Educational and amusement puzzle

Claim 2

A puzzle comprising a plurality of cards adapted to be arranged in a predetermined pattern in the completed form of a puzzle, location means on each of said cards providing for the disposition of said cards in said predetermined pattern in properly located positions of said cards, said cards being overlapped in said located positions thereof so that the combined exposed portions thereof form a picture, the non-exposed overlapped portions of the cards including information useable as a guide in the assembly of the puzzle.

Claim 3

A puzzle according to claim 1 wherein said location means comprises an edge tab formed on a selected edge of each of said cards.

Claim 4

A puzzle according to claim 2 wherein said plurality of cards is divided into three groups, a first group comprising beginning cards having a top side divided into two selected portions and an underside, one of said portions of said top side having a picture segment thereon and the other portion having assembly information thereon, said underside of said beginning cards having start information thereon, the second group comprising middle cards having a top side like said top side of said beginning cards, and an underside having assembly information thereon, and a third group comprising end cards having a top side with a picture segment thereon and an underside with assembly information thereon.

Claim 5

A puzzle according to claim 2 further including a card holder having a plurality of openings formed in a predetermined pattern therein to accommodate said tabs in said predetermined pattern of said cards.

Claim 6

A puzzle according to claim 4 wherein said openings comprise a plurality of slots formed in said card holder.

Claim 7

A puzzle according to claim 5 further including face cuts in said card holder forming a plurality of face tabs, each of said face tabs having a base and a free edge formed by a selected edge of one of said slots, and further including face cuts located on each side of the base of said face tabs and extending away from each other to thereby releasably hold said cards in a properly located substantially flat position.

Claim 8

A puzzle according to claim 4 wherein said openings comprise a plurality of slots formed in said card holder, and wherein said card holder is formed of two layers, a front layer having said slots formed therein and a rear layer having openings formed therein in alignment with said slots to accommodate said edge tabs.

Claim 9

A puzzle according to claim 7 further including face cuts in said front layer of said card holder forming a plurality of face tabs, each of said face tabs having a base and a free edge formed by a selected edge on one of said slots, and further including face cuts located on each side of the base of said face tabs and extending away from each other to thereby releasably hold said cards in a properly located substantially flat position.

Claim 10

A puzzle according to claim 4 wherein said card holder is formed of single layer construction and wherein said openings comprise a plurality of slots formed in said card holder, each of said slots having a curved selected edge extending below the plane of said card holder, and face cuts in said card holder forming a plurality of face tabs, each of said face tabs having a base and a free edge formed by an edge directly opposite to said first mentioned selected edge of said slots, and further including face cuts located on each side of the base of said face tabs and extending away from each other to thereby releasably hold said cards in a properly located substantially flat position.

Claim 11

A puzzle according to claim 1 wherein said locating means comprises an edge tab located on a selected edge of predetermined ones of said cards and further including face cuts formed in selected ones of said cards to provide openings during assembly so that said edge tabs may be inserted into said openings to provide for the disposition of said cards in said predetermined pattern.

Claim 12

A puzzle according to claim 10 wherein said face cuts in each of said cards form a face tab, each of said face tabs having a base, and including face cuts located on each side of said base and extending away from each other to thereby releasably hold said cards together in a properly located substantially flat position.

Claim 13

A puzzle according to claim 11 wherein the width of the base of each of said face tabs is shorter than the width of each of said edge tabs, edge cuts formed in each of said edge tabs extending inwardly from the ends thereof to be coincident in the assembled form with said face cuts located on each side of the base of said face tabs to thereby provide for releasably locking said cards together in a properly located substantially flat position.

Claim 14

A puzzle according to claim 11 wherein said plurality of cards is divided into three groups, the first group comprising beginning cards having said face cuts formed therein, a second group of cards comprising middle cards having said edge tab formed thereon and said face cuts formed therein, and a third group comprising end cards having said edge tab formed thereon.

Claim 15

A puzzle according to claim 13 wherein said plurality of cards comprises a top side and an underside, beginning cards having their top side divided into two portions, one portion having a picture segment located thereon and the other portion having assembly information thereon, the underside of said beginning cards having start information thereon, middle cards having a top side similarly divided as said beginning cards and having an underside with assembly information thereon, said end cards having a picture segment located on its top side and having assembly information located on its underside.

Claim 16

A puzzle according to claim 14 wherein said plurality of cards are formed into various widths, said widths being multiples of the width of said narrowest card so that a plurality of said cards can be commonly interfitted to a wider card to thus provide a greater area upon which assembly information may be located.