Classifications

• • 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
  • A63F9/08—Puzzles provided with elements movable in relation, i.e. movably connected, to each other
  • A63F9/0803—Two-dimensional puzzles with slideable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged
  • A63F9/0823—Two-dimensional puzzles with slideable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged having overlapping circles with interchangeable elements

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• the subject of the invention is a puzzle game with intersecting circles.
• the housing of the mobile elements is formed by the combination of a base cut out internally along a part of the apparent contour of the intersecting circles and a bottom plate having positioning zones of first elements of the game, suitable for being secured to said base, as well as by means for supporting second and third elements of the game, said second and third elements being guided in their relative movement by peripheral margins which they present at their base and which are housed in recesses of corresponding shape formed at the periphery of the internal cutout of the base and by parts set back from said elements themselves.
• the means for supporting the second and third elements of the set consist of an intermediate plate pierced with holes for the passage of said first elements.
• FIG. 1 is a plan view of a puzzle game according to the invention.
• - Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 of Figure 1;
• - Figure 3 is a top view, on a smaller scale, of the base of a game according to the invention;
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view along line 4-4 of Figure 3;
• - Figure 5 is a view of the bottom plate of a game according to the invention;
• Figure 6 is a sectional view along line 6-6 of Figure 5;
• FIG. 7 is a plan view, on a larger scale, of a first element of the game according to the invention.
• Figure 8 is a sectional view along line 8-8 of Figure 7;
• FIG. 11 is an elevational view of a third element.
• Figure 12 is a sectional view along line 12-12 of Figure 11.
• the thinking game according to the invention illustrated as a whole in FIGS. 1 and 2 and in detail views in FIGS. 3 to 12, comprises a flat housing 10 of generally hexagonal shape with rounded angles and which is produced from '' a base 11 ( Figures 3 and 4), a bottom plate 12 ( Figures 5 and 6), and an intermediate support plate 13, Figure 2.
• the base 11 is constituted by a plate, the annular wall 14 of which has three extra thicknesses 15 on the sonnets of an equilateral triangle 15 on which barrels 16 pierced by a borehole depend. It is hollowed out internally along a contour limited by three arcs of a circle 18, 19 and 20, of the same radius, the centers 18 ', 19', 20 'of which are at the top of an equilateral triangle so that around this recess there results a plane peripheral zone 11' of hexagonal external contour and internal contour in trefoil clover. The latter is bordered by a return 21 whose height is less than that of the barrels 16.
• the base 11 is suitable for cooperating the bottom plate 12, of the same hexagonal external contour with rounded angles as that of the base 11, provided with studs 22 pierced with boreholes 23 in correspondence with the barrels 16 for its assembly with the base 11 using self-tapping screws 24, FIG. 2, with the interposition of the intermediate plate 13.
• This rests on the studs 22 and on ribs 25 distributed in a triangular mesh network, the nodes of the zones corresponding to the centers 18 ', 19' and 20 'are circles 26, 27 and 28.
• Each of said circles is designed to receive the end of a barrel 29, with longitudinal slots 30, dependent on a table with a hexagonal outline, 31, the six curved sides of which are bordered by a return 32 and which constitutes the first element 33 of the set.
• this first element whose curvilinear sides 34 1 , 34 2 , 34 3 , etc. have a radius R equal to that of the arcs of the circles 18-20 cooperate with the second and third elements 39 and 45, respectively.
• the elements 39 comprise a table 42 in the shape of a curvilinear triangle with convex sides 40 1 , 40 2 , 40 3 of radius R, said table being extended by a side wall 41 which, at its other end, has a margin 43, running along each of said curvilinear sides.
• the third elements 45 include a table 46 whose planar contour is somewhat similar to that of a divergent lens, that is to say with sides 47 and 48 concaves of radius R joined by sides convex 49 and 50 of the same radius of curvature R. From the table 46 depends a side wall 51 which, parallel to the sides 49 and 50, has margins 52 and 53, respectively, parallel to the table 46, of the same height as the margins 43 of the elements 39, the total height of the second and third elements mente being moreover the same and equal to the distance separating the face 13 ′ of the plate 13 distant from the bottom 12 of the planar and cut peripheral zone 11 ′ bordering the orifice of the base 11. As shown in FIG.
• the first, second and third elements with coplanar "tables" are arranged in intersecting circles, the central zone of each of said circles being formed by a curvilinear hexagon 33 and the peripheral zones by the juxtaposition of a curvilinear triangle 39 1-1 , of an element 45 1-1 , of a curvilinear triangle 39 1-2 , of an element 45 1-2 , of a triangle 39 1-3 , -which belongs to both the center circle 18 ' and to that of center 19'-, of an element 45 1-3 also belonging to the circle of center 18 'and to that of center 19', etc.
• each element is colored , in one, two or three color zones and that, also as shown in Figure 1, the edge 11 'of the base 11 is also.
• letters or numbers are associated with each triangular element 39 or with a table with a divergent lens outline 45, in place of the colors shown.
• the second and third elements 39 and 45 are placed in place in the base 11, respectively; the margins like 43, 52 and 53 of the elements adjacent to the edge 21 are housed under this edge while a curvilinear element like 39 1-3 has its margin 43 housed under the edge 47 or 48 of an adjacent element 45, etc.
• the plate 13 is then put in place, the barrels 29 of the elements 33 introduced in the circular orifices of said plate arranged perpendicular to the centers 18 ′, 19 ′ and 20 ′ by taking advantage of the deformation of said barrels that allow the longitudinal slots 30, then the bottom plate 12 is attached and secured to the base 11 using self-tapping screws 24.
• the reflection game according to the invention is not, of course, limited to the embodiment described and shown, Thus, a greater number of circles can they be provided , according to a provision other than an equilateral triangle, for example a provision somewhat analogous to that of the circles or rings constituting the emblem of the Olympic Games, or any other geometric design.
• the component parts of the game are advantageously made of molded plastic material, for example of the ABS type, while preserving or treating the "tables" movable elements so that they are not too smooth to allow their easy actuation using the finger of a player.

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