Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Jumping movement
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-25
2002-04-30
Wong, Steven (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Jumping movement
Reexamination Certificate
active
06378866
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to three-sided summation of numbers puzzle and more particularly pertains to a new summation of numbers board puzzle for an entertaining and enjoyable challenge.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of three-sided summation of numbers puzzle is known in the prior art. More specifically, three-sided summation of numbers puzzle heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 3,229,388; U.S. Pat. No. 3,851.409; U.S. Pat. No. Des. 363,954; U.S. Pat. No. 4,421,314; U.S. Pat. No. 5,261,671; and U.S. Pat. No. 1,494,876.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new summation of numbers board puzzle. The inventive device includes multiple game boards each of which has a plurality of holes respectively arranged in a triangular pattern therein with each vertex of the triangular pattern having its own hole, and includes two sets of twelve pegs each with each peg in each set having an exclusive number imprinted thereon, and also includes three tip cards for providing assistance in solving the summation puzzle, and further includes an answer sheet disposed in a sealable member for use only when absolutely needed, and in addition includes a container having a removable cover and having partitioned compartments therein for storing the game boards, the two sets of pegs, the tip cards, and the answer sheet. The user arranges the pegs in the holes in the game board member such that the sum of numbers along a side of the triangular pattern equals the sum of numbers along each of the remaining sides.
In these respects, the summation of numbers board puzzle according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of an entertaining and enjoyable challenge.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of three-sided summation of numbers puzzle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new summation of numbers board puzzle construction wherein the same can be utilized for an entertaining and enjoyable challenge.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle and method which has many of the advantages of the three-sided summation of numbers puzzle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new summation of numbers board puzzle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art three-sided summation of numbers puzzle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises multiple game boards each of which has a plurality of holes respectively arranged in a triangular pattern therein with each vertex of the triangular pattern having its own hole, and includes two sets of twelve pegs each with each peg in each set having an exclusive number imprinted thereon, and also includes three tip cards for providing assistance in solving the summation puzzle, and further includes an answer sheet disposed in a sealable member for use only when absolutely needed, and in addition includes a container having a removable cover and having partitioned compartments therein for storing the game boards, the two sets of pegs, the tip cards, and the answer sheet. The user arranges the pegs in the holes in the game board member such that the sum of numbers along a side of the triangular pattern equals the sum of numbers along each of the remaining sides.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle and method which has many of the advantages of the three-sided summation of numbers puzzle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new summation of numbers board puzzle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art three-sided summation of numbers puzzle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such summation of numbers board puzzle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle for an entertaining and enjoyable challenge.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new summation of numbers board puzzle which includes multiple game boards each of which has a plurality of holes respectively arranged in a triangular pattern therein with each vertex of the triangular pattern having its own hole, and includes two sets of twelve pegs each with each peg in each set having an exclusive number imprinted thereon, and also includes three tip cards for providing assistance in solving the summation puzzle, and furthe
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