US3558136A - Double jig-saw puzzle game - Google Patents

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US3558136A
US3558136A US704699A US3558136DA US3558136A US 3558136 A US3558136 A US 3558136A US 704699 A US704699 A US 704699A US 3558136D A US3558136D A US 3558136DA US 3558136 A US3558136 A US 3558136A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
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  • ABSTRACT A double jigsaw puzzle game wherein two opposing players or teams are provided with identically cut and illustrated, but differently colored, pieces of a scene.
  • a playing board is provided which also includes the scene depicted by the assembled playing pieces. Each player starts with one of the opposite edge portions of the scene on the board and attempts to complete a major portion of the scene by placing the pieces properly on the board in advance of his opponent. As a player progresses with the placement of contiguous pieces of the puzzle, he is credited with scores as indicated on certain of the puzzle pieces. Further there is provided a plurality of playing pieces for each player which he may advantageously place on indicated sections of the puule scene as such sections are completed by the player.
  • a starting strip is formed along each of two opposite sides of the board, the inner edges of these strips interlocking with puzzle pieces having a complementary configuration.
  • the invention relates generally to jigsaw puzzles and is particularly directed to a novel form of game which is provided by supplying the opposing players with essentially iden cal but distinguishable puzzle pieces, so that they can vie with each other in a race to complete a major portion ofa single puzzle scene from the duplicate puzzles.
  • a jigsaw puzzle game comprising a plurality of pairs of irregularly cut puzzle pieces which can be assembled to provide duplicates of a particular scene differing only in color from each other, puzzle piece portions of each of said duplicate scenes including indicia thereon providing scoring means for the completion of each said portion in the puzzle, and a playing board including means defining the opposite edges of a single reproduction of said scene, with one edge-defining means being in one of the colors on said pairs of pieces and the other edge having the other color on said pairs of pieces and the other edge having the other color on said pairs of pieces, whereby each of two opposing players or teams of players use one of the differently colored sets of puzzle pieces in an attempt to complete a major portion of the scene in advance of the opponent and achieve a score as determined by said indicia-bearing pieces.
  • FIG. I is a plan view of the game board
  • FIG. 2 is a reduced plan view of the board, with a portion of the puzzle completed and omitting the illustrations seen in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a plurality of playing pieces used in the game.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged plan view of a typical puzzle piece used in forming the scene.
  • the game includes a game board l preferably composed of two sections 12 and I4, each having a dovetailed or other irregular edge complementary to a corresponding edge of the other, so that the two will fit together in an interlocking joint 16 and yet permit separation of sections 12 and 14 to thereby conserve space in packaging and storage.
  • Board has on its face a landscape depicting numerous objects and features which become objectives or targets for the players, and a large number different irregularly shaped puzzle pieces, as indicated at I8 and 20, are linked or fastened together by interlocking portions of their irregular edges to cover board 10. When the puzzle pieces completely cover board I0 they provide the same scene illustrated on the board.
  • each of strips 22 and 24 may be composed of ranks of irregular pieces similar to those used in completing the rest of the scene.
  • the pieces that belong in the region of edge 24 of board 10 are shaped to interlock with the irregular edge of strip 24.
  • the pieces may then be built out from strips 22 and 24 by interlocking piece to piece as rapidly as the skill of the players will permit.
  • the scene on board 10 is marked off in grids or squares which preferably do not correspond with the irregular edges of the pieces. and each square is also marked on the puzzle pieces forming it, together with a number on the board and on one of the pieces in each of selected squares, which numbers are used in counting the scores ofplayers completing each selected squares.
  • An example of a piece included in a numbered square is shown in FIG. 4.
  • the landscape depicted on board It includes a representation of a river 25 which flows lengthwise of board 50 and divides the area roughly into two equal parts. Additional playing pieces in the form of bridges 26 are provided which are threedimensional units to be placed across the river at places in dicated on the board. The proper placements for the bridges are indicated by contrasting colored spots 28 on particular puzzle pieces, as shown in piece 30 in FIG. 4, which will fit only in locations where bridge abutments are needed.
  • a paratrooper is indicated at 32 (FIG. 3) and a tank at 34 and each opponent is supplied with several of each of these pieces having the same color as his particular set of puzzle pieces.
  • One or more radio towers 36 are also provided, and each opponent is supplied with flags 38 which identify him or his team and which has a plug portion 46 sized to fit in suitable holes 44 (FIG. 4) in appropriate puzzle pieces to identify important objectives on the scene.
  • the scene, as well as being depicted on the pieces, is marked off arbitrarily into squares which preferably do not correspond with the irregular edges of the playing pieces, so that several playing pieces must be put down in order to complete a square, and when this is done some of the pieces will lap over into another square.
  • Each'square is assigned a value generally proportional to the value of the territory covered by it, taking into account the objects included in the area, and a player must complete an entire square to receive the value of that square. These values are added at the end of the game to determine the score of each player or team.
  • the players do not take turns any more than they would in a real battle, but secure their own territory and take as much of the opponents as they can as rapidly as possible, and there is room for the exercise of considerable skill and strategy on the part of a player in making opportunities to place the bridges and to use the paratroopers and tanks in a manner to gain the greatest advantage for his own side, and to confuse the enemy" as much as possible.
  • Ajigsaw puzzle game comprising a plurality of pairs of irregularly cut puzzle pieces which can be assembled to provide duplicates of a particular scene differing only in color from each other.
  • puzzle piece portions of each of said duplicate scenes including indicia thereon providing scoring means for the completion of each said portion in the puzzle, and a playing board including means defining the opposite edges of a single reproduction of said scene, with one edge-defining means being in one of the colors on said pairs of pieces and the other edge having the other color on said pairs of pieces.

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US4828268A (en) * 1981-06-04 1989-05-09 Somerville Norman H Game board
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US4669734A (en) * 1985-02-08 1987-06-02 Watkins Kirk W Board game utilizing jigsaw puzzle
US4792138A (en) * 1985-02-08 1988-12-20 Watkins Kirk W Jigsaw puzzle game
US5149098A (en) * 1990-01-22 1992-09-22 Bianchi William J Jigsaw puzzle game board having corresponding indicia
USD333494S (en) 1991-01-16 1993-02-23 Benjamin Fagan Jigsaw puzzle
US5356151A (en) * 1993-04-20 1994-10-18 Max Abecassis Gameboard and scale model game
US6193234B1 (en) 1998-07-31 2001-02-27 Richard D. Jones Method for playing a puzzle game
EP1023928A1 (en) * 1999-01-28 2000-08-02 Arvedo Arvedi Jigsaw puzzle
US6109609A (en) * 1999-09-22 2000-08-29 Ekberg; Roy V. Educational card game and method
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US20110221131A1 (en) * 2010-03-15 2011-09-15 Toshio Tamano Method of Playing a Game
US20190336850A1 (en) * 2018-05-04 2019-11-07 Ultra Pro International, Llc Rubber Based Board Game
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