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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-12-07
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Granted: 1965-05-25
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Expires: 1980-12-07
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 William R Mctaggart

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 21:43
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F3/00; A63F3/04; A63F3/0423

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 280 words
A WORD GAME DEVICE COMPRISING A HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THROUGH A WALL OF THE HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF APERTURES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN A SPECIFIC ALPHABET, EACH APERTURES REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC ONE OF THE ALPHABET LETTERS, CLOSURE MEANS PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH APERTURE MOVABLY MOUNTED FOR SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING THE APERTURES, MEANS IN THE HOUSING, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED SETS OF NUMERALS THEREON, SAID SETS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT WORD AND BEING SELECTIVELY ALIGNABLE FOR EXPOSURE OF THE NUMERALS THEREIN THROUGH THE APERTURES, THE NUMERALS IN EACH SET EACH INDICATING THE POSITION OF A PREDETERMINED LETTER IN THE CORRESPONDING WORD, EACH OF THESE NUMERALS BEING ORIENTATED FOR EXPOSURE THROUGH THE OPEN APERTURE REPRESENTING THE CORRESPONDING PREDETERMINED LETTER, THE NUMBER OF NUMERALS IN EACH SET BEING BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE SHORTEST WORD AND THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE LONGEST WORD OF SAID ALPHABET, SAID MEANS IN THE HOUSING CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE TAPE, AND TWO SPACED PARALLEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED REELS, SAID TAPE BEING WOUND ON SAID REELS AND MOVABLE THEREBETWEEN, SAID REELS CONSISTING OF A WINDING REEL AND A SUPPLY REEL, BOTH HAVING ONE END THEREOF ROTATABLE ON SPINDLES CARRIED IN THE ENDS OF A FLEXIBLE LEAF SPRING WHICH IS RIVETED AT ITS CENTRAL PORTION TO THE HOUSING, SAID LEAF SPRING BEING ADAPTED, WHEN FLEXED, TO REMOVE SAID SPINDLES FROM THE ENDS OF SAID REELS, SAID TAPE BEING POSITIONED FOR CLOCKWISE WINDING UPON THE WINDING REEL AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE UNWINDING FROM THE SUPPLY REEL THEREBY PERMITTING BOTH SIDES OF THE TAPE TO BE CONVENIENTLY USED, SETS OF NUMERALS APPEARING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAPE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 280 words
A WORD GAME DEVICE COMPRISING A HOUSING, A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THROUGH A WALL OF THE HOUSING, THE NUMBER OF APERTURES CORRESPONDING TO THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN A SPECIFIC ALPHABET, EACH APERTURES REPRESENTING A SPECIFIC ONE OF THE ALPHABET LETTERS, CLOSURE MEANS PROVIDED IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH APERTURE MOVABLY MOUNTED FOR SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING THE APERTURES, MEANS IN THE HOUSING, SAID LAST MENTIONED MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED SETS OF NUMERALS THEREON, SAID SETS EACH REPRESENTING A DIFFERENT WORD AND BEING SELECTIVELY ALIGNABLE FOR EXPOSURE OF THE NUMERALS THEREIN THROUGH THE APERTURES, THE NUMERALS IN EACH SET EACH INDICATING THE POSITION OF A PREDETERMINED LETTER IN THE CORRESPONDING WORD, EACH OF THESE NUMERALS BEING ORIENTATED FOR EXPOSURE THROUGH THE OPEN APERTURE REPRESENTING THE CORRESPONDING PREDETERMINED LETTER, THE NUMBER OF NUMERALS IN EACH SET BEING BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE SHORTEST WORD AND THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE LONGEST WORD OF SAID ALPHABET, SAID MEANS IN THE HOUSING CONSISTING OF AN ELONGATED FLEXIBLE TAPE, AND TWO SPACED PARALLEL ROTATABLY MOUNTED REELS, SAID TAPE BEING WOUND ON SAID REELS AND MOVABLE THEREBETWEEN, SAID REELS CONSISTING OF A WINDING REEL AND A SUPPLY REEL, BOTH HAVING ONE END THEREOF ROTATABLE ON SPINDLES CARRIED IN THE ENDS OF A FLEXIBLE LEAF SPRING WHICH IS RIVETED AT ITS CENTRAL PORTION TO THE HOUSING, SAID LEAF SPRING BEING ADAPTED, WHEN FLEXED, TO REMOVE SAID SPINDLES FROM THE ENDS OF SAID REELS, SAID TAPE BEING POSITIONED FOR CLOCKWISE WINDING UPON THE WINDING REEL AND COUNTERCLOCKWISE UNWINDING FROM THE SUPPLY REEL THEREBY PERMITTING BOTH SIDES OF THE TAPE TO BE CONVENIENTLY USED, SETS OF NUMERALS APPEARING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAPE.

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