Patent ID: 6186504
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A puzzle apparatus for providing a user with a challenging puzzle to solve, said apparatus comprising:a housing having at least one opening therein;a matrix of shaped color-producing media disposed within said housing; anda plurality of generally interengaged, slidable tiles carrying color-producing media thereon, said tiles being proximate said opening of said housing;a light source oriented to direct light to said shaped color-producing media;wherein said light source radiates light through respective media of said shaped color-producing media of said matrix, then through respective ones of said color-producing media of said slidable tiles, and then to the eye of the user such that at least some of said light seen by the user has passed through both a color-producing medium in said matrix and a color-producing medium in one of said tiles, said respective color-producing media interacting to produce a light color other than that which would have been produced if the light had passed through only one of said color-producing media; andwherein said slidable tiles are relatively arrangeable to produce a solution to said puzzle, said solution comprising a predetermined pattern of colors as viewable by the user when looking generally toward said opening of said housing.