EP0494211A1 - Puzzle magnetique - Google Patents

Puzzle magnetique

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Publication number
EP0494211A1
EP0494211A1 EP19900914495 EP90914495A EP0494211A1 EP 0494211 A1 EP0494211 A1 EP 0494211A1 EP 19900914495 EP19900914495 EP 19900914495 EP 90914495 A EP90914495 A EP 90914495A EP 0494211 A1 EP0494211 A1 EP 0494211A1
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series
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puzzle
objects
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Sandra L. Butt
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Magnaplay Inc
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Magnaplay Inc
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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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/001—Games or toys connected to, or combined with, other objects; Objects with a second use as a toy or game
    • A63F2009/0049—Objects with a second use as toy or game
    • 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
    • A63F2009/1016—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes
    • A63F2009/1022—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes to the display board
    • A63F2009/1033—Two-dimensional jig-saw puzzles the pieces having additional connections, i.e. in addition to the connection by the jig-saw shapes to the display board magnetic

Definitions

  • This invention relates to a magnetic puzzle and, more particularly, to a magnetic puzzle used directed towards educational purposes for children.
  • puzzles there are, of course, many different types of puzzles available for purchase. Such puzzles include pictorial puzzles where the various pieces fit together to form a picture.
  • Such puzzles have pieces, however, that do not adhere to the surface on which they are used. They are, therefore, ordinarily used on a flat horizontal surface and, if the surface or pieces are inadvertently jarred, the pieces will come apart.
  • Such puzzles are normally not played by children to any great extent since they are usually complicated and have small pieces and do not lend themselves to the lack of manual dexterity inherent in young children.
  • Magnetism and magnets offer a curiosity to children and, when used with puzzles, they allow the child to partially assemble the puzzle without the puzzle becoming disassembled if the surface or pieces are accidentally jarred.
  • a puzzle comprising a first set of pieces, each having a magnetic side and a graphics side and being operable to be attached to a metallic surface by said magnetic side and said pieces being mutually interengagable for assembly into an assembled form for forming a graphic representation; and a second set of pieces, each carrying a graphic representation of a complete object and having a magnetic side and a graphics side and being operable to be attached by its magnetic side on top of the first set of pieces in said assembled form.
  • a puzzle comprising a plurality of interengagable pieces; each of said pieces in outline resembling a different identifiable object; and said pieces when assembled having a non-rectangular outline resembling a further identifiable object.
  • a puzzle having pieces operable to form a pictorial, a plurality of said pieces each bearing a respective number, each of said plurality of pieces differing in size by a predetermined amount, such that when the addition of said numbers of a first series of said pieces give a number on a further piece, said first series of pieces will substantially fit the shape of said further piece.
  • a puzzle having a plurality of pieces operable to, form a pictorial, said plurality of pieces forming a first and second series, said first series each having a different number of objects thereon and said second series each having a number thereon which corresponds to the number of objects on each of the said first series, a piece of said first series having objects thereon fitting a piece of said second series with a number thereon corresponding to the number of objects.
  • a puzzle having a plurality of pieces operable to form a pictorial, said plurality of pieces forming a first and second series, said first series each having a different number of objects thereon and said second series each having a number thereon which corresponds to the number of objects on each of the said first series, a piece of said first series having objects thereon fitting a piece of said second series with a number thereon corresponding to the number of objects, the pieces of said second series of pieces differing in size by a predetermined amount, such that when the addition of said numbers of a plurality of the second series of pieces give a number on a further piece of the second series, the plurality of pieces of the second series will substantially fit the shape of said further piece of the second series.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic isometric view of one embodiment of the puzzle according to the invention in its assembled form
  • Figure 2 is a diagrammatic isometric view of the puzzle of Figure 1 but illustrating a few of the pieces which can be attached to the assembled puzzle in a first layer;
  • Figure 3A is a diagrammatic isometric view of the puzzle of Figures 1 and 2 but illustrating two of the pieces which can be attached to the assembled puzzle to form a first and second layer;
  • Figure 3B is a sectional view of the assembled puzzle of Figure 3A and taken along the section IIIB-IIIB;
  • Figure 4A is a diagrammatic isometric view of several of the assembled puzzles of Figure 1 and further illustrating the mating pictorials of the assembled puzzles when they are put side by side;
  • Figure 4B is a diagrammatic isometric view of a refrigerator illustrating several of the mated puzzles of Figure 4A on a door;
  • Figure 5 is a diagrammatic isometric view of a further embodiment of a puzzle according to the invention.
  • Figure 6A is a diagrammatic isometric view of yet a further embodiment of a puzzle according to the invention.
  • Figure 6B is a diagrammatic isometric view of the puzzle of Figure 6A but illustrating the educational aspect of arithmetic
  • Figure 6C is a view of the puzzle of Figures 6A and 6B but illustrating a further arithmetic aspect of the puzzle according to the invention
  • Figure 6D is a diagrammatic isometric view of the ten stacked pieces of Figure 6A.
  • Figure 6E is a view of ten stacked pieces of Figure 6D taken along VIE-VIE of Figure 6D;
  • a puzzle according to the invention is generally illustrated at 10 in Figure 1. It comprises a plurality of individual pieces 11 which fit together to form a pictorial 12 ( Figure 4A) as is known in the art.
  • Each of the pieces 11 has a magnetic side 13 made from a thin flexible magnet material and a graphics side 14, the magnetic side 13 being attached to a metallic surface 20 such as a refrigerator door 21 ( Figure 4B) .
  • second layer pieces 22 are of the same thickness as the "first layer” pieces 11 and may be mounted on the first layer pieces 11 as shown, the flexible magnetic material of the second layer pieces 22 retaining the pieces on the first layer pieces 11.
  • a further "third layer” iece 23 is attached to the second layer piece 22 and also to the first layer piece 11.
  • a child may place a second layer piece 22 on the pictorial of the assembled puzzle 10 where the child feels the piece 22 would look appropriate and, as well, place a third layer piece 23 partially on a second layer piece 22 and a first layer piece 11. This process can continue until the thickness of the stacked pieces is such that the magnetic attraction is no longer sufficient to keep the stacked pieces together.
  • FIG. 4A A further attribute of the puzzle 10 according to the invention is illustrated in Figure 4A.
  • a number of individual puzzles 10, each having a plurality of pieces 11, may be mated together such that the pictorial 12 on one puzzle 10 matches up with the pictorial 24 when the puzzles 10 are placed side to side.
  • further puzzles 10 may also be added, enlarging the size of the overall pictorial created when the various puzzles are placed together.
  • the child will have at his disposal a plurality of pieces 11, each being of the same thickness and having a graphics side 14 and a flexible magnetic side 13. He will further have at his disposal a series of second and third layer pieces 22, 23.
  • the child may commence to assemble the pieces 11 to form the puzzle 10 on the metallic surface 20 of the refrigerator door 21 but, clearly, any metallic surface 20 would suffice.
  • the child will assemble the first layer of pieces 11 to form the puzzle 10 and, thereafter, mount the second layer of pieces 22 to the puzzle 10 where it is desired to mount them.
  • a third layer of pieces 23 may then be mounted to the second layer of pieces 22 as viewed in Figures 3A and 3B in order to form a three dimensional pictorial which is satisfying to the child.
  • the process may continue and the child may add more pieces to form more layers.
  • the child may also move to assemble more than one puzzle 10 and, if so, he may desire to place the puzzles side by side as illustrated in Figure 4A, in which case the several puzzles will form a larger pictorial that matches the pictorials on each of the individual puzzles when they are placed side by side.
  • FIG. 5 A further embodiment of the invention is illustrated in Figure 5.
  • the pictorial 12 on a metallic surface is shown.
  • the pictorial 12 is a "Noah's Ark" which illustrates a number of animals, birds, reptiles and the like in a boat or ark.
  • Each of the animals, etc. shown in the pictorial is overlaid by a single piece and the individual pieces 30, 31, 32 resemble the respective shape of the animal as, for example, a snake, an elephant and a giraffe which are shown.
  • Each piece 30, 31, 32 also carries the first letter of the animal which it resembles such as the letter "s" for snake, the letter “e” for elephant and the letter "g” for giraffe.
  • the puzzle When in assembled condition, the puzzle has an outline which resembles a Essen's Ark.
  • the child can remove and replace the individual pieces 30, 31, 32 by shape. He will also come to identify the letter on the individual piece with the name of the animal which the piece resembles.
  • a puzzle generally illustrated at 40 comprises a first series of pieces 42 and a second series of pieces 43.
  • the first series of pieces 42 each has a different number of objects illustrated thereon, from one to ten. These illustrations are not shown in the drawings.
  • the puzzle 40 represents a train.
  • the first four pieces from left to right represent the locomotive, and each of the subsequent pieces represent a coach.
  • the objects on the first series of pieces 42 are either persons, animals or objects, being the "passengers" of the train.
  • the second series of pieces 43 are each provided with a number from 1 to 10 thereon, corresponding with the number of objects on its corresponding piece of the first series of pieces 42 and with which it is engagable.
  • the pieces 42, 43 each have a flexible magnetic side 41 opposite to its pictorial side and can be used with a metallic surface as described.
  • the pieces 42, 43 have a width which is proportional the number represented by a particular piece. This will allow the placement of two or more pieces over another piece such that the area of the other piece will be conterminously covered by the area of the two or more pieces.
  • the three pieces 43, 44, 45 numbered "1", “2” and “3”, respectively, will cover the piece 50 numbered "7".
  • the two pieces numbered "1" and “2” will conterminously cover the piece numbered "3" and so on.
  • the pieces 43, 44, 45 numbered “1", “2”, and “3” respectively, will fit on to the piece 46 ( Figure 6A) which has seven objects thereon so that the child can observe the number corresponding to the objects. It will also be noted that the numbers 47 may be overlaid or fitted into the numbers 48 on the pieces 43.
  • a ruler 51 can be provided on which the numbered playing pieces can be measured so that some estimate of the width of each piece can be obtained by the child and which also illustrates the rules of addition and substraction.
  • each division in the ruler 51 corresponds to the width of the piece 43 numbered "1".
  • the various pieces may be "stacked" so as to form a neat pile of pieces having symmetry when the pieces are positioned in proper order thereby allowing the child to visually see the different sizes of the pieces, reflecting the different numbers.
  • Figure 5 and 6 embodiments could be used by a child without the need for magnetism and the metallic surface. Indeed, while the magnetic aspects of these two embodiments are conveniently used, the educational aspects would remain the same regardless of whether the pieces were magnetic.

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Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à un puzzle éducatif composé d'une pluralité de pièces (30, 31, 32) s'engageant les unes dans les autres. Chacune des pièces évoque par son contour un objet identifiable différent, tel qu'un animal. Une fois assemblées, les pièces évoquent par leur contour un autre objet identifiable, tel que l'arche de Noé. Dans une variante, les pièces (43) du puzzle portent chacune un numéro et la grandeur de chaque pièce est proportionnelle au numéro qu'elles portent. A chacune des pièces numérotées (43) correspond une pièce (42) représentant un certain nombre d'objets, qui correspond au numéro figurant sur la pièce numérotée et dans laquelle peut s'engager la pièce numérotée. Les pièces du puzzle peuvent également être empilées les unes sur les autres pour former deux couches supplémentaires de pièces.
EP19900914495 1989-09-29 1990-10-01 Puzzle magnetique Withdrawn EP0494211A1 (fr)

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WO1996032994A1 (fr) * 1995-04-18 1996-10-24 Arthur Douglas Syrett Puzzle
US5615883A (en) * 1995-08-28 1997-04-01 Stevens; Denise M. Figurine puzzle with display apparatus

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US3010228A (en) * 1959-07-01 1961-11-28 Douglas P Torre Magnetic teaching panel
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