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Intellectual
Property Office of New Zealand
Te Poii Rahui ttang» Hau
PATENTS FORM NO. 5
Patents Act 1953
Imte^cctral Prcocrty COMPLETE SPECIFICATION O.Tice of KZ
(*) No ... Date- ;- 6 SIP ;Ferro-Sticker Panel ;<a> ;^ ^ Tseng, Da of 9 Earls Court, Hamiltom, New Zealand Nationality: .Republic^ (Taiwan) ;hereby declare the invention, for which I (or wa) pray that a patent may be granted to me (or ua), and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement (c) continue application on page 2 ;Instructions ;(*) Where priority as provided by subsection (2) or subsection (3) of section 11 of the Patents Act 1953 is desired in respect of one or more provisional specifications, quote number or numbers and date or dates
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NOTE.--The claims must relate to a single invention, must be clear and succinct, and must be fairly based on the matter disclosed in the specification. They should form in brief a clear statement of that which constitutes the invention. Applicants should be careful that their claims include neither more nor less than they desire to protect by their patent Any unnecessary multiplicity of claims or prolixity of language should be avoided. Claims should not be made for the efficiency or advantages of the invention.
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The Field of the Invention:
This invention relates to a new versatile panel that can attract Ferro-Stickers, can be used as a all-purpose game board for playing different games, specially suitable for a message board to hold the Do-It-Yourself Ferro-Stickers.
Definition of Ferro-Sticker:
A Ferro-Sticker is a piece of paper that contains ferrous material in it, or had been added some reduced ferrous substances on its face,
the Ferro-Sticker is not self-adhesive, not magnetic and can be attracted by magnet, the Ferro-Sticker is used for making image on the face of a magnetic cube, magnetic tile, or any solid object that has magnet on its surface with the polarity facmg out;
the Ferro-Sticker is able to be attached on or removed from the magnetic connector easily
The Problems to be solved:
While I was applying the patent for the Ferro-Stickers (Ref. NZ 513631), I had found the merits of the Ferro-Stickers'
more economical, need quite a small storage space, and easy to apply in many kind of Puzzles/Games, or playing things; further more, we can easily make the Do-It-Yourself Ferro-Stickers
Maybe the Ferro-Sticker would become a commonly used material, but there were some problems have to be solved :
What is the best structure of the magnetic connector, other than the cubes or tiles?
What is the easiest way to make the Do-It-Yourself Ferro-Sticker?
The object of fhe invention:
The object of the present invention is to design the best structured Ferro-Sticker Panel for holding Ferro-Stickers and providing a simple method to make individual Ferro-Stickers those can be attached on the Ferro-Sticker Panel(s).
The construction of the invention:
The aspect and advantages of the present invention will now be described with reference "y 3P^^ie accompanying drawings, of which;
shows a preferred structure of the Ferro-Sticker Panel for holding Ferro-Stickers.
shows two Ferro-Sticker Panels placed together forming a larger panel, and six different Ferro-Stickers are held on the panel shows six Ferro-Sticker Panels placed together forming a large panel, and some different Ferro-Stickers including a Chinese Chess game board drawing are held on the panel
In Figure 1, the Ferro-Sticker Panel( 1) is made of a board( 10), and 70 pieces of magnets( 12) The edges(13) of the board are smooth The ratio of the length of the board to the width of the board is 10.7, and the face of the board is divided into 70 square parts(ll) those have the same area Each square part(l 1) has a magnet(12) inserted in the middle with the polarity facing out
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The ratio of 10.7 or 7 10 is the most suitable ratio of length to width of the board, because when each square is 2cm x2cm, then the size of the Ferro-Sticker Panel is about the A5 size, and it is very easy to arrange the Panels to be about A4, A3, A2, or A1 size, nearing the commonly used ratio l:sqr(0.5) or 1 •' ft 71.
When the ratio of the length of the board to the width of the board is L : W, both L and W are natural numbers and greater than 1, then the face of the board is divided to a plurality of square parts those have the same area, and each square part may have a magnet inserted in the middle, so that a plurality of Ferro-Sticker Panels can be placed together on the magnetic receptive board as one larger Ferro-Sticker Panel.
How the invention works:
The Ferro-Sticker Panel (1) is designed for holding Ferro-Stickers (2)
Adding some ferrous substances on the ferrous part position (21) of the back of a piece of paper, the piece of paper would become a Ferro-Sticker (2), and can be attracted by the Ferro-Sticker Panel(l). There is a simple method to make a Ferro-Sticker (2) :
Step 1 - Put the piece of paper on a thin board that is the same size as the Ferro-Sticker Panel{\) and each square part has an hole in the middle, then reverse the thin board with the piece of paper, and put some marks through the holes on the back of the paper.
2 - Painting the ferrous paint such as Kling™ Magnetic Paint (the paint itself is not magnetic, it has metal properties that create a magnetic receptive surface for a magnet to stick to) on the position(s) marked, or using sticky tape to stick some iron powder or sand, then stick the tape on the position(s) marked.
(If a permanent ferrous marker or Ferro-Ink works, the Step 2 may be omitted)
In figure 2, there are six different Ferro-Stickers (2) on the Ferro-Sticker Panel (1), each has some ferrous materials on its back, therefore it can be held on the panel, the configuration of the ferrous parts (21) is symmetrical, however it is not need to be symmetrical
In Figure 3, six Ferro-Sticker Panels(l) placed together forming a large panel, and some different Ferro-Stickers(2) including a Chinese Chess game board drawing (3) are held on the large panel (1) It appears that the Ferro-Sticker Panel (1) with different game board drawings can be used as game boards for playing different games. For example, the same Ferro-Sticker Panel with 20 x 21 magnets in Figure 3 is big enough to hold a GO game board drawing and the 19 x 19 game piece Ferro-Stickers, and then can be used to play the GO game. Any lettered Ferro-Sticker (2) may be put on a grid of a larger game board drawing (4), so the Panel can be used to play word games. It is possible to play Crossword on board with the Ferro-Stickers and the Ferro-Sticker Panels, because the lettered Ferro-Stickers are cheap and need quite a small storage space and would not be limited to the number of the letters
The Ferro-Sticker Panel is an ideal tool for holding Ferro-Stickers that may be different size, different shape, containing different information Especially it can hold the Do-It-Yourself Ferro-Stickers easily, may be used as a versatile message board, and an all-purpose game board
Aspects of the present invention have been described by way only and it should be appreciated that modifications and additions may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
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