Puzzle with conductive path
First Claim
1. A set, comprising:
- a plurality of electrically and mechanically connectable devices including a first device, a second device and a third device,each of said first device, said second device and said third device being mechanically and electrically connectable to at least one other device from the plurality of devices,said first device connectable to a power source,said second device includes a first electrical component configured to perform a first function,said third device includes a second electrical component configured to perform a second function different than the first function, said second electrical component is an annunciator configured to provide at least one of visual or audible signaling, andfirmware and a processor coupled to or incorporated within at least one device from the plurality of devices and configured to execute instructions embedded in said firmware, said processor being configured to control at least one of said first electrical component or said second electrical component,each of said first, second and third devices includes a magnet configured to engage a magnet of another device from the plurality of devices to mechanically attach that device to the another device from the plurality of devices,upon mechanically attaching said first device to said second device, and said second device to said third device, an electrical circuit is formed such that the second electrical component is controlled by the first electrical component and such that said second electrical component is powered by the power source.
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Abstract
System and method for additional amusement, entertaining and surprising visual or audible reward provided upon completing the reconstructing of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle pieces include conductive pads connected by a conductor such as a wire, a metallic strip or a conductive paint, so that upon assembling the puzzle, the pads are in contact to form a continuous conductive path. The frame or the puzzle pieces include a battery (or an AC adapter) and a visual or audible signaling device operating upon sensing the continuity of the conductive path. Each of the puzzle pieces may include three or more conductive pads, allowing for the forming two or more isolated or connected distinct conductive paths. The conductive path can further affect a time measurement and its related display for timing the puzzle solving.
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74 Claims
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1. A set, comprising:
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a plurality of electrically and mechanically connectable devices including a first device, a second device and a third device, each of said first device, said second device and said third device being mechanically and electrically connectable to at least one other device from the plurality of devices, said first device connectable to a power source, said second device includes a first electrical component configured to perform a first function, said third device includes a second electrical component configured to perform a second function different than the first function, said second electrical component is an annunciator configured to provide at least one of visual or audible signaling, and firmware and a processor coupled to or incorporated within at least one device from the plurality of devices and configured to execute instructions embedded in said firmware, said processor being configured to control at least one of said first electrical component or said second electrical component, each of said first, second and third devices includes a magnet configured to engage a magnet of another device from the plurality of devices to mechanically attach that device to the another device from the plurality of devices, upon mechanically attaching said first device to said second device, and said second device to said third device, an electrical circuit is formed such that the second electrical component is controlled by the first electrical component and such that said second electrical component is powered by the power source. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A system, comprising:
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a first device having a magnet section and a first electrical component, the first device connectable to a power source; a second device having a magnet section and a second electrical component; and a third device having a magnet section and a third electrical component, each of the first device, the second device and the third device being attachable to each other by engagement of its magnet section to the magnet section of a remaining of the first device, the second device and the third device, upon mechanically attaching the first device to the second device and upon mechanically attaching the second device to the third device, an electrical circuit is defined such that the second electrical component and the third electrical component are powered from the power source and controlled by the first electrical component during operation of the first device, the second device and the third device, and the electrical circuit performs a first function, a second function and a third function, the first device configured to perform the first function, not the second function and not the third function, the second device configured to perform the second function, not the first function and not the third function, the third device configured to perform the third function, not the first function and not the second function, each of the first device, the second device and the third device define a first conductive path and a second conductive path that is distinct and electrically isolated from the first conductive path, the first conductive path and the second conductive path for each of the first device, the second device and the third device, define a portion of the electrical circuit. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74)
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