EP0077425A1 - Ensemble de jeu de Tangram - Google Patents

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EP0077425A1
EP0077425A1 EP19810304948 EP81304948A EP0077425A1 EP 0077425 A1 EP0077425 A1 EP 0077425A1 EP 19810304948 EP19810304948 EP 19810304948 EP 81304948 A EP81304948 A EP 81304948A EP 0077425 A1 EP0077425 A1 EP 0077425A1
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Maurice S. Kanbar
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/10—Two-dimensional [2D] jig-saw puzzles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/0669—Tesselation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00—Card games
    • A63F1/04—Card games combined with other games
    • A63F2001/0475—Card games combined with other games with pictures or figures
    • A63F2001/0483—Card games combined with other games with pictures or figures having symbols or direction indicators for playing the game
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/0669—Tesselation
    • A63F2009/0695—Tesselation using different types of tiles
    • A63F2009/0697—Tesselation using different types of tiles of polygonal shapes

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  • This invention relates generally to Tangram puzzles, and more particular to a Tangram game assembly adapted for competitive play, the assembly containing two complete sets of Tangram pieces and a deck of cards each carrying on its front face a Tangram puzzle figure and on its rear face the solution thereto.
  • Tangram is a puzzle game of ancient Chinese origin. To the extent that it is made up of interfitting pieces, it is comparable to a jigsaw puzzle. However, jigsaw pieces can be interfitted in only one way, whereas one may fit together Tangram pieces in many ways to create a great variety of shapes or patterns.
  • a Tangram consists of seven geometric pieces derived from a large square.
  • a Tangram set is made up of two large triangles, two small triangles and a medium-sized triangle, plus a small square and a rhomboid. From these pieces the player is able to form figures that may be geometrical, abstract or representational in form. Thus the player can create human or animal silhouetted figures in various postures as well as silhouetted bridges, houses or other architectural configurations.
  • Tangram pieces are die cut or otherwise derived from a rigid, black plastic panel. In other cases, the plastic pieces may be injection molded. When these black pieces are fitted together, the junctions therebetween are not apparent. But if the pieces are placed on a white background and slightly separated, the junctions therebetween are rendered visible as thin white lines.
  • Tangram books have been published that contain hundreds of illustrations of different figure puzzles, any one of which can be created by fitting together the pieces of a single Tangram set.
  • Tangram represents a puzzle which best lends itself to play by a solitary player. While it is possible for two players having their own sets to compete in recreating a Tangram figure, this game has limited play value, particularly since the game would have to be played by consulting a Tangram book.
  • the winner in this competitive game is the player who first solves the Tangram. But the choice of the Tangram figure to be played is discretionary and not dictated by the rules of the game. Hence players might disagree on the Tangram figure to be played or feel that whatever figure is chosen favours one player to the disadvantage of the other.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide a Tangram game assembly for competitive play in which the choice of the figure to be played is a matter of chance and not, therefore, subject to dispute.
  • Tangram puzzle game assembly comprising one or more sets of Tangram pieces each derived from a large square, and printed material showing Tangram puzzle figures, characterised in that the assembly is arranged for play by at least two players and includes:
  • a significant advantage of the invention is that it does away with the need for a Tangram book, the cards containing the various figures serving a dual function; for each card not only carries an illustration of a Tangram figure and the solution thereto, but it also acts as a scoring device; for the player who is the first to solve the Tangram presented by a card is awarded that card whereby the player who accumulates the greatest number of cards from the deck is the winner.
  • Each card may contain several figures which are numbered, the players first throwing dice or otherwise gambling on the choice of figure to be played.
  • the assembly of the invention is compactly packaged and may be mass-produced and marketed at low cost.
  • a removable cover is preferably provided which fits over the case, the cover having a closed end and an open end.
  • the cover In the storage mode, the cover is fitted over the case with its closed end overlying the open end, the cover thereby locking in the card deck.
  • the cover position In the playing mode, the cover position is reversed to expose the end of the card deck to permit withdrawal of cards therefrom one at a time, the cover having a finger notch adjacent its open end to facilitate such withdrawal.
  • the cover may include a transverse slot acting as a socket for the withdrawn card to present the card in an upright position to the players.
  • a card is withdrawn from the deck and placed in the socket with its front face presented to the players who then race to fit together their Tangram pieces to recreate the front face figure.
  • This activity is repeated with the cards in the deck whereby the player who is awarded the most cards is the winner of the game.
  • not all cards in the deck are played, but only a selected number; for it takes about an hour for two players to play 5 cards.
  • Fig. 1 there is shown a full set of Tangram pieces derived from a planar square.
  • the set is composed of two large triangles 10 and 11, two small triangles 12 and 13, a medium-sized triangle 14, a small square 15 and a rhomboid 16.
  • Tangram pieces may be fitted together to create a wide range of different geometric or representational forms.
  • Figs. 2A to 2I nine geometric Tangram figures are illustrated with the pieces slightly spaced from each other. Hence one seeing these figures would know how to recreate the same forms, since the pieces are distinctly defined. These figures therefore represent Tangram solutions.
  • a Tangram puzzle of, say, Fig. 2A would have the pieces in abutting relation, thereby erasing the junction lines, so that the player would have to exercise his visual imagination to recreate the same figure.
  • a Tangram game assembly in accordance with the invention, the assembly comprising two sets of Tangram pieces T 2 and a deck of cards C, both the pieces and cards being housed in a common rectangular case 17.
  • Case 17 has a closed end wall 18X, the other end 18Y thereof being open.
  • Case 17 is divided by a partition which in combination with the closed end defines a square compartment to receive the two sets of Tangram pieces T 2 , and in combination with the open end to define a second compartment to accommodate the deck of cards C.
  • the two sets of Tangram pieces in the compartment are in a stack of four superposed layers, each layer being composed of pieces which form a small square whose area is one-half the full area of the large square shown in Fig. 1.
  • the height of the case must be equal to the height of the stack of pieces.
  • the number of cards in the deck is such as to produce a stack of substantially the same height as the stack of Tangram pieces.
  • a removable cover 19 Fitted snugly over case 17 is a removable cover 19, one end of which is closed and the other open.
  • the case is shown in its storage mode with the open end of cover 19 aligned with the closed end 18 of the case. In this way, the closed end of the cover is aligned with the open end of the case to lock in the card compartment.
  • Fig. 5 shows the front face of one card 20 from card deck C
  • Fig. 6 shows the rear face thereof.
  • Fig. 5 carries a Tangram puzzle figure
  • Fig. 6 shows the same figure with a slight separation between the pieces, so that this figure is the solution to the puzzle.
  • Fig. 7 shows the case in the playing mode in which the position of cover 19 is reversed with its open end aligned with the open end 18Y of the case to expose the deck of cards C.
  • cover 19 is provided with a finger notch 21 at its open end.
  • card 23 socketed in slot 22 has its front face presented to the players with a Tangram figure puzzle F, shown. The rear face of this card has the solution to this puzzle.
  • each card in the deck such as card 24 in Fig. 8 may contain a group of different Tangram figures on its front face, such as the figures identified by numerals 1 to 8, the rear face containing solutions thereto. Then by rolling dice, rotating a pointer on a radially-numbered dial, or by other chance devices adapted to select a number, a choice of numbered figure is made. This chance action is alternated from player to player, so that each gets a turn at the dice. To win a multiple-figure card, the player who succeeds with the greatest number of figures on the card is awarded the card.

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Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2299948A (en) * 1995-04-18 1996-10-23 Soraya Khan A game
GB2341556A (en) * 1998-09-19 2000-03-22 Graham Robert Towse Tangram type game
USD925648S1 (en) * 2019-01-23 2021-07-20 Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. Note paper pad
USD928872S1 (en) * 2019-01-23 2021-08-24 Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. Note paper pad

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR641430A (fr) * 1927-07-05 1928-08-03 Jeu de patience
FR934189A (fr) * 1946-10-05 1948-05-13 Jeu de puzzle
DE1707268U (de) * 1955-05-31 1955-09-22 Rolf Dipl Ing Barth Zusammensetz-spiel.

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR641430A (fr) * 1927-07-05 1928-08-03 Jeu de patience
FR934189A (fr) * 1946-10-05 1948-05-13 Jeu de puzzle
DE1707268U (de) * 1955-05-31 1955-09-22 Rolf Dipl Ing Barth Zusammensetz-spiel.

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2299948A (en) * 1995-04-18 1996-10-23 Soraya Khan A game
GB2341556A (en) * 1998-09-19 2000-03-22 Graham Robert Towse Tangram type game
USD925648S1 (en) * 2019-01-23 2021-07-20 Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. Note paper pad
USD928872S1 (en) * 2019-01-23 2021-08-24 Taiwan Hopax Chemicals Mfg. Co., Ltd. Note paper pad

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