Mazy puzzle
OwnerJewry Kuoinventor
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Abstract
A mazy puzzle comprises mainly an upper housing, a lower housing, an intermediate plate, a maze plate, a movable piece, and maze blocks. The maze plate consists of a plurality of positioning frames, into each of which a maze block is inserted. The mazy pathways having therein obstacles which are located in the space surrounded by maze blocks and maze plate. The movable piece has a lower portion insertable into the pathway via an inlet and an upper portion extending beyond the surface of maze blocks. The movable piece is moved by the player along the mazy pathways to a prescribed destination without interference only when the movable piece is guided successfully by the player to avoid hitting the concealed obstacles set up along the pathways.
Claims4
A mazy puzzle comprising an upper housing, a lower housing, and an opening in communication with a receiving space formed between said upper housing and said lower housing;
- wherein said puzzle is provided with a maze plate disposed between said upper housing and said lower housing, said maze plate having thereon a plurality of maze blocks of polygonal construction to form therebetween surface pathways having equal width and communicating with one another, each of said maze blocks further comprising a face plate, which forms an obstacle pathway wider than said surface pathway in spaced relation with said maze plate, at least one said face plate of said maze blocks having an obstacle extending downwardly into said obstacle pathway;
- wherein said puzzle is provided with at least one movable piece having a lower portion serving as a sliding block capable of sliding in said obstacle pathway and having at least one recess cut permitting said movable piece to pass through said obstacle pathway, said movable piece further comprising an upper portion of any shape serving as a movable piece body, said lower portion being integral to said upper portion;
- and wherein said puzzle is provided with at least an inlet located between said maze blocks and said lower housing such that said inlet is in communication with said surface pathway so that said inlet permits said sliding block of said movable piece to be placed thereinto, wherein said maze plate is a flat plate having around its edges a side frame having equal height throughout and having a plurality of hook holes engageable with retaining hooks of said upper housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.