividing the original design into puzzle pieces, the design part that you do not want to divide, such as the face of an idol, is determined first, and the puzzle piece is divided so that this design part is not divided by the puzzle piece. The whole puzzle piece including other puzzle pieces may be divided in accordance with the above.

  FIG. 1 (d) shows the surface of the mount 11 when the puzzle piece 13 is removed from the mount 11, and 14 is a message entry field. When the puzzle piece 13 is removed from the mount 11 in this way, the written message can be read. That is, the puzzle piece 13 plays a role of concealing the message as well as a puzzle piece of the jigsaw puzzle. Recipients receiving the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention, after reading the message, can enjoy the jigsaw puzzle to restore the original design shown in (a) using each puzzle piece 13 shown in (b). . At this time, as shown in (c), the design seen by the recipient is not the original design shown in (a), but a design reconstructed by the giver shown in (c). For this reason, the taste as a jigsaw puzzle is not impaired.

  On the other hand, in the case of a conventional letter card for puzzles, there are one way of combining puzzle pieces, and the original design of the picture and picture is known when the recipient receives the letter card. Will be significantly impaired.

  In addition, as a mailing method of the letter card for puzzles according to the present invention, put the letter card for puzzles according to the present invention in a transparent or translucent bag, fill in the address postal address field, address and name on the invoice sticker. Place the sticker on the bag and mail it to the destination.

  Although not shown in the figure, on the opposite side of the mount 11, a postal address entry field, an address / name entry field, an instruction frame for a stamp pasting position, a message entry field, etc. are printed and written in these entry fields. You may make it mail to a destination by sticking.

  Although not shown, the surface of the puzzle piece 13 is covered with an anti-peeling sheet, and this anti-peeling sheet is pasted on the surface of the puzzle piece 13 and the frame 12 so as to be peelable. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the puzzle piece 13 from being detached from the mount 11 during mailing or the like. At this time, when peeling off the anti-peeling sheet, a polyolefin or polyolefin such as polyethylene or polypropylene is applied on the surface of the puzzle piece 13 so that characters or pictures printed on the surface of the puzzle piece 13 are not peeled off. Even if the sheet is peeled off, it is possible to prevent the characters and pictures printed on the surface of the puzzle piece 13 from being peeled off. The coating material is not limited to polyolefins, but may be any anti-peeling agent for preventing the design of letters and pictures written on the surface of the puzzle piece from peeling off.

  Although not shown, the outline of the mount may be a shape that represents foods and famous places that represent each prefecture in Japan. By taking this shape, you can intuitively understand the design intent simply by looking at the finished design of the jigsaw puzzle. If you are from the prefecture of the food or landmark represented by this design, you will be familiar with the design. The effect of increasing purchase motivation is felt.

  Furthermore, it is difficult for the recipient who received the puzzle-use letter card of the present invention to intuitively estimate the original design based on the pattern from randomly placed puzzle pieces, but the letters and pictures to be printed on the mount and the mount The completed design can be estimated to a certain extent by referring to symbols, patterns expressed by the unevenness, and the like, and it becomes easy to arrange each puzzle piece in a correct arrangement suitable for the original design. This is particularly useful for beginners such as infants and children.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the puzzle combined ema postcard in which the puzzle combined letter card according to the present invention is applied to the ema will be described. In FIG. 2A, 21 is a mount on which a message is written at a predetermined location, 22 is a frame provided at the peripheral edge of the mount surface, and 23 is a puzzle piece.

  The difference from the puzzle combined letter card according to the present invention described in FIG. 1 is that the outer shape of the trapezoid 21 and the trapezoidal design such as letters, pictures and symbols drawn on the surface, and the design of the puzzle piece 23 are made according to the horse. It is a point. As shown in (c), you can write various prayer / support messages such as prayer for home safety, prayer for traffic / travel safety, prayer for business success, and support message for the examination, as shown in (c). it can. Ema postcard combined with puzzle according to the present invention is extremely effective in concealing messages that you do not want to be read by third parties, and you can write real messages, so it is excellent as a postcard with high spirituality. Yes.

  Moreover, it is far more playful than the method of hiding a message by simply sticking a sticker or the like, and has the effect of relaxing the feelings of the recipient. Needless to say, you can enjoy the puzzle and ema postcard of the present invention as a jigsaw puzzle.

  The postal method of postcards for puzzle and ema postcards according to the present invention is to put the postcard for puzzles of the present invention in a transparent or translucent bag, and then fill in the postal code and address / name fields on the invoice sticker. Is pasted into a bag and mailed to the destination. In this way, even those who wish to visit can not pray directly and can pray and dedicate by mail from anywhere.

  Further, as described in (d) on the back surface of the mount 21, the postal code, address, and address of shrines and temples in various parts of Japan may be written to the destination.

  Next, an embodiment when the number of puzzle pieces of the letter card according to the present invention is changed will be described with reference to FIG. 3A to 3D, 31 is a mount, 32 is a frame, and 33A to 33D are puzzle pieces.

  FIG. 3A is composed of one puzzle piece, and is made with emphasis on message and design rather than on the game of a jigsaw puzzle. (B) is suitable for beginners such as children because it has six puzzle pieces and a puzzle piece size larger than the standard, and has a low difficulty level as a puzzle. (C) is a standard puzzle piece size with 15 puzzle pieces, and can be enjoyed as a full-fledged puzzle as well as an ema or postcard application. (D) has 28 puzzle pieces and has a high level of difficulty as a puzzle. In this way, the puzzle-use letter card according to the present invention can be enjoyed by a wide range of users from beginners to enthusiasts.

  In addition, in case the player can not reach the arrangement of the finished design by all means, turn the paper with the finished design upside down so that it can be peeled off so that it can not be seen, or print the finished design on the board You may make it conceal with a peelable sheet.

  Next, an embodiment in which a postal letter (mini letter) is sandwiched between the mount and the puzzle piece in the puzzle-use letter card according to the present invention will be described. The message entry field on the mount is relatively small, so many letters and pictures cannot be written, but postal letters (mini letters) have about three times the space of postcards, so you can write more letters and pictures. I can do it. Recipients who have received the puzzle-use letter card according to the present invention should read the message written in the message entry field after taking out the puzzle piece and postal letter (mini letter) from the mount, and then open and read the post letter (mini letter). I can do it. For example, by drawing elaborately designed letters and pictures in the message entry field and writing related documents in a postal letter (mini letter), not only simply increasing the amount of information written in the message field, but also a message Design and various other changes can be made to the messages in the fields and postal letters (mini letters).

  Next, a description will be given of an embodiment of a reply-to-puzzle letter card that can be used as a reply for the letter-and-answer letter card according to the present invention.

  First, after writing a message in the message field of the reply-use puzzle-use letter card of the present invention, the message is concealed with a puzzle piece as in the puzzle-use letter card of the first embodiment. Next, put the reply puzzle combined letter card according to this embodiment, its instruction manual, reply envelope, etc. into a transparent or translucent bag, and the stamp, destination address, address, etc. are written on this bag. A sticker is attached and mailed to the destination.

  The recipient reads the message written in the message entry field, writes a reply message on the back side of the reply puzzle / letter card in the present embodiment, and returns it enclosed with the reply puzzle / letter card. Place a letter card for reply puzzles in an envelope and mail it to the original sender. The reply message is not limited to the back side of the mount, but may be entered in the message entry field on the front side of the mount. In this case, there is a sender entry field and a responder entry field on the surface of the mount, and the recipient reads the message after removing the puzzle, fills in the reply message, and then puts the puzzle and puts the original Reply to the sender.

  The reply puzzle combined letter card according to the present embodiment does not require a separate postcard for replying, and can easily reply and is effective in saving resources.

  Also, the sender writes a haiku or tanka phrase at the top of the message field and sends it, and the recipient receives the above phrase and writes a lower phrase at the bottom of the message field to create a phrase and mail it to the sender for enjoyment as a series. You can also

  Next, with reference to FIGS. 4-7, the sales method, delivery method, etc. of the puzzle combined use Ema postcard by this invention are demonstrated.

  As shown in Fig. 4, the puzzle combined ema postcard according to the present invention can be purchased at a shrine, a Buddhist temple, a convenience store, or a post office, but can also be purchased from a dedicated web page. Can be purchased.

  1 to 3, after the customer has purchased the message, the puzzle pieces 13, 23, 33A to 33D are randomly rearranged on the mounts 11, 21, 31, and the surface of the puzzle piece 13 is peeled off. After covering with a prevention sheet and sticking this sheet on the surface of the puzzle pieces 13, 23, 33A to 33D and the surfaces of the frames 12, 22, 32, the post-postcards for puzzle and postcards are posted as shown in FIG. And mail it to the destination. Since this puzzle-use ema postcard is handled as mail, it can be dedicated to shrines and temples nationwide from anywhere in the country as shown in FIG.

Claims (12)

A message entry field provided in a predetermined area of the mount,
A puzzle-use letter card that at least conceals the message entry field and includes a puzzle piece as a jigsaw puzzle,
The puzzle-use letter card, wherein the puzzle piece is formed of a rectangular shape having no irregularities. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein the puzzle pieces are rearranged by using all the puzzle pieces used so as to be different from the original design. The puzzle combined letter card according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the outer shape of the mount or the design of the surface of the mount is formed with the same motif as the motif of the design expressed by the puzzle piece. The puzzle combined letter card according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least one of the shape of the mount, the mount design, and the puzzle piece design is a motif of a picture horse. 5. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein the number of the puzzle pieces varies depending on the difficulty level of the puzzle. The design part that prohibits the division by the puzzle piece is first determined, the puzzle piece is divided so that the design part is not divided by the puzzle piece, and the entire puzzle including the other puzzle pieces is matched to this puzzle piece. 6. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein piece division is performed. By writing the address of the shrine and temple you want to votive on the back of the mount and posting it to a post or requesting it to be sent to the post office, the above letter card for both puzzles will be mailed and dedicated to the shrine and temple you want to dedicate 7. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein the puzzle-use letter card is used. 8. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein an anti-peeling agent is applied to the surface of the puzzle piece to prevent the display design from peeling off on the surface of the puzzle piece. 9. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein the puzzle piece surface and a frame surface surrounding the puzzle piece are covered with a sheet for preventing the puzzle piece from peeling off from the mount. 10. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein the completed design is initially displayed so as not to be visible to the player. 11. The puzzle-use letter card according to claim 1, wherein a postal letter (mini letter) is inserted between the puzzle piece and the mount. 12. The puzzle combined letter card according to claim 1, wherein a reply message field is provided on the back side of the mount of the puzzle combined letter card.

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