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- My invention consists of a puzzle comprising a number of cards or plates of modilied hexagonal form bearing 'upon their margins certain names or characters, said plates being capable of being assembled in such a manner that the marginal names upon contiguous tablets will be the same, the entire combination when completed forming a symmetrical figure.
- I have used for the marginal names the titles of various colleges throughout the United States, but any other names, symbols or characters may be used and I have also indicated the respective colors of the various colleges upon the hexagonal units forming the puzzle.
- FIG. 1 shows the separated unit thereof.
- the units consist of modified hexagons, the sides thereof being alternatelyconcave and convex, of the same curvature so as to fit together, as shown in Figure 1. 4
- the solution of the puzzle consistsin so arranging the various units that when they 40 are all assembled the name of each college upon one unit will be adjacent to the ⁇ same name upon the contiguous unit, the entire combination forming a symmetrical figure,
- a puzzle comprising a plurality of units, each of identical configuration and having alternate convex and concave edge surfaces, each unit having a plurality of substantially triangular color configurations on the face thereof with a color configuration disposed adjacent each curved edge of the unit, the convex edge of one unit registering with theconcave edge of another unit with similar color configurations adjacently positioned.
- a puzzle comprising a plurality of units, each of identical configuration and having alternate convex and concave edge surfaces, each unit having a plurality of substantially triangular color configurations on the face'thereof with a color configuration disposed adjacent each curved edge of the unit, the convex edge of one unit regis-.
- the color configurations adjacent the convex edges of the unit being of lesser area than the other configurations with similar color configurations of different areas positioned when the units are as scmbled.
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Patented Apr. 7, 1925.
UNITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.
PUZZLE.
Application filed May 22, 1922, Serial No. 562,613. Renewed February 12, 1925.
To all whom it may concern.
Be it known that 1, JAMES BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at 17 6 Magill Street, Panvtu-cket, in thecounty of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzles, of which the following is a specification.
My invention consists of a puzzle comprising a number of cards or plates of modilied hexagonal form bearing 'upon their margins certain names or characters, said plates being capable of being assembled in such a manner that the marginal names upon contiguous tablets will be the same, the entire combination when completed forming a symmetrical figure. In the particular puzzle shown in the drawings, I have used for the marginal names the titles of various colleges throughout the United States, but any other names, symbols or characters may be used and I have also indicated the respective colors of the various colleges upon the hexagonal units forming the puzzle.
My invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows the completed puzzle, and
Figure 2 shows the separated unit thereof.
As shown in the drawings, the units consist of modified hexagons, the sides thereof being alternatelyconcave and convex, of the same curvature so as to fit together, as shown in Figure 1. 4
Upon each margin is indicated the name .ot a college, Yale, Princeton, and the like,
- with its color indicatedon the segment adjacent to the name.
The solution of the puzzle consistsin so arranging the various units that when they 40 are all assembled the name of each college upon one unit will be adjacent to the\same name upon the contiguous unit, the entire combination forming a symmetrical figure,
as shown in Figure 1.
.It will be seen that this puzzle is notlimited to the actual number of units disclosed in Figure 1, but the number may be in creased from a minimum of seven to any maximum desired.
An inspection of the several units will disclose that the sequence of names upon any single unit is different from those of every other unit within the limitation of the possible combinations of these separate names, and it is this element that renders this puzzle one of considerable difiiculty and which requires for its solution a great deal of patience.
The coloring of the various segments is, of course, unimportant, the essential element being the modified hexagonal form with the varying arrangements ofnames upon the margins.
Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A puzzle comprising a plurality of units, each of identical configuration and having alternate convex and concave edge surfaces, each unit having a plurality of substantially triangular color configurations on the face thereof with a color configuration disposed adjacent each curved edge of the unit, the convex edge of one unit registering with theconcave edge of another unit with similar color configurations adjacently positioned.
2. A puzzle comprising a plurality of units, each of identical configuration and having alternate convex and concave edge surfaces, each unit havinga plurality of substantially triangular color configurations on the face'thereof with a color configuration disposed adjacent each curved edge of the unit, the convex edge of one unit regis-.
tering with-the concave edge of another unit with similar color configurations adjacently positioned, the color configurations adjacent the convex edges of the unit being of lesser area than the other configurations with similar color configurations of different areas positioned when the units are as scmbled.
In [testimony whereof I afiix my ture in presence of two witnesses.
JAMES BROWN.-
signa- Witnesses EDITH M. Bnommx, Enmn BROWN.
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US3475030A (en) * | 1968-03-21 | 1969-10-28 | Thomas C Prescott | Geometric puzzle game |
US3806127A (en) * | 1971-09-27 | 1974-04-23 | W Pink | Playing cards with matching portions for overlying each other |
US3869125A (en) * | 1970-01-09 | 1975-03-04 | Marc Odier | Game with arcuate pieces |
US5368301A (en) * | 1993-04-20 | 1994-11-29 | Mitchell; Dennis E. | Double sized puzzle |
US6550769B1 (en) * | 2001-11-05 | 2003-04-22 | Hasbro, Inc. | Puzzle |
US20040070147A1 (en) * | 2002-10-15 | 2004-04-15 | Taylor Ian C. | Method and apparatus for playing a game |
US20040251627A1 (en) * | 2001-07-31 | 2004-12-16 | Verhoeven Gerardus Adrianus Maria | Pentomino puzzle game |
US20060010707A1 (en) * | 2004-07-13 | 2006-01-19 | Tali Lehavi | Multiple component and interactive growth chart and method |
US20100194041A1 (en) * | 2009-02-02 | 2010-08-05 | Cardin Flora Salgado | Double-Sided Jigsaw Puzzle and Method of Making The Same |
EP2517763A1 (en) * | 2011-04-29 | 2012-10-31 | Mattel, Inc. | Word-forming game and method |
US20130341863A1 (en) * | 2012-06-22 | 2013-12-26 | Joel Weinshanker | Puzzle Game Method and Apparatus |
US8672328B2 (en) | 2011-04-29 | 2014-03-18 | Mattel, Inc. | Word-forming game and method |
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Cited By (14)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3475030A (en) * | 1968-03-21 | 1969-10-28 | Thomas C Prescott | Geometric puzzle game |
US3869125A (en) * | 1970-01-09 | 1975-03-04 | Marc Odier | Game with arcuate pieces |
US3806127A (en) * | 1971-09-27 | 1974-04-23 | W Pink | Playing cards with matching portions for overlying each other |
US5368301A (en) * | 1993-04-20 | 1994-11-29 | Mitchell; Dennis E. | Double sized puzzle |
US20040251627A1 (en) * | 2001-07-31 | 2004-12-16 | Verhoeven Gerardus Adrianus Maria | Pentomino puzzle game |
US6550769B1 (en) * | 2001-11-05 | 2003-04-22 | Hasbro, Inc. | Puzzle |
US20040070147A1 (en) * | 2002-10-15 | 2004-04-15 | Taylor Ian C. | Method and apparatus for playing a game |
US20060010707A1 (en) * | 2004-07-13 | 2006-01-19 | Tali Lehavi | Multiple component and interactive growth chart and method |
US7103983B2 (en) * | 2004-07-13 | 2006-09-12 | Tali Lehavi | Multiple component and interactive growth chart and method |
US20100194041A1 (en) * | 2009-02-02 | 2010-08-05 | Cardin Flora Salgado | Double-Sided Jigsaw Puzzle and Method of Making The Same |
US8490976B2 (en) * | 2009-02-02 | 2013-07-23 | Cardin Flora Salgado | Double-sided jigsaw puzzle and method of making the same |
EP2517763A1 (en) * | 2011-04-29 | 2012-10-31 | Mattel, Inc. | Word-forming game and method |
US8672328B2 (en) | 2011-04-29 | 2014-03-18 | Mattel, Inc. | Word-forming game and method |
US20130341863A1 (en) * | 2012-06-22 | 2013-12-26 | Joel Weinshanker | Puzzle Game Method and Apparatus |
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