US569863A

US569863A - Puzzle

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Publication number: US569863A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-10-20
Anticipated expiration: 1913-10-20

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D. DU BOIS. PUZZLE.

No. 569,863. Patented Oct. 20, 1896.

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INVENTOR I WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT @rricn,

DALLAS DU BOIS, OF MONTOLAIR, NElV JERSEY.

PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,868, dated October 20, 1896.-

Applioation filed July 6, 1896.

To all whom it may cancer/L:

Be it known that I, DALLAS DU 13018, of Hontclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Puzzle, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to providea puzzle which will be very amusing, and which will require considerable ingenuity and patience on the part of the operator to solve the same unless the operator possesses the key of the puzzle, in which case the puzzle may be readily solved.

A further object of the invention is to provide a puzzle which will be exceedingly economic in construction, and which will furthermore afford ample space for the display of decorations, advertisements, and the like.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the puzzle. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken substantially 3 on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, illustrating the position that the rings occupy on the board when said rings are tobe interlocked; and Figs. 3, at, 5, and G are views of the rings used in connection with the board.

The puzzle consists of a board A and preferably three rings A, B, and B. Near one margin of the board, preferably the lower margin, three apertures 10, 11, and 12 are made. These apertures are of circular form, and the rings A, B, and B are normally contained one in each of the aforesaid apertures 10, 11, and 12. Preferably the ring A is of a different color to that of the other two rings, which are of a like color. Each ring has a transverse opening 13 made therein of predetermined width, and the ends of the rings are each beveled from a central point in opposite directions, as shown at 14 in Figs. 3, a, 5, and 13, so that by matching the ends together in a way that will bring the beveled surfaces of opposing rings adjacent one ring may be readily slipped over the other, and the slots in the rings enable said rings to be Serial No. 598,169.1JN0 model.)

moved from point to point on the board, since all of the rings throughout a majority of the movements are not to be entirely removed from the board.

A circle 15 is produced ordinarily between the bottom and top edges of the board, and in this circle a number of apertures 16 is made, corresponding in form to the marginal apertures 10, 11, and 12, and within the said sufficient length to permit a ring to be passed bodily through it. Near the margin of the board opposite that point at which the rings are initially placed four apertures 18 are produced somewhat transversely of the board, and around the circle 15 apertures 19 are made in the board between the marginal apertures 10, 11, 12, and 13. While the circle is preferably used as the field, said field may be given other form, if found desirable. Sundry of the apertures shown on the board are not utilized, being used as a blind, and such apertures are designated by the letter X.

The directions for the game are as follows: Start the rings separately by placing said rings in the lower openings or apertures 10, 11, and 12, and the puzzle will be completed when the two rings B and Here located in the openings 18 at the top of the board, the dark ring A lying on the board and being linked through the rings B and B, which are usually of a lighter color. This arrangement is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The rings must be moved separately from the start to the circle, and while within the circle the rings must be linked together as they will appear at the finish and remain so locked in after movements. The light rings B and B must be connected with the board from start to finish, and the dark ring A must not be taken from the board until the circle is reached, and must be linked to the lighter rings before any of the rings are carried out from the circle. The ring A is moved from the opening 10 to the opening a, thence to the opening a in the circle, and while in the opening a the dark ring A is made to enter the oblong slot 17. The second ring 13 is moved from the opening 11 to the opening 1) in the circle, thence to the opening (2, and thence to the opening U, and while in this latter opening the ring B is made to enter the ring an oblong opening 17 is also made of oblong slot 17, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The ring B will be moved from the opening 12 to the opening I), thence to the opening Z), and thence to the opening b and While in this latter opening the ring is carried to the opening 19 all contained within the circle. The open portion of the rings A and B are then brought together, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby one of the rings may be passed through the other, and the dark ring A is then manipulated until it lies fiat on the top of the board. The next movement is to bring the ring 13 into locking engagement with the dark ring A, and this is accomplished by movements similar to those heretofore described, and by subsequent movements along the upper outer openings 19 to the upper marginal openings 18 the rings will be brought to the order shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, with the two rings B and B located in opposing openings 18, and the dark ring A inter locked with the lighter colored rings occupying an exposed position on the upper face of the board.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination,with a game-board having openings made therein in predetermined arrangement, of rings adapted to be passed through the openings and from one opening to another, the said rings having a transverse opening in each, the ends beingbeveled in opposite directions, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combinationgvith a game-board having a number of openings therein of circular form, and an oblong opening around which sundry of the circular openings are grouped of rings adapted to be passed through the openings and from one opening to the other, the rings having a transverse cut, whereby each ring will be provided with opposing ends spaced apart, as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination ,with a game-board having a number of openings therein of circular form, and an oblong opening around which sundry of the circular openings are grouped, of rings adapted to be passed through the said openings and from one opening to the other. the rings having a transverse out, whereby each ring will be provided with opposing ends spaced apart, the opposing ends of each ring having opposite faces beveled in opposite directions, corresponding beveled surfaces on the ends facing one another, as and for the purpose specified.

DALLAS DU EOIS.

Witnesses 2 J. FRED. ACKER, JAMES M. HENLEY.