Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Jumping movement
Patent
1997-08-19
1998-12-08
Wong, Steven
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Jumping movement
A63F 908
Patent
active
058459049
ABSTRACT:
A cylindrical slide puzzle system including a cylindrical member, such as an open cylinder, cup or mug, having a slide puzzle incorporated with an outer cylindrical surface thereof. The slide puzzle includes a plurality of slide puzzle elements or pieces which are preferably arranged to form three horizontal rows between the top and bottom edges of the open cylindrical member, cup or mug--this allows for better fit as the slide puzzle elements proximate both the top and bottom are firmly held in place along at lease one side surface and a better fit is assured between the puzzle pieces. A single jamb or vertical stop extending between the top and the bottom edges of the cylindrical member is also provided. A handle, if desired, may be attached to the jamb so as to convert the cylindrical member from a cup to a mug in the case where a solid bottom wall is provided. This jamb serves as part of the frame of the puzzle. In a second embodiment, the cylindrical member is equipped with mutual interengagement structure on the top and bottom edges, preferably matching male and female threads, so as to permit interconnection between respective upper and lower edges of adjacently stacked and similarly constructed cylindrical members. This permits one to create a larger and more complex cylindrical slide puzzle and/or hold a greater volume of material.
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Hamill Tom
Wong Steven
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