CA2022198A1 - Macos - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT:

This construction or assembly type game consists of individually-sized and shaped flat pieces which can be combined with uniquely designed rods to produce almost unlimited variations in the shape and design of the completed assembly. Because of the large number of individually designed pieces, the game cannot be done by rote, thus making it very challenging with the final outcome limited only by the skill, resourcefulness and imagination of the player(s).

Description

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SPECIFICATION _ DISCLOSURE
l. The invention is that of a construction or assembly type game for persons l0 years or older 2. The game consi.sts of 1.73 i.ndividually sized and shaped flat pieces and 70 uniquely designed rods in 5 di.fferent lengths.
The object of the game i.s -to interconnect all of the pi.eces to form imaginati.ve assembli.es for pleasure and/or for competition. Because of the large number of individually designed pieces they can be used i.n almost unli.mited variations to produce uniquely i.nteresting and completed assemblies; and an absorbi.ng and educati.onal game.

3. The pieces are assembled at right angles -to each other, ei.-ther hy inserting the rods through holes in the flat pi.eces or by connec-ting -the slotted flat pieces together. The flat pieces are individually shaped and si.zed ancl some can i.nterlock to form 90 corner pi.eces. Some of the rods are expandable while o-thers can also interlock to form 90 angles.

4. The game can be played by one or more people. If it i.s to be played by o~e person, i.t can be assembled on the largcr circular base providecl or on a larger surface. The object i.n thi.s case would be to assclnble all of thc ~icces in -the fastest time or the most imaginative design.
When the game is played by two people or two teams, each player or team would complete the assembly on one of -the smaller bases provi.ded; the wi.nner would be the person or team using the most pieces. Alternati.vely, both players or teams can work together to bui.ld a comlllon assenlbly ol~ the l.ar(ler basc In thi.s case, a player or team would pi.ck a pi.ece which would ei.ther be used or discarcled in [avou.r or allotllo:r morc suitab~c pi.ece. This process would continue until all the p;.eces are ei.-ther us~d or di.scardec1. qhe winller would ~c thc player or team usi.ng all of the pi.eces whi.ch they had picked or wi.th the least number oE pieces when a stalemate :is reached.

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DRAWINGS:

In the drawings whi.cll i.llustrate em~ocli.ments o.E the inventi.on, DWG 1 shows typical connecti.on of the fla-t pi.eces and rods;

DWG 2 shows exae-t description of the rods;

DWG 3 shows exact description of the flat pi.eces; and DWG's 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, lO, ll, l2l 13, and 14 shows -the exact descrip-tion of the individual flat pieces.

DWG l i.llustrates the interconnecti.on of a small number of flat pi.eces and rods and depi.c-ts the vari.ous kinds of pieces and their typi.cal uses, wi.th fi.g. 1 short rocls; fi.g. ~ lonc3 rods; fig. 3 twisting rods; and fi.gs. 4 and 5 depi.c~ti.ng angled and straight flat pi.eees respectively.

DWG 2 shows the exae-t description and dimension of the rods whieh are ~" (13 mm) and are shown in 5 di.fEerent leng-ths. I`he rods will be eonstructed of plas-ti.c and colored.
q~he rods are eharacteri.zed by thei.r movemen-ts:
A. Ro-tation in 90 along the axi.s C-C (Detai.l A ) B. Rotation of the parts of the rods -towards one another in 90 and in 180 along the axis D - D (Detai.l B ) C. Expandi.ng or contracting rods as shown in Section AA -variants A, B, and C. See also variant C i.n perspective.
De-tail C shows a locki.ng devi.ce to prevent: se~aratioll of the parts.
Fig. 1 illustrates the l3" rods of whi.ch -there are a -total oE

5 - three wi.th characteri.sti.cs A, B, and C and two are plai.n and ri.gi.dO
Fig. 2 i.llustrates the 7" rods of whi.cll there are 10 - fi.ve wi.th charac~teristi.~s ~, B, allcl ~ all(l five .IlO E~laill Fig. 3 illustrates the 6" rods of whi.eh -there are 18 - ei.ght wi.~h ~llarae~èr1s~t.cs ~ ancl ~ ar~cl ~c~n ar~ pl.~lirl Fig. 4 illustrates the 4" rods of whic!l there are 27 - ten of 22~
which have characteri.sti.cs A and C and seventeen are plai.n Fig. 5 illus-trates the 2" rods of which there are 10 - fi.ve wi.th characteri.sti.cs C and five are plain DWG 3 depicts the construction detai.ls of the fla-t pi.eces.
The flat pieces which are 1.5 mm thick are constructed on a screen base or graph 18 mm by 18 mm~ with the centers for the ~" ( 13 mm) holes formed by the diagonals of the squares. See fig. 2. The holes can be constructed as shown i.n vari.an-ts A or s depending on the manufacturers preference. Vari.ant A would provi.de more stabi.~i.ty for the pi.eces. Fiq. 1. and Detail A
shows a method of interlocking the pieces to form a 90 corner piece.

Drawings 4~ 5, 6, 7, 8~ 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 depict the indi.vidual 173 flat pi.eces whi.c}l can be grouped accordi.ng to thei.r i.ntended use:
1st group ~ -- vertical use 2nd group ------- hori.zontal use 3rd group ---~ interchangable - verti.cal or hori.zontal

Claims (2)

1. The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. a game consisting of 173 individually sized and shaped flat pieces and 70 uniquely designed rods in 5 different lengths.

2. the game differs from similiar games in the creative and innovative approach of using individually sized and uniquely shaped flat pieces and uniquely designed rods as defined in claim 1 to produce almost unlimited variations and combinations and uniquely different completed assemblies.