US2261804A - Amusement device - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to amusement devices and more especially to puzzles.
- An object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and entertaining puzzle of the character described.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a puzzle of the labyrinth type in which certain objects are to be progressed from one point to another along a deviating path having a number of false branches.
- a further object is to provide a puzzle having a multicellular structure wherein the path of progression leads from one cell to another.
- An additional object is to provide a puzzleas described comprising a cube having a plurality of transparent walled cells having a labyrinth path therein for one or more objects such as balls.
- Fig. 1 is a top view of a invention
- Fig. 2 is a front view of the same
- Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same.
- Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the same.
- a pair of cross walls 8 and 9 are dovetailed with a pair of cross walls Ill and II at right angles thereto and are mounted on bottom 1 and support a plate I 2 which may be considered to constitute a second stage, the bottom 1 being considered the first stage.
- a pair of cross walls l3 and M are dovetailed with apair of cross walls l5 and I5 which together support a plate I! constituting the third stage.
- a pair of cross walls l8 and I9 are dovetailed with cross walls 20 and 2
- Cross wall 8 has a pair of apertures 8a and 8c in the lower portion thereof and an aperture 812 in the upper portion thereof, and wall 9 has a plurality of apertures 9a, 9b and 9c in the upper portion thereof as shown.
- , 23, 24 and 26 have one, two or three apertures therein in the upper or lower portions thereof as shown and designated in a similar manner.
- Walls 10, ll, I3, I9, 20 and 25 do not have any apertures.
- Plate I2 has a plurality of apertures I211, I212, I20 and l2d as shown.
- Plate l1 has a plurality of apertures Ha, I11), I and I 1d.
- plate 22 has apertures 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22 and 229.
- Cell A is provided with a suitable marker or in dicia 21 which may be secured to bottom 1 if desired
- cells LL, M, W and Y are similarly provided with indicia 28 which may differentiate in color or in any other manner from indicia 21.
- the object of the game is to progress the balls, starting with all of them in cell A, through the apertured walls into and through the other cells until one ball is left in each cell LL, M, W and Y or over the indicia. 28.
- the container 5 may be turned as may be necessary to permit the balls to drop through the wall apertures and the progression through the walls of the puzzlesis as follows:
- the container is inverted, whereupon 'the balls fall through aperture I 2b into cell B, then through aperture I10 into cell 0.
- the container is then turned and the balls pass through aperture l8a into cell D, and in a Similar manner into and E, F, G, etc., in alphabetical order. has been reached, one of the balls is manipulated into cell LL and the other three into cell M where one is left, and the other two continued through aperture
- An amusement device as described, comprising a transparent closed container having a plurality of contiguous cells cubical in shape, a plurality of said cells being arranged in more than one horizontal plane, there being apertures in a plurality of Walls of said cells adapted to define an irregular passage from a predetermined cell to a second predetermined cell, and an object adapted to be progressed through said passage, a plurality of said apertures and cells adapted to define dead end branch passages.
- An amusement device as described, comprising a hollow transparent closed container having a plurality of contiguous cells cubical in shape, there being apertures in a plurality of the walls of said cells, said apertures being arranged adjacent to or spaced from other walls of said cells in a predetermined manner, said cells and apertures adapted to define a labyrinth passage from a preto a second predetermined cell, there being branch passages to a plurality of additional predetermined cells, and a plurality of objects adapted to be progressed through said passages.
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1941 A. B. HALL I 2,261,804
. g-AMUSEMENT DEVICE Filed Feb. 7, 1940 119.1.
A THUR 6. HA L L A rroe/vey INVENTOR.
Patented Nov. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AMUSEMENT DEVICE Arthur B. Hall, San Dimas, Calif. Application February 7, 1940, Serial No. 317,696
2 Claims.
This invention relates to amusement devices and more especially to puzzles.
An object of the inventionis to provide a simple, inexpensive and entertaining puzzle of the character described.
Another object of the invention is to provide a puzzle of the labyrinth type in which certain objects are to be progressed from one point to another along a deviating path having a number of false branches.
A further object is to provide a puzzle having a multicellular structure wherein the path of progression leads from one cell to another.
An additional object is to provide a puzzleas described comprising a cube having a plurality of transparent walled cells having a labyrinth path therein for one or more objects such as balls.
Other objects and advantages will appear and be brought out more fully in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a top view of a invention;
Fig. 2 is a front view of the same;
Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the same; and
Fig. 4 is an exploded view of the same.
Referring more particularly to the drawing, I show a container 5 preferably though not necespuzzle embodying my sarily in the form of a cube having the usual side,
walls and a top 6 and a bottom 1, the sides, walls, top and bottom being preferably of any suitable transparent material. A pair of cross walls 8 and 9 are dovetailed with a pair of cross walls Ill and II at right angles thereto and are mounted on bottom 1 and support a plate I 2 which may be considered to constitute a second stage, the bottom 1 being considered the first stage. Similarly a pair of cross walls l3 and M are dovetailed with apair of cross walls l5 and I5 which together support a plate I! constituting the third stage. In the same manner a pair of cross walls l8 and I9 are dovetailed with cross walls 20 and 2| and support a plate 22 comprising the fourth stage which in turn carries right angle cross walls 23, 24, 25 and 25 adjacent top 6.
Cross wall 8 has a pair of apertures 8a and 8c in the lower portion thereof and an aperture 812 in the upper portion thereof, and wall 9 has a plurality of apertures 9a, 9b and 9c in the upper portion thereof as shown. Similarly, walls l4, l5, l6, [8, 2|, 23, 24 and 26 have one, two or three apertures therein in the upper or lower portions thereof as shown and designated in a similar manner. Walls 10, ll, I3, I9, 20 and 25 do not have any apertures.
Plate I2 has a plurality of apertures I211, I212, I20 and l2d as shown. Plate l1 has a plurality of apertures Ha, I11), I and I 1d. Similarly, plate 22 has apertures 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22 and 229. The structure as described thus comdetermined cell prises a cellular block having thirty-six cells which may be designated A on the first stage, B on the second stage, C and D on the third stage, and E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, LL, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y on the several stages Cell A is provided with a suitable marker or in dicia 21 which may be secured to bottom 1 if desired, and cells LL, M, W and Y are similarly provided with indicia 28 which may differentiate in color or in any other manner from indicia 21.
Four small balls 29 are provided and the object of the game is to progress the balls, starting with all of them in cell A, through the apertured walls into and through the other cells until one ball is left in each cell LL, M, W and Y or over the indicia. 28. It can be understood that the container 5 may be turned as may be necessary to permit the balls to drop through the wall apertures and the progression through the walls of the puzzlesis as follows:
Starting from cell A, the container is inverted, whereupon 'the balls fall through aperture I 2b into cell B, then through aperture I10 into cell 0. The container is then turned and the balls pass through aperture l8a into cell D, and in a Similar manner into and E, F, G, etc., in alphabetical order. has been reached, one of the balls is manipulated into cell LL and the other three into cell M where one is left, and the other two continued through aperture |2d into cell N and continuing until cell W is reached, one ball being then continued to cell Y which is the end of the labyrinth. I
Having described my invention, what I claim 1s:
1. An amusement device as described, compris ing a transparent closed container having a plurality of contiguous cells cubical in shape, a plurality of said cells being arranged in more than one horizontal plane, there being apertures in a plurality of Walls of said cells adapted to define an irregular passage from a predetermined cell to a second predetermined cell, and an object adapted to be progressed through said passage, a plurality of said apertures and cells adapted to define dead end branch passages.
2. An amusement device as described, comprising a hollow transparent closed container having a plurality of contiguous cells cubical in shape, there being apertures in a plurality of the walls of said cells, said apertures being arranged adjacent to or spaced from other walls of said cells in a predetermined manner, said cells and apertures adapted to define a labyrinth passage from a preto a second predetermined cell, there being branch passages to a plurality of additional predetermined cells, and a plurality of objects adapted to be progressed through said passages.
ARTHUR B. HALL.
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Cited By (17)
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US3065968A (en) * | 1960-09-28 | 1962-11-27 | Gelencser Julius | Surface projectile game |
US3517936A (en) * | 1968-05-20 | 1970-06-30 | Kohner Bros Inc | Optical illusion device |
US3785651A (en) * | 1972-04-17 | 1974-01-15 | M Smith | Dice maze puzzle |
US3787054A (en) * | 1972-01-07 | 1974-01-22 | D Stafford | Hidden maze puzzle contained ball |
US3804414A (en) * | 1972-10-05 | 1974-04-16 | J Taylor | Amusement and educational device that has a space-age theme |
WO1984000307A1 (en) * | 1982-07-06 | 1984-02-02 | Koenraad Nelissen | Game comprising a tridimensional labyrinth |
US4494753A (en) * | 1983-05-24 | 1985-01-22 | Wampler George S | Three-dimensional toy maze |
US4657255A (en) * | 1985-12-12 | 1987-04-14 | Seres Zoltan S | Pyramid shaped puzzle |
US4824098A (en) * | 1988-08-29 | 1989-04-25 | Huang Hong Y | Three-dimensional labyrinth |
US4880236A (en) * | 1988-05-11 | 1989-11-14 | Hwang Sheng Lee | Game device |
US4953502A (en) * | 1989-09-21 | 1990-09-04 | Hoover Judith L | Three-dimensional maze pet toy |
WO1991010487A1 (en) * | 1990-01-09 | 1991-07-25 | Opinicus Corporation | Ball-in-labyrinth game |
US5054427A (en) * | 1989-09-21 | 1991-10-08 | Hoover Judith L | Insertable stacking pet toy maze |
US6533277B1 (en) * | 2001-05-02 | 2003-03-18 | Chih-Hao Yin | Composite cubical maze puzzle |
US6575462B2 (en) | 2001-03-12 | 2003-06-10 | George C. Roy | Maze structure |
US20090278309A1 (en) * | 2008-05-09 | 2009-11-12 | Bart Miller | Three-dimensional game and method of playing the same |
USD883388S1 (en) * | 2019-11-12 | 2020-05-05 | James G. Jackson, III | Transparent three-dimensional gaming grid |
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Cited By (17)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3065968A (en) * | 1960-09-28 | 1962-11-27 | Gelencser Julius | Surface projectile game |
US3517936A (en) * | 1968-05-20 | 1970-06-30 | Kohner Bros Inc | Optical illusion device |
US3787054A (en) * | 1972-01-07 | 1974-01-22 | D Stafford | Hidden maze puzzle contained ball |
US3785651A (en) * | 1972-04-17 | 1974-01-15 | M Smith | Dice maze puzzle |
US3804414A (en) * | 1972-10-05 | 1974-04-16 | J Taylor | Amusement and educational device that has a space-age theme |
WO1984000307A1 (en) * | 1982-07-06 | 1984-02-02 | Koenraad Nelissen | Game comprising a tridimensional labyrinth |
US4494753A (en) * | 1983-05-24 | 1985-01-22 | Wampler George S | Three-dimensional toy maze |
US4657255A (en) * | 1985-12-12 | 1987-04-14 | Seres Zoltan S | Pyramid shaped puzzle |
US4880236A (en) * | 1988-05-11 | 1989-11-14 | Hwang Sheng Lee | Game device |
US4824098A (en) * | 1988-08-29 | 1989-04-25 | Huang Hong Y | Three-dimensional labyrinth |
US4953502A (en) * | 1989-09-21 | 1990-09-04 | Hoover Judith L | Three-dimensional maze pet toy |
US5054427A (en) * | 1989-09-21 | 1991-10-08 | Hoover Judith L | Insertable stacking pet toy maze |
WO1991010487A1 (en) * | 1990-01-09 | 1991-07-25 | Opinicus Corporation | Ball-in-labyrinth game |
US6575462B2 (en) | 2001-03-12 | 2003-06-10 | George C. Roy | Maze structure |
US6533277B1 (en) * | 2001-05-02 | 2003-03-18 | Chih-Hao Yin | Composite cubical maze puzzle |
US20090278309A1 (en) * | 2008-05-09 | 2009-11-12 | Bart Miller | Three-dimensional game and method of playing the same |
USD883388S1 (en) * | 2019-11-12 | 2020-05-05 | James G. Jackson, III | Transparent three-dimensional gaming grid |
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