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US984302A
US984302A US44442108A US1908444421A US984302A US 984302 A US984302 A US 984302A US 44442108 A US44442108 A US 44442108A US 1908444421 A US1908444421 A US 1908444421A US 984302 A US984302 A US 984302A
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  • This invention relates to puzzle postal 'ards upon which are depicted puzzles.
  • the primary object of my invention is to provide a labyrinthian puzzle oi an intricate, complicated and perplexing design.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a puzzle having devious blind courses for reaching a goal, which present diliiculties and obstructions, some necessitating an entirely new beginning, while others cause steps to be partially, if not wholly, retraced.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a puzzle postal card that cau be used as a souvenir or for advertising purposes, a greater portion of the card contain ing the puzzle that requires consideral;.-lc skill to solve.
  • the reference numeral 1 designates a card having printed or otherwise marked thereon a rectangle or square located approximately intermediate the ends of the card.
  • a star 3 representing the starting point of the puzzle
  • another star 4 representing the goal of the puzzle.
  • the square is printed a plurality of vertical, horizontal and diagonally disposed lines, some of these lines intersecting and providing what I term blind courses, for instance the course 5, when once entered necessitates the retracing of the steps taken in said course.
  • the lines at the lower edge of the square and at the right hand side thereof are bounded by lines-6 and 7, these lines providing what I term successful courses 8 and 9, particu larly the course 9, which when once reached cannot be deviated from without reaching the goal 4..
  • a rule to he observed when solving the puzzle is to pass from one star to another through the open spaces or courses without crossing a line. and to make the puzzle ditlicult. I arrange words in the course 8, for
  • a puzzle consisting of a base having thereon a labyrinth and further having transverse and longitudinal parallel lines surrounding the labyrinth to provide transversely and longitudinally extending courses, one oi said transverse courses having words arranged therein, some of the letters of the words joined with one of the transverse lines and other of the letters of the words joined with the other of the transverse lincs which form the course in which the words are arranged. some of the letters of the words being disjoincd. the transverse course in which are arranged the words being wider than the other transverse course, said base further having a starting and a goal indicating mark located at the junction of a transverse course with alongitndinal course.

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C. B. ROSBNBERGER.
PUZZLE POSTAL CARD. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1908 984,302. Batented Feb. 14, 1911.
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PUZZLE POSTAL CARD.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Feb. 14, 1911.
Application filed July 20, 1908. Serial No. 444,421.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, CHARLES B. Roses- BERGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Puzzle Postal Cards, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. v
This invention relates to puzzle postal 'ards upon which are depicted puzzles.
The primary object of my invention is to provide a labyrinthian puzzle oi an intricate, complicated and perplexing design.
Another object of this invention is to provide a puzzle having devious blind courses for reaching a goal, which present diliiculties and obstructions, some necessitating an entirely new beginning, while others cause steps to be partially, if not wholly, retraced.
A further object of this invention is to provide a puzzle postal card that cau be used as a souvenir or for advertising purposes, a greater portion of the card contain ing the puzzle that requires consideral;.-lc skill to solve.
My invention will be presently descrilzed in detail and reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein I have illustrated a plan of a postal card depicting my puzzle.
The reference numeral 1 designates a card having printed or otherwise marked thereon a rectangle or square located approximately intermediate the ends of the card. Inthe lower lefthand corner of the square is printed a star 3 representing the starting point of the puzzle, and in the upper right hand corner is another star 4 representing the goal of the puzzle. In the square is printed a plurality of vertical, horizontal and diagonally disposed lines, some of these lines intersecting and providing what I term blind courses, for instance the course 5, when once entered necessitates the retracing of the steps taken in said course. The lines at the lower edge of the square and at the right hand side thereof are bounded by lines-6 and 7, these lines providing what I term successful courses 8 and 9, particu larly the course 9, which when once reached cannot be deviated from without reaching the goal 4..
A rule to he observed when solving the puzzle is to pass from one star to another through the open spaces or courses without crossing a line. and to make the puzzle ditlicult. I arrange words in the course 8, for
instance. pat. applied for." Certain letters of these words touch the lower line of the square. while other letters touch the line (3. Some of the lines are connected together, while spaces are left between others, whereby a line can be easily traced from the l starting point 3 along the course 8, in and out the lines and up the course 9 to the tinishing point -t. This is the one successful route by which the puzzle can be solved, and the other of said lines are provided simply to impart an impression that the puzzle is solved by the intricate course described by the complexity of lines.
Upon the :ard suitable directions are printed together with other matter relating thereto.
I reserve the right to use other words than pat. applied for in the course 8.
Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is:-
puzzle consisting of a base having thereon a labyrinth and further having transverse and longitudinal parallel lines surrounding the labyrinth to provide transversely and longitudinally extending courses, one oi said transverse courses having words arranged therein, some of the letters of the words joined with one of the transverse lines and other of the letters of the words joined with the other of the transverse lincs which form the course in which the words are arranged. some of the letters of the words being disjoincd. the transverse course in which are arranged the words being wider than the other transverse course, said base further having a starting and a goal indicating mark located at the junction of a transverse course with alongitndinal course.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.
CHARLES B. ROSENBERGER.
Witnesses MAX H. SROLOVIIZ,
K. H.|BUTLER.
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Cited By (4)

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US4170354A (en) * 1976-08-09 1979-10-09 Bredlau Kenneth A Amusement device
US4465283A (en) * 1982-05-17 1984-08-14 Pilette Deborah L Maze type game board with alternately colored spaces
DE3938065A1 (en) * 1988-12-02 1990-06-07 Herbert Dipl Ing Schmidl Three=dimensional maze structure
US6761356B1 (en) * 2002-10-26 2004-07-13 William Jacobson Educational card game

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4170354A (en) * 1976-08-09 1979-10-09 Bredlau Kenneth A Amusement device
US4465283A (en) * 1982-05-17 1984-08-14 Pilette Deborah L Maze type game board with alternately colored spaces
DE3938065A1 (en) * 1988-12-02 1990-06-07 Herbert Dipl Ing Schmidl Three=dimensional maze structure
DE3938065C2 (en) * 1988-12-02 1998-03-19 Herbert Dipl Ing Schmidl Maze arrangement
US6761356B1 (en) * 2002-10-26 2004-07-13 William Jacobson Educational card game

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