Three-dimensional alphanumeric puzzle game and its associated method of play
US8746699B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B1/36
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A novelty game that utilizes a plurality of alphanumeric-shaped playing pieces. Each playing piece has a body shaped as a letter or number. The body has a flat face surface, a parallel rear surface, and side edges that interconnect the face surface to the rear surface. The width of the side edges is large enough to enable each playing piece to stand upright on-edge and unsupported. A plurality of mechanical connectors are present on the playing pieces. The connectors enable each playing piece to physically interconnect with at least two others of the playing pieces to form an assemblage of letters or numbers word. When a conjoined assemblage is formed, only one or some of the playing pieces touch the ground. Most are supported in the air as the playing pieces build atop one another.
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