US1520666A

US1520666A - Puzzle

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Publication number: US1520666A
Application number: US682244A
Authority: US
Inventors: Executrix Winifred D Dietz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1923-12-22
Filing date: 1923-12-22
Publication date: 1924-12-23
Anticipated expiration: 1941-12-23

Description

Patented Dec. 23, 1924-.

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UNi'I'Efi STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CARL IF. DIE-T2, 0F FITZSIME'IONS, COLOR-ADO; YVINIFRLE) 1). DIET?! EXECUTRIX 01E SAID CAB/L F. DIETZ, DECEASED.

PUZZLE.

Application filed December 22, 1923. Serial No. 682,244.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL F. Drnrz, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fitzsimmons, in the county of Adams and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to amusement devices particularly to games and puzzles and has for its object the provision of a novel puzzle involving a playing board and a plurality of pegs of different shapes and colors designed for initial disposition upon the board in fortuitous arrangement, the pegs being movable one by one along a casual path whereby to be brought eventually into columns and rows, with the pegs of the dilferent colors and shapes in proper arrangement.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character in which certain of the pegs are initially placed to serve as a guide not only as to the shapes but also to the colors to give the proper indication as to the arrangement into which all the pegs must be brought to effect solution of the puzzle.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly amusing and entertaining in use and a general improvementin the art.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device showing an initial arrangement of pegs thereon ready for playing the game,

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3 is a View similar to Figure 1 showing the puzzle solved.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown the device as comprising a base or board 10 which is provided with a row of holes 11 near one edge and a similar row of holes 12 near the adjacent edge. The playing surface of the board is marked off to define a playing area 13 defined by intersecting

lines

14 and 15 at the junctures of which are holes 16. The holes 16 are in column alignment with the holes 12 and are in row alignment with the holes 11.

In connection with the board I make use of a plurality of

pegs

17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 which are of different shapes as shown and which are likewise of dilferent colors, there being several of each shape differently colored. All these pegs have similar shank portions 22 adapted to fit within the holes.

In using the device, one set of pegs 17 to 21 is arranged along the row of holes 11 to serve as a guide. Other pegs of the cylindrical shape are engaged within the row of holes 12. These latter mentioned pegs are all differently colored. The remaining pegs are mixed up and inserted into the holes 16 all except one peg which is laid aside so that there will be one vacant hole preferably at the lower right hand corner of the playing area 13. To play, a start is made by moving a peg from an adjacent hole into the vacant hole, thus creating a new vacancy, which is in turn filled in the same manner by moving a peg from another adj acent hole thereinto and so on. All moves must be along straight lines only and the game is won, or the puzzle solved when by successive moves the pegs are so lined up that by using the idle peg referred to above to fill the open hole, all pegs of the same shape will be in one horizontal row and all pegs of the same color in one column.

At the upper left hand corner of the play ing area 13 is a single diagonal line 28 along which the player has the privilege of making one, only, diagonal move in case such is necessary to effect solution of the puzzle.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed, inexpensive and very entertaining game or puzzle which is bound to be attractive especially to the young.

WVhile I have shown and described a certain shape of playing surface and a certain number, shapes and sizes of pegs, it is obvious that many variations in these respects may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

A game device comprising a board having 2 1 ,52o,eee

a playing surface provided with holes arnamed row of holes and that a plurality of ranged in rows and columns, the board besimilarly shaped pegs of all the difierent ing formed at adjacent sides of the playing colors be engaged Within the other row of surface With other rows of holes, in oombisecond named holes, said two sets acting as nation With pegs 01 different shapes and guides for the positioning of the other pegs colors insertable Within the holes, it being during the playing of the game, intended that one set of pegs of a certain In testimony whereof I affix my signature. color be engaged Within one of the second CARL F. DIETZ.