Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Game piece
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-30
2001-03-13
Passaniti, Sebastiano (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Game piece
C273S15300J, C273S156000, C273S15700R
Reexamination Certificate
active
06199865
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to logical game elements for games and puzzles.
Logical game elements of this general type are known in the art. The known logical game elements are formed for example as ¼ of cylinder, ¼ of gear, and ⅛ of a sphere. These logical game elements are disclosed in Soviet patent documents SU1 319,886; SU1 382,483; SU1 452,483; SU1 452,533; SU1 806810; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,410,179; 4,557,484; 4,708,345; 4,881,738; D281,339; 5,628,512; 5,370,394. The known logical game elements have several disadvantages. First of all, the surfaces of logical game elements do not have roundings or chamfer. This makes playing with them difficult or practically impossible, since the elements which move toward one another will be blocked by their corners when surfaces to be in contact with one another do not coincide. The presence of a great quantity of the elements in the game makes a probability of the blocking close to 100%.
The logical game elements do not have fixing means for fixing of their position. This makes the games uncomfortable and tiring, since a player must monitor all the time the correct position of the elements relative to one another, and to correct this position. Otherwise, the toys can rotate, displace, etc.
The surface of the logical game elements do not have distinguishing marks, pictures, reliefs or simply openings or slots for special inserts. Therefore, the possibility of their use in the games is limited, its attractiveness is reduced, and they can not be used by people with certain disadvantages for example blind people.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of present invention to provide a logical game element which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
More particularly, it is an object of present invention to provide a logical game element which is more convenient and attractive to play with, which can be used for developing of new games with a greater attractiveness and new functional properties, such as therapeutical properties and properties to develop a logical thinking and space imagination, as well as which can be used by blind people, and also which can be used for construction sets.
In keeping with these objects and with others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of present invention resides, briefly stated, in a logical game element which is formed as a part of a spacial figure, for example a cylinder, a gear, a sphere, and has surfaces which are rounded in corners, or chamfered in corners, on sides which are located in planes to be in contact and slide over one another during assembly or disassembly of at least two such elements.
In accordance with another feature of present invention, the logical game element has projections formed on its cylindrical surface or fixing members on the spherical surface formed as extensions, recesses or flat portions.
The logical game element also can have a front slot formed as a dovetail, rectangle or another shape, which can be open or closed, open or in other words not closed at an apex of the logical game element. The base of the front slot can have at least one opening for fixing of an insert. The logical game element has an insert which is formed with the shape corresponding to the shape of the front slot and which has on its face surface a relief, a mark or an image. The base of the insert can have at least one setting projection for fixing in the front gap.
The logical game element can have, on its front surface, a relief, mark, image or projection, and the relief, mark and image can be formed on the projection.
The novel features which are considered as characteristic for the present invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
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Mendiratta Vishu
Passaniti Sebastiano
Zborovsky I.
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