Patent ID: 7243918
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A puzzle having an extension for a rotatable puzzle piece, comprising: a housing including a backing frame and a front member connected one to the other; the backing frame being formed with a fixedly disposed first recess defined by walls formed on the backing frame into which first recess a plurality of guide members are individually attached as an immobile guide member array, and a fixedly disposed second recess, an external boundary of which is defined by the front member, and an internal portion of which is defined by the guide member array; a plurality of puzzle pieces disposed in the second recess, each of the pieces being individually slidably movable in the second recess, but not rotatably movable when substantially all the pieces are disposed therein, whereby the pieces are movable so as to be arranged in a desired solution in the second recess; and a channel that operatively communicates with the second recess such that the pieces can be moved outside of the external boundary of the second recess into the channel and rotated therein, thereby rotationally reorienting the pieces; wherein the rotationally reoriented pieces can be moved into the second recess in an attempt to solve the puzzle.