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WO2003076032A1
WO2003076032A1 PCT/AU2003/000284 AU0300284W WO03076032A1 WO 2003076032 A1 WO2003076032 A1 WO 2003076032A1 AU 0300284 W AU0300284 W AU 0300284W WO 03076032 A1 WO03076032 A1 WO 03076032A1
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Christopher Charles Amherst Gaussen
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ARACAN Pty Ltd
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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
    • A63F9/12—Three-dimensional 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
    • A63F9/12—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles
    • A63F2009/1244—Three-dimensional jig-saw puzzles with foldable pieces, e.g. pieces having folds or hinges

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  • This invention relates to a jig-saw puzzle.
  • Jig-saw puzzles are well known and have been in existence for many years.
  • a typical traditional jig-saw puzzle comprises a piece of art work which is laminated onto a material, usually cardboard or wood, and which is then cut into a number of interlocking pieces.
  • jig-saw puzzles can be created which range in difficulty from puzzles which would be suitable for an infant child, up to much more complicated and challenging puzzles for adults seeking a mental challenge.
  • jigsaw puzzles are also ways of making jigsaw puzzles more interesting, particularly for children by for example including special pieces in the jig-saw puzzle which have particular shapes such as numbers, letters, silhouettes of animals, or the like.
  • US 5842697 discloses a jig-saw puzzle which when assembled, forms a sphere.
  • One of the disadvantages of the puzzle shown in US 5842697 is that the design is limited to a spherical shape. That limits the application of the puzzle and also somewhat limits the artwork which can be applied to the puzzle. Of less significance, there is considerable wastage in the manufacture of the pieces for the puzzle and over half of the material has to be recycled.
  • the present invention aims to provide a jigsaw puzzle and method of making the same which is potentially more challenging than existing puzzles and which is more flexible in terms of the designs which the puzzle may carry or form.
  • the present invention provides a jig-saw puzzle including a plurality of rigid planar pieces, a plurality of interlocking cooperative pairs of coupling elements being formed in said pieces to interlock edge to edge each adjacent piece to another adjacent piece characterised by at least some of the pieces being transition pieces which include hinges and define transitions between two intersecting surfaces in the completed puzzle.
  • the present invention provides a jig-saw puzzle which when completed, forms a 3-dimensional object defining at least two intersecting surfaces, the puzzle being formed from a plurality of interlocking generally planar pieces, at least some of which are transition pieces being hinged such that part of the piece is co-planar with one of the intersecting surfaces and the other pieces co-planar with a second intersecting surface.
  • a jig-saw puzzle can be used to make a 3-dimensional object that includes edges or surfaces defining two or more intersecting surfaces. Some of the pieces, the transition pieces "wrap around" the edges of the object.
  • a cube can now be turned into a jig-saw puzzle and yet formed from planar pieces which generally maintain the identify and familiarity of the pieces of a jig-saw puzzle.
  • 3-dimensional jigsaw puzzles embodying the present invention may be sold simply as a puzzle, it is also possible to market such puzzles as promotional material, for example a jigsaw in the form of a cube, with each side showing an image of Australia.
  • transition pieces will define fold lines scored into one side of the pieces so that the piece may be bent in one direction only.
  • the angle defined between the intersecting surfaces of the transition piece in the 3-dimensional object will be substantially less than 180° depending on the object and will commonly be around 90°.
  • a generally planar jig-saw puzzle piece comprising two generally planar portions joined by a hinge line, each portion defining male or female coupling means for interlocking with corresponding coupling means on adjacent pieces.
  • the invention provides a method of making a jigsaw puzzle of a 3-dimensional object comprising the steps of- a) mapping the surfaces of the object to two dimensions b) defining a series of transition pieces crossing edges of the object where the surfaces of the object intersect and redistributing areas of the surfaces to take account of the transition pieces; c) separating the pieces in the two dimensional map; d) forming hinge lines in the transition pieces; and e) cutting out the pieces.
  • the cutting out of the pieces is most preferably carried out using a laser cutter, however, a knife or other cutting means may be used.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a transition piece for a jig-saw puzzle in a configuration which two planar elements of the transition piece are generally co-planar;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a transition piece in which the two planar elements of the piece are folded to define an angle of approximately 90° ;
  • Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating the use of transitions pieces where three intersecting planes of a 3-dimensional object meet;
  • Figure 4a is a plan view of a jigsaw piece which is to form a curved piece;
  • Figure 4b shows a section through the piece shown in Figure 4a;
  • Figure 4c shows a section through the piece after it has been curved;
  • Figure 4d shows the curved piece of Figure 4c;
  • Figure 5 illustrates a 3-dimensional cube which has been flattened and has had a pattern of cuts and hinges marked onto it to define jigsaw pieces as a first stage in the design of a jigsaw puzzle
  • Figure 6 illustrates the introduction of spacing between the pieces shown in Figure 5 so that they can be cut separately, and the slight enlargement of each piece;
  • Figure 7 shows a pattern of knife cuts which to be superposed over Figure 6 which cuts are used to form hinges on transition pieces and a trapdoor piece of the puzzle;
  • Figure 8 shows an assembled jigsaw in the shape of a cube
  • Figures 9a to 9d illustrate pieces for use where a convex curved surface meets a flat plane
  • Figures 10a and 10b illustrates an internal structural double piece defining a groove.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic diagram of the reverse face of a transition piece 12 which forms part of a 3 dimensional puzzle embodying the present invention.
  • the piece is made from paperboard or cardboard to which an image has been laminated to the opposite side to that shown.
  • the perimeter of the piece has been laser cut from a sheet of cardboard as part of a process which will be described in more detail below.
  • the perimeter of the piece defines a series of male elements 14 and female elements 16 of interlocking means or clasps which are used to couple or lock the pieces to other pieces of the puzzle. This means of interlocking is well known to anyone familiar with the art of jigsaws and will therefore not be described in great detail.
  • the interlocking means are most preferably laser cut rather than cut with a knife and that the male and female elements are substantially the same size.
  • the pieces may be cut using a knife, however, since the pieces are cut individually, using a knife is much more expensive in terms of initial set up capital costs.
  • the transition piece is divided into two planar elements 18, 20 by a hinge or fold line 22 formed by partially cutting through the reverse face of the paperboard with a knife.
  • the hinge line may be creased or impressed.
  • Figure 2 shows the transition piece, folded over along the fold line 22.
  • the angle (X between the planes in which the planar elements 18 and 20 lie is approximately 90°.
  • Figure 3 illustrates how three such transition pieces 12 and one standard planar jigsaw piece 30 would be used to form the corner of a cube most of the sides of the pieces 12, 30 such as sides 12a and 30a will define interlocking means. However two sides 12b of one of the transition pieces and two sides of piece 30b will simply define straight edges which abut in the assembled cube.
  • Figures 4a to 4d illustrate the formation of a curved jigsaw piece 40 for forming part of a curved surface such as a cylinder.
  • a series of spaced parallel grooves are cut or grooved into cardboard as shown in cross section in Figure 4b. Once this is done the piece is cut out although the process could be reversed.
  • the piece 40 can then be curved in one direction only as illustrated in Figure 4c and Figure 4d.
  • the grooves are cut in the reverse (non-picture) side of the piece
  • Figures 5 to 7 illustrate the steps involved in the production of a 3-dimensional puzzle in the shape of a cube
  • a 3-dimensional jigsaw has to have the object surfaces mapped and reduced to two dimensions for producing on flat cardboard Also during the mapping process, the placement of the transition pieces for edges and corners has to be accommodated
  • the pieces In order to gain enough friction to maintain the sides of the object, the pieces have to be a tighter fit In the present invention, in order to gain the required friction between the pieces, the pieces are cut separately
  • Figures 5 to 7 illustrate a method of making a 3-dimensional jigsaw in the form of a cube
  • a six sided cube may be folded flat easily
  • the pieces fold together to make edges of the cube does not automatically mean that the planes of the cube will join together
  • the jigsaw puzzle pieces extend to and include edge pieces which form the border of the 2- dimensional puzzle
  • there is no edge of a single plane as such instead two planes intersect and it follows that where there is an edge of one plane there will be another side or surface of the object touching that edge/plane
  • Figure 5 illustrates a map of pieces for forming a cube
  • the dashed lines illustrate hinges 20
  • the continuous lines show where there will be through cuts and defines edges of pieces
  • a cube has six faces and twelve edges and double pieces 12 (twenty four in all) shown in Figure 5 will fold over each of the twelve edges to make sure that all planes are joined together
  • the location of the double pieces has to be factored into the 2-dimensional map Since the double pieces are effectively two bordering pieces joined on fold line, this means that some of the surface area from some cube faces will have to be substracted and added to others
  • the pre-production process of 2-dimensional mapping to a 3-dimensional object means that there is a redistribution of surface area to accommodate the fact that the double pieces effectively wrap around the edges of an object
  • Figure 8 shows an assembled cube 32 made from a jigsaw embodying the present invention
  • Figures 9 to 12 illustrate additional pieces which may be used in making 3-D objects other than a cube
  • Figures 9a, b and c illustrate the pieces for use where a curved surface, such as a side of a cylinder meet a planar surface such as the edge of a cylinder
  • the curved piece 40 is made using the same principal as the piece shown in Figures 4a to 4c
  • the curved piece and the mating flat piece 42 which defines a curved edge with the same degree of curvature as the curved piece 40 both define a male 43 and female connector 44 on their mating edges 45, 46 Other edges also define connectors however these are omitted for the sake of clarity
  • the neck of the male connector is relatively wide as shown in Figure 9b to give more cross-sectional area and defines a score line 48 so that the clasp can fold through 90° to interlock the two pieces together as illustrated in Figure 9c
  • a convex surface meeting a flat plane is illustrated in Figure 9.
  • a concave surface meeting a plane can also be provided and works on the same principal as the convex surface meeting the flat plane and relies on hinged male connectors.
  • Figure 10 illustrates an internal structural double piece 70 which includes a hinge line 72 male connectors 14, female connectors 16 and a part 74 which is hinged to an external facing piece 73 and defines a slot 76.
  • the slot may be used to mate with other slots or a reinforcing means such as an internal frame.
  • transition pieces 12 bent through 90 ° it will be appreciated that angles of greater than, or less than 90 ° may be used.
  • the 3-D jigsaw puzzle is formed from paperboard or cardboard, it will be appreciated that other materials may be used such as plastic, foam materials and wood. With paperboard and cardboard the minimum thickness of the material is about 1 to 2mm, with greater thickness providing greater rigidity It will also be appreciated that it would be possible to create a picture on both sides of the jigsaw puzzle rather than only one side. It would also be appreciated that the number of male and female clasps on each side for the piece may be varied from that described, more clasps being generally preferred for greater robustness and rigidity of the puzzle.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un puzzle qui, lorsqu'il est assemblé, forme un objet tridimensionnel délimitant au moins deux surfaces d'intersection. Le puzzle est formé de plusieurs pièces emboîtées, dont la plupart sont sensiblement identiques à des pièces d'un puzzle standard, mais au moins quelques-unes des pièces étant des pièces de transition articulées de sorte qu'une de leurs parties soit coplanaire à une des surfaces d'intersection et l'autre partie à l'autre surface d'intersection. Les pièces sont découpées au laser pour assurer un ajustement serré entre elles et maintenir l'intégrité structurale du puzzle assemblé. Ainsi, un objet tridimensionnel peut être formé avec des pièces de puzzle qui maintiennent généralement l'identité et la familiarité avec les pièces d'un puzzle.
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AU2003208183A AU2003208183A1 (en) 2002-03-12 2003-03-11 Jig-saw puzzle
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AUPS0994A AUPS099402A0 (en) 2002-03-12 2002-03-12 Three dimensional jigsaw puzzle

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