Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Jumping movement
Patent
1993-03-26
1994-12-06
Millin, Vincent
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Jumping movement
273155, A63F 908
Patent
active
053703944
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Means for playing games of patience are known and have been described, for example, in German Patent Reference DE 38 21 297. In that case, the game of patience comprises two mutually rotatable half shells, mounted on a common axis. Each half shell comprises four clipped in segments, which may be of different colors and which carry at both ends different information symbols. Each half shell has four semi-circular apertures in each of which two rotary segments are mounted pivotally as quarter segments. When turning the half shell, the former may engage in such a manner that the rotary segments of both half shells occupy the same position. Thereby, it is possible to turn the rotary segments from one half shell into the other. This results in an engagement position of the rotary segments, permitting turning of the half shells. Turning of the half shells causes two rotary segments at a time to be displaced by 90.degree. or a multiple thereof. The rotary segments carry different information contents, giving rise to a plurality of combination possibilities. It is a disadvantage of such known game of patience that each rotary segment must be operated individually, as a result, the game of patience can be solved with minimal mental effort.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Based on the aforesaid state of the art, it is an object of this invention to create a means for playing a game of patience, providing for degrees of difficulty to be adjusted according to requirements, such that many play variations are attainable, which can only be solved with a high degree of mental effort.
The stated object is attained with a game of patience having two coaxial recesses rotatable relative to one another about a common axis with rings or disks having elements supported therein, wherein in at least one relative position of the rings or disks relative to one another two mutually opposing recesses together accommodate a pair of elements. The elements can be rotated whereby the elements are transferred into a respective ring or disk.
The crux of this invention relates to the two disks or rings with recesses into which the elements can be inserted and can be rotated about radial axes and can thereby be transferred from one ring to the other. The degree of difficulty of the game of patience of this invention depends on one hand on the number of pairs of elements and on the other hand on how many pairs of elements can be rotated simultaneously relative to one another. A further feature of the game of patience of this invention resides in that no indication is given how many steps have already been performed in order to progress from the starting position to the finished position.
The game of patience is so operated that the mutually rotatable rings are always so turned that two elements at a time form a pair of elements that co-act with the operating means. When operating the game of patience, a desired number of element pairs may be mutually rotated depending on requirements, more particularly by 180.degree.. This causes the element provided in one ring to be transported into the second ring, while the element accommodated in the second ring is transferred into the first ring. As the number of simultaneously rotatable element pairs is increased, the degree of difficulty of the game of patience is increased. Simple conversion of the operating means determines how many element pairs will be rotated by the operating means. In doing so the user may operate the operating means with his thumb.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A preferred embodiment of the invention is diagrammatically illustrated in the drawing, and will be further explained, wherein:
FIG. 1 shows an apparatus for playing a game of patience in perspective side view;
FIG. 2 shows the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1 in vertical plan view;
FIG. 3 shows a section taken along the line III--III shown in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 shows a part of the operating means and the upper ring, in perspective side view;
FIG. 5 shows the essential parts of the operating mea
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Millin Vincent
Wong Steven B.
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