Ring puzzle
OwnerClaude Touchetteinventor
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Abstract
A puzzle of the type having a plurality of rings and posts with an elongated, closed loop threaded therethrough, the object of the puzzle being to remove the loop by an elaborate and lengthy sequence of manipulation of the rings and the loop. In order to aid in the dexterity of the manipulation of the rings and loop, a substantially U-shaped handle is connected to one end of the loop for gripping by the thumb and fingers in spaced relation.
Claims2
In a puzzle having a plurality of postlike members and a plurality of ring-like members, said ring-like members being articulately attached adjacent the corresponding ends of respective ones of said post-like members, and an elongated, closed loop-like member in interlocking engagement with respective pairs of said post-like and ring-like members so that said loop-like member can normally be disengaged from said post-like and ring-like members only be a series of prescribed manipulations of all of said members, the improvement comprising
- a substantially U-shaped handle on one end of said loop-like member having separated portions for gripping by the thumb and fingers of one hand while the other hand manipulates said rings,
- the other ends of said post-like members being connected to an elongated base member, and
- a substantially U-shaped handle connected to one end of said base member,
- said U-shaped handle on said base member being on the other end of said puzzle than said U-shaped handle on said loop-like member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.