Musical puzzle using sliding tiles
First Claim
1. A puzzle, comprising:
- a rectangular array of title members enclosed in a frame structure, each of the title members having an electrical property;
tone-generating means housed in the frame structure; and
means for selectively placing the electrical property of one or more of the title members in circuit with the tone-generating means to produce a sound having a characteristic determined by the electrical property carried by the title member that identifies such tile member and distinguishes it from other of the tile members.
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Abstract
A puzzle of the type having an array of movable tiles enclosed and supported by a frame structure includes circuitry for producing sound to identify each of the tiles. Each tile is formed with contact terminals formed on a surface that confronts a support surface of the frame. The support surface defines a number of predetermined locations at which the tiles can be positioned, each location being provided with contact terminals connected to the sound-producing circuitry. Each of the tiles is equipped with spring biasing so that when a tile is properly positioned at one of the predetermined locations and depressed, the contact terminals of the tile and the location are brought together. Each tile is provided with some electrical characteristic that causes a tone to be produced, identifying the tile.
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18 Claims
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1. A puzzle, comprising:
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a rectangular array of title members enclosed in a frame structure, each of the title members having an electrical property; tone-generating means housed in the frame structure; and means for selectively placing the electrical property of one or more of the title members in circuit with the tone-generating means to produce a sound having a characteristic determined by the electrical property carried by the title member that identifies such tile member and distinguishes it from other of the tile members. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A sound-producing puzzle, comprising:
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a frame structure; a plurality of movable elements supportable by the frame structure and operable to be placed at a number of predetermined locations relative to the frame structure; sound-generating means operably associated with each of the predetermined locations for producing a sound that identifies selected ones of the plurality of movable elements and distinguishes each selected one from other of the selected ones when located in any one of the predetermined locations. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A puzzle of the type having a plurality of elements locatable on a frame structure along predetermined paths to a number of predetermined positions, the improvement comprising:
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each of the plurality of elements having first circuit means for providing the element with a predetermined electrical property that identifies the element and distinguishes it from other of the plurality of elements; sound-generating means housed in the frame for producing sound; second circuit means associated with at least certain of the predetermined positions and coupled to the sound-generating means; and each of the plurality of elements having means operable by a user to place the first and second means in electrical communication with one another when any one of the elements is moved to any of the predetermined positions, the sound produced by the sound-generating means having a characteristic determined by the electrical property. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A puzzle, comprising:
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a frame structure; a plurality of elements supported by the frame structure, each element being movable along predetermined paths to a number of different predetermined locations relative to the frame structure, each of the plurality of elements having circuit means for providing such element with an electrical characteristic, the electrical characteristic of each of certain of the plurality of elements being different from the other of the certain of the plurality of elements; sound-generating means; and means associated with at least two of the number of locations for coupling the electrical characteristic associated with a one of the elements in circuit with the sound-generating means when the one element is moved to the one location; whereby, the sound-generating means is operable to produce sound having a property determined by the electrical characteristic associated with the one element in circuit.
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