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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7169010 | Block and gavel with the intention to relieve stress novelty-kit A simulated Judge's traditional courtroom gavel appartatus, comprising a sounding-block modified with a preferred plurality of nine cubes, bearing some fifty-four different graphic indicia (one upon each facet), a possibly stressful-situation sensitive word reading ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155865 | Prefabricated housing structure A housing structure includes a first plurality of wall panels which form a lower course and a second plurality of wall panels which form an upper course. Each of the wall portions is generally rectangular and includes integrally formed interlocking portions which fa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7140612 | Cubic assembly puzzle and support structure A game or puzzle including a plurality of polyomino assembly pieces and a support base. The support base may comprise a polygonal bottom member, one or more towers, and side walls. The support base aids the user in visualizing the shape of the puzzle to be assembled... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7137819 | Apparatus, system, and method for teaching sequencing principles An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for teaching sequencing principles. An educational toy is provided with a plurality of panels that interlock with each other in a sequential pattern to form a multi-sided enclosure. A coded element may be represented on... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7040621 | Intellectual building base plate assembling game device An intellectual building base plate assembling game device comprises a triangular game tray having 28 adjacent slots which is arranged as seven lines, a first line having one slot; a second line having two slots; a third line having third slots, a fourth line having... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6942379 | Clock assembly having an adjustable configuration The present invention provides a modular clock assembly comprising a body portion having a clock face and an exterior surface extending peripherally around the clock face, a clock mechanism secured to the body portion, a clock magnet affixed to the exterior surface ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6910691 | Cubic puzzle A cubic puzzle includes eight identical elementary pieces. Each elementary piece is composed of eight identical blocks. The lower layer has a first, a second, and a third block linearly connected to a side face of each other and a fourth block transversely and secur... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6878059 | Cube insertion game A game comprises a frame and 82 cubical playing pieces, or playing cubes, 81 of which cubes are removably retained in the frame. For playing purposes, the playing cubes are divided into 3 groups: 27 scoring cubes, 54 blank cubes, and 1 pilot cube. During play cubes ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6679496 | Activity-directed stacking piece game A stacking piece game includes a plurality of game pieces stackable in layers, with each game piece being associated with one of a plurality of task classes and one of a plurality of activities associated with the one task class. At least one of the game ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6460850 | Cube puzzle A puzzle forming a cube when assembled includes a plurality of hexahedron blocks, each block defining at least one hole therein which passes completely through the block. A plurality of fastening elements of substantially identical dimensions with respect... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6439945 | Octopus-shaped built-up toy An octopus-shaped toy is built up from a plurality of modeled parts including two main body parts, two interconnecting parts, and a plurality of tentacle parts. All these modeled parts are connected to one another through engagement of slits provided ther... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6382625 | Combination puzzle and product holder A combination puzzle, a product holder and a method of making same having at least two H shaped pieces, at least two plus shaped pieces and at least one cubic piece. Each H shaped piece has a first and second vertical member perpendicularly attached to on... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6293547 | Multi-dimensional puzzle A multi-dimensional puzzle for a way to relieve stress and to provide entertainment. The multi-dimensional puzzle includes a cylindrical base member having lateral slots and a longitudinal slot and a bore; two tubular members also having two lateral slots... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6203015 | Puzzle and method of assembly A puzzle consists of six or more elongated pieces. Each piece has a polygonal cross-section and a cavity whose dimensions are determined by the polygonal cross-section. The pieces can be arranged in two opposing groups of three or more pieces each, arrang... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6164649 | Puzzle A puzzle comprising a first puzzle unit having a semi-cubical first portion pivotally connected to a second semi-cubical portion. The portions are moveable to a closed position wherein the puzzle unit has a cubical shape formed by six walls of equal size.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6095521 | Three-dimensional puzzle A puzzle is provided including a plurality of portions each with an outer surface defining a portion of a three-dimensional geometric figure. Also included is a plurality of grooves and protrusions formed on inner surfaces of the portions for allowing the... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6050566 | Chromaticube: a transparent colored three-dimensional puzzle A puzzle emphasizing its three-dimensional character, through its pieces, final form, transparency, and use of color. The completed puzzle, a transparent colored cube, consists of thirty-eight pieces, which are three-dimensional in character, not merely e... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6029383 | Sectional photo display cube A sectional photo display cube having six faces for displaying photos thereon. The cube includes two complementary shaped sections each of which includes a plurality of blocks projecting perpendicularly therefrom. The blocks in one of the sections are sha... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6022026 | Method of playing a stacking block game and game blocks therefor A method of playing a stacking block game is disclosed. The game uses a plurality of game blocks have a generally parallelepiped shape aid generally similar dimensions. Each game block has indicia applied to at least one end thereof. The indicia include a... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5988639 | Puzzle device A puzzle toy device having a plurality of "C"-shaped elements assembled together orthogonally, in three equal groups, to form a cubic structure. Each of the elements is provided with an opening therein to permit another element to pass therethrough. One o... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5941527 | Three dimensional strategy game A three dimensional strategy game and method for its play are provided, wherein multiple game pieces are assembled into geometrical configurations without the limitations imposed by a pre-existing support structure and wherein the interior of the three di... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5908342 | Three dimensional connector A multi-pointed three dimensional connector has a first planar element having a plurality of radially extending arms, a second planar element having a plurality of radially extending arms, a first locking member defined by the interengagement the first an... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5895045 | Modular card construction toy A construction toy includes a plurality of rigid die-cut laminated plastic modular cards having a plurality of sides. A first side of a first card has a plurality of cuts opposite and complementary to respective cuts of a first side of a second card, such... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5826873 | Three dimensional puzzles The invention provides a three-dimensional puzzle consisting of a plurality of interlocking components. Each component has at least one engagement surface with which it engages with one or more other components. The puzzle includes at least three componen... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5827104 | Constructional toy pieces An object is assembled by interconnecting a plurality of puzzle pieces. The object includes first and second puzzle pieces, each having a joint positioned along a first outer side edge and having a substantially U-shaped mortise comprising a bottom edge, ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5823533 | Puzzles in two and three dimensions A puzzle consisting of eight component pieces which fit together to fill out the volume of a cube four units wide by four units long by four units high, and also fill out the volume of a square eight units wide by eight units long by one unit high. A unit... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5799943 | Three-dimensional word game A three-dimensional word game which is characterized by a base having a grid with one or more squares, selected ones of which are fitted with openings or projections for receiving and anchoring correspondingly-shaped, lettered blocks to facilitate vertica... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5762336 | Three dimensional interlocking puzzle A three-dimensional take-apart and put-together puzzle is provided. The device comprises a plurality of discs with each disc having spaced first and second planar side surfaces. A male element projects from each first planar side surface. A female element... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5762530 | Constructional toy pieces Puzzle pieces and connectors are provided to assemble a large variety of two and three-dimensional objects, including objects with moving parts. Puzzle pieces utilize joints and apertures to interconnect the pieces. Supporting protrusions are provided in ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5685120 | Building system A building system has interlocking frame members which interengage to form a rectilinear frame. To prevent the interengaged frame members from disengaging, a lock element is associated with a joint between frame members. This lock element is a rotary lock... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5681041 | Three dimensional puzzle A three-dimensional, representational puzzle having frictionally mating pieces with selected pivoting pieces which allow motion of the puzzle when assembled. The exemplary puzzle is representative of a dinosaur, wherein a V-shaped cut-out is provided in a... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5649703 | Cubist puzzle cartridge A cartridge housing a cubist puzzle game having a set of polycube pieces and a deck of playing cards associated with the set. Each polycube piece is formed by at least three like cubes joined together in a common plane in various ways to define the geomet... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5605486 | Three-dimensional model structures A three-dimensional model structure is assembled by interconnecting a plurality of puzzle pieces. Each puzzle piece has at least three outer side edges and at least one joint having a substantially U-shaped mortise defined by a first leg and a second leg.... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5580056 | Block puzzle illusion of matter created and destroyed A cubic puzzle construction utilizes a mathematical technique of dissecting a physical cube into a finite number of pieces to yield a block puzzle capable of the illusion of matter being created and destroyed. The component pieces are assembled in two dif... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5564703 | Block and pin puzzle toy The invention is to a puzzle toy which includes a solid body having a plurality of bore holes extending completely through the solid body such that each bore hole extends between two faces of the solid body. Some of the bore holes intersect with other bor... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5544882 | Puzzle including overlaying puzzle pieces A puzzle including multiple puzzle pieces, each including a two-dimensional outline forming a surface covering area, that are arrangeable to cover a puzzle base. One set of puzzle pieces includes fourteen total pieces with eleven of the pieces having dist... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5443263 | Spacial component configuration system A puzzle including a number of individual component pieces that each have a two dimensional shape and a third dimension of depth. The two dimensional shape of each component piece forms at least a portion of a two dimensional outline of an alphanumeric ch... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5419558 | Puzzle box with hand tool A puzzle box device (1) having a top lid (2) and a bottom (4) with sides (21) attached thereto, said sides connected by fixed corner pieces (5). The sides (21) contain a plurality of sliding panels (8), some with locking pins (10, 12) and some being sprin... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5405135 | Block puzzle A cubic block puzzle assembled from a plurality of readily separable interfitting puzzle pieces shaped like various letters of the alphabet. The puzzle pieces may also be assembled in a multiplicity of other ways to produce fanciful representations of fam... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5403005 | Game and puzzle board A puzzle kit includes a rectangular frame of interconnected side members which forms a border for a working area designed to receive a plurality of different puzzle pieces. The side members of the frame include a plurality of holes extending therethrough.... | 04/04/1995 |
