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US 2019/0070489 A1Published application
Puzzles including element fragments
OwnerBenjamin Radford, Celestia Naomi Wardinventors
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Abstract
An example puzzle in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a substrate and at least one element fragment dispersed over the substrate. A solvable element is solvable by arranging the substrate to unify at least a portion of the element fragments to form the solvable element.
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A puzzle comprising:
- a substrate;
- and
- a plurality of element fragments dispersed over the substrate and including a first set of element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element, and a second set of element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element;
- wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of the substrate to unify the first set of element fragments, wherein the first fold configuration is associated with a first difficulty level based on irregular folds from various predetermined but seemingly arbitrary angles;
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- wherein the second solvable element is solvable according to a second fold configuration of the substrate, different than the first fold configuration, to unify the second set of element fragments, wherein the second fold configuration is associated with a second difficulty level, greater than the first difficulty level, based on irregular folds from various predetermined but seemingly arbitrary angles different than those of the first difficulty level.
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A puzzle comprising:
- a substrate including a first surface and a second surface;
- a plurality of first element fragments dispersed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, the plurality of first element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element;
- and
- a plurality of second element fragments dispersed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, the plurality of second element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element;
- wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of the substrate, to unify the plurality of first element fragments;
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- wherein the second solvable element is solvable by retaining the first fold configuration and performing at least one fold beyond the first fold configuration to achieve a second fold configuration, wherein the second fold configuration thereby incorporates the first fold configuration, and the second solvable element is formed at least in part by the successful completion of the first solvable element.
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A puzzle comprising:
- a plurality of substrates bound in a book format;
- a plurality of first element fragments dispersed among the plurality of substrates, the plurality of first element fragments corresponding to a first solvable element;
- a plurality of second element fragments dispersed among the plurality of substrates, the plurality of second element fragments corresponding to a second solvable element;
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- at least one distraction element disposed to introduce distraction ambiguity to the second element fragments;
- wherein the first solvable element is solvable according to a first fold configuration of at least one substrate, to unify a first element fragment of a first substrate with another, first element fragment of a second substrate;
- wherein solving the first solvable element causes the at least one distraction element to become hidden, thereby hiding the distraction ambiguity from among the second element fragments and decreasing a difficulty of solving the second solvable element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.