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Area-matching puzzle-game
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-04-17
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Granted: 1975-09-30
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Expires: 1992-04-17
Abstract
Abstract An area-matching puzzle-game including one or more (usually at least two) tablet-receiving trays and a plurality of tablets of a co-planar set of tablets of several different sizes of at least six or more different sizes, with the width and length dimensions of each such tablet-receiving tray and the different width and length dimensions of each different kind of such tablets being substantial multiples of a corresponding selected arbitrary dimension element unit (or units) such that it is possible to place a plurality of such tablets, comprising only a portion of the total co-planar set of such tablets, in any of a plurality of different arrangements including at least four-per-tray, or more, different rectangular-area-defining arrangements including different combinations of various different ones of said tablets, including the same and/or different types of said tablets, in a co-planar manner on or in the tablet-receiving tray in a substantially area-coextensive manner such as to substantially exactly fill and cover the playing surface (in a preferred form, a recess) of such a tablet-receiving tray. In a preferred form, there may be two (or more) different sizes and/or shapes of such tablet-receiving trays, each adapted to be substantially filled and covered by multiple (usually at least four or more) different combinations of portions of the total co-planar set of tablets.
Inventors
- 👤 Luis J Rabinovich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 15:08
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/06; A63F9/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
419 words
An area-matching puzzle-game comprising: a plurality of tablets comprising a single co-planar set, each tablet being of substantially rectangular configuration; at least one tablet-receiving tray, each tray being of reCtangular configuration and defining a corresponding upwardly open single-tablet-layer, multiple-tablet-combination table-receiving recess for receiving in a substantially-exact area-coextensive manner single-layer arrangements of at least four-per-tray different rectangular-area-defining combinations of certain selected ones of said tablets, the receiving recess defined by each rectangular tray having a width dimension and a length dimension comprising multiples of a selected dimension element unit, and each tablet of said coplanar set having a width dimension and a length dimension comprising multiples of said same selected dimension element unit and comprising a corresponding fractional part of the corresponding width and length dimensions of the receiving recess of each tray, with said width and length dimensions of each tablet being, therefore, so related to the corresponding width and length dimensions of each tray as to cause said tray to substantially exactly receive a number of said different tablets of said co-planar set in a substantially areacoextensive manner whereby various combinations of different ones of said tablets of said co-planar set can be placed within any of said trays for substantially exactly filling and covering the recess defined thereby, each tablet of said co-planar set being of one of at least six different types having corresponding different surface areas, with the tablet of each different type each having a width dimension comprising either the same multiple of said selected dimension element unit or a different multiple of said selected dimension element unit from the width dimension of each tablet of a different one of said multiple different types, no tablet having a width dimension which is an integral multiple of the width dimension of any other tablet, thus being related to each other, with the one of greater width dimension being effectively multiplied by an improper fraction relative to the one of lesser width dimension, with the tablet of each different type each having a length dimension comprising either the same multiple of said selected dimension element unit or a different multiple of said selected dimension element unit from the length dimension of each tablet of another one of said multiple different types, no tablet having a length which is an integral multiple of the length of any other tablet, thus being related to each other, with the one of greater length dimension being effectively multiplied by an improper fraction relative to the one of lesser length dimension.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
419 words
An area-matching puzzle-game comprising: a plurality of tablets comprising a single co-planar set, each tablet being of substantially rectangular configuration; at least one tablet-receiving tray, each tray being of reCtangular configuration and defining a corresponding upwardly open single-tablet-layer, multiple-tablet-combination table-receiving recess for receiving in a substantially-exact area-coextensive manner single-layer arrangements of at least four-per-tray different rectangular-area-defining combinations of certain selected ones of said tablets, the receiving recess defined by each rectangular tray having a width dimension and a length dimension comprising multiples of a selected dimension element unit, and each tablet of said coplanar set having a width dimension and a length dimension comprising multiples of said same selected dimension element unit and comprising a corresponding fractional part of the corresponding width and length dimensions of the receiving recess of each tray, with said width and length dimensions of each tablet being, therefore, so related to the corresponding width and length dimensions of each tray as to cause said tray to substantially exactly receive a number of said different tablets of said co-planar set in a substantially areacoextensive manner whereby various combinations of different ones of said tablets of said co-planar set can be placed within any of said trays for substantially exactly filling and covering the recess defined thereby, each tablet of said co-planar set being of one of at least six different types having corresponding different surface areas, with the tablet of each different type each having a width dimension comprising either the same multiple of said selected dimension element unit or a different multiple of said selected dimension element unit from the width dimension of each tablet of a different one of said multiple different types, no tablet having a width dimension which is an integral multiple of the width dimension of any other tablet, thus being related to each other, with the one of greater width dimension being effectively multiplied by an improper fraction relative to the one of lesser width dimension, with the tablet of each different type each having a length dimension comprising either the same multiple of said selected dimension element unit or a different multiple of said selected dimension element unit from the length dimension of each tablet of another one of said multiple different types, no tablet having a length which is an integral multiple of the length of any other tablet, thus being related to each other, with the one of greater length dimension being effectively multiplied by an improper fraction relative to the one of lesser length dimension.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein the width dimension of each such recess defined by each such tray includes an extra clearancespace to provide for small width direction edge separations of adjacent tablets to facilitate the positioning and removal of same with respect to the recess defined by a corresponding tray.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein the length dimension of each such recess defined by each such tray includes an extra clearance space space to provide for small length direction edge separations of adjacent tablets to facilitate the positioning and removal of same with respect to the recess defined by a corresponding tray.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein the width dimension and the length dimension of each such recess defined by each such tray includes an extra clearance-space to provide for small width and length directions edge separations of adjacent tablets to facilitate the positioning and removal of same with respect to the recess defined by a corresponding tray.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each tray is made of flat, substantially planar, thin-sheet material and is provided with an upwardly directed edge flange therearound defining therewithin a corresponding one of said recesses.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said tablets is made of flat, substantially planar, thin-sheet material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each tray is made of flat, substantially planar, thin-sheet cellulosic material and is provided with an upwardly directed edge flange therearound defining therewithin a corresponding one of said recesses.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each tray is made of flat, substantially planar, thin-sheet plastic material and is provided with an upwardly directed edge flange therearound defining therewithin a corresponding one of said recesses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
56 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said tablets is made of thin-sheet material provided with means at each end thereof for facilitating the positioning and removal of said tablet and comprising accessible oppositely positioned tablet edge portions adapted to be digitally engaged for convenient and easy removal of any corresponding tablet.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
77 words
An area-matching puzzle-game as defined in claim 1, wherein each of said tablets is made of thin-sheet material provided with controllably rockable means for facilitating the positioning and removal of said tablets and comprising thin accessible oppositely positioned tablet edge portions at opposite ends of each tablet and intervening thicker tablet fulcrum portions, with said thin accessible tablet edge portions being adapted to be digitally engaged for convenient rocking movement and subsequent easy removal of corresponding tablets.
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