US 6,547,243 B2 · Portable three dimensional puzzles

Abstract

A portable jig-saw puzzle comprising a back plate integrally provided with magnetically attractive material extending substantially across its entire area, and a puzzle board, said puzzle board comprising four layers, the outer layer being a lenticular lens sheet provided with a flat face and a face which includes a plurality of outwardly presented parallel lenslets, an imaging layer disposed against the flat face of the lens sheet in registration with the lenslets, a reflecting layer disposed behind the imaging layer, the imaging layer and reflecting layer being mutually adapted for reflecting light through the imaging layer and out the lens face, and a base sheet integrally provided with a plethora of tiny magnets, said puzzle board being divided into a plurality of small pieces, each of which may be selectively attached to either side of the back plate.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A portable puzzle comprising a back plate and a puzzle board, said puzzle board including a lenticular lens provided with a flat face and a lens face which includes a plurality of outwardly presented parallel lenticles, imaging means disposed against the flat face in registration with the lenticles, said imaging means comprising a plurality of spaced multicolor segments in registration with the lenticles in such manner that when viewed through the lenticles the segments will present a three dimensional depiction to the viewer, reflective means disposed behind the imaging means and partially exposed to the lens face, said reflective means being adapted for reflecting light back through the lens from the spaces between the segments and a base sheet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Portable three dimensional puzzles

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Portable three dimensional puzzles

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Abstract

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