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Novelty educational puzzle apparatus
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-09-30
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Granted: 1983-12-27
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Expires: 2002-09-30
Abstract
Abstract A novelty educational puzzle for instructing users in multidirectional, mathematical and grammatical skills that is restrictive as to both the answers and problems in both the vertical and horizontal directions as well as being color coded to further aid the user and facilitate proper assembly and simultaneous solution to the problems thereon.
Inventors
- 👤 Leslie S. Fletcher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:52
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F9/00; A63F9/06; A63F9/10; A63F9/1044
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
170 words
A novelty educational puzzle for instructing users in multidirectional, mathematical, grammatical and color skills, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of interlocking yet detachable puzzle piece means; indicia means comprising written information situated upon said plurality of interlocking puzzle piece means; said puzzle pieces being capable of interlocking with others of said plurality of puzzle pieces in both horizontal and vertical columns respectively; assembly restriction means operably associated with said puzzle piece means so as to allow assembly of said puzzle piece means in both the vertical and horizontal directions only when said indicia means is in proper sequence; said indicia means providing information in both the vertical and horizontal directions; said indicia means information comprising initial information, and resultant information proximate to two edges of said puzzle; and said indicia means, said interlocking puzzle piece means, and said assembly restriction means cooperating to provide a puzzle that is restrictive in formation to ensure correct assembly as to both intermediate information and end information in both the vertical and horizontal directions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
170 words
A novelty educational puzzle for instructing users in multidirectional, mathematical, grammatical and color skills, said apparatus comprising: a plurality of interlocking yet detachable puzzle piece means; indicia means comprising written information situated upon said plurality of interlocking puzzle piece means; said puzzle pieces being capable of interlocking with others of said plurality of puzzle pieces in both horizontal and vertical columns respectively; assembly restriction means operably associated with said puzzle piece means so as to allow assembly of said puzzle piece means in both the vertical and horizontal directions only when said indicia means is in proper sequence; said indicia means providing information in both the vertical and horizontal directions; said indicia means information comprising initial information, and resultant information proximate to two edges of said puzzle; and said indicia means, said interlocking puzzle piece means, and said assembly restriction means cooperating to provide a puzzle that is restrictive in formation to ensure correct assembly as to both intermediate information and end information in both the vertical and horizontal directions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein: said assembly restriction means comprises a plurality of cooperating tabs and recesses situated along the corresponding edges of said puzzle pieces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The novelty educational puzzle according to claim 1 wherein the invention further comprises: operation indicators situated proximate to said cooperating tabs and recesses.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The invention according to claim 2 wherein: portions of said puzzle piece means are of a particular color to describe a particular color along a vertical direction so as to indicate proper assembly of said puzzle pieces in said vertical direction.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The invention according to claim 4 wherein: said color means along said vertical direction is distributed along each vertical column containing initial information and said vertical column containing resultant information to describe a color in said resultant information column which corresponds to the color combination of the colors contained in said initial information columns.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein: portions of said puzzle piece means are of a particular color to describe a particular color sequence along a horizontal direction so as to indicate proper assembly of said puzzle pieces in said horizontal direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The invention according to claim 6 wherein: said color means along said horizontal direction is distributed along each horizontal row containing initial information and said horizontal row containing resultant information to describe a color in said resultant information row which corresponds to the color combination of the colors contained in said initial information rows.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
78 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said information on said indicia means comprises: a plurality of numerical equations consisting of numbers arranged in both said horizontal rows and vertical columns and comprising problems and answers both vertically and horizontally acting in combination with said assembly restriction means so as to provide a puzzle that is restrictive as to problems and answers both vertically and horizontally; and each of said vertical columns and horizontal rows forming an equation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
The invention according to claim 1 wherein said information on said indicia means comprises: a plurality of alphabetic equations consisting of word portions arranged in rows both said horizontal rows and vertical columns and comprising problems and answers both vertically and horizontally acting in combination with said assembly restriction means so as to provide a puzzle that is restrictive as to both answers and problems; and each of said horizontal rows and vertical columns forming an alphabetic equation with said resultant information being in the form of one or more words.
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