Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Take-aparts and put-togethers
Patent
1996-12-23
1998-03-10
Wong, Steven B.
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Take-aparts and put-togethers
A63F 908
Patent
active
057252149
ABSTRACT:
A wire form puzzle is disclosed. The puzzle provides a dumbbell shaped capture element having a straight wire body having rings at the ends. An upper swing capture element provides a crescent shaped wire body having end rings attached to the straight wire body of the dumbbell shaped capture element. A lower swing capture element is similar to the upper swing, but smaller in size and is carried by the crescent shaped body of the upper swing. Four horseshoe shaped captured loops are carried by the lower swing capture element, but are removed from all the capture elements in the course of the puzzle's s solution. The horseshoe shaped loops have the characteristic of having a point, defined by the inner wire defining the horseshoe loop, that will pass into any of the rings, and also having the characteristic that the rings of the captive element will pass through the indentation between the legs of the horseshoes. The plurality of horseshoe loops challenges the user to perform the solution to the puzzle simultaneously on the left and right sides, wherein the movements solving the puzzle for different horseshoe loops are mirror images of each other. Also, the plurality of horseshoe loops allows the user to repeatedly perform portions of the solution of the puzzle, thereby mentally reinforcing the steps taken which result in the puzzle's solution.
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Thompson David S.
Wong Steven B.
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