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US 4,149,717 AGranted
Puzzle box
AssigneeOne, Inc.
InventorKono Seijiro
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Abstract
A puzzle box having a plurality of holes in its sides is provided. Players vie with other to see if they are able to put all the blocks in the box through said holes within a predetermined time. Said box is automatically opened to show the end of the game by a timer mechanism provided in the box.
Claims15
A puzzle box comprising a box body, said body having one wall including a plate perforated to provide holes of different shapes adapted to receive therethrough blocks of corresponding shapes, and another wall including an openable plate movable between an open and a closed position;
- clockwork means mounted on said body;
- and latch means operatively connected to said clockwork means and said openable plate, said latch means serving to releasably maintain said openable plate in the closed position, and said clockwork means serving to release said latch means to enable said openable plate to be moved to the open positon.
A puzzle box for use with a variety of playing blocks comprising:
- (a) a bottom plate;
- (b) a top plate;
- (c) support means for supporting and interconnecting said bottom plate and said top plate with a spacing therebetween;
- (d) a plurality of side plates forming side walls of said puzzle box, one of said side plates being pivotably movable and normally urged to open outwardly and another of said side plates having a plurality of holes of different shapes adapted to receive therethrough playing blocks of corresponding shapes;
- (e) a latch lever provided within said spacing and adapted to engage and hold said one side plate in a closed position;
- (f) clockwork means provided within said spacing for moving said latch lever to a release positon after a predetermined time;
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- (g) a setting means provided on said top plate and manually operable from outside the box for presetting the clockwork means to an appropriate time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.