Patents Assigned to Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
  • Patent number: 8888099
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a jigsaw puzzle having at least two puzzle parts wherein each of the mutually facing circumferential edge sections on both sides of the connecting region and remote from the latter is provided with at least one circumferential edge piece, along which the course of the circumferential edge is defined by the bisector of a two-dimensional angle which is formed between two straight lines which intersect on the bisector and by an upper end point of the associated one of the mutually facing circumferential edge sections of the two puzzle parts to an upper end point of an opposite circumferential edge of the same puzzle part such that when puzzle parts are joined together along mutually facing circumferential edge sections, contact between the two puzzle parts occurs exclusively on said circumferential edge pieces and in the region of the undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Knell, Jörg R. Bauer
  • Patent number: 8628089
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a jigsaw puzzle having at least one puzzle piece that can be bent along at least one predefined bending line, and that has an upper side and a lower side and a puzzle piece thickness extending between the upper side and the lower side which is reduced from an inner side of a bend along each bending line. In order to neutralise the resilient restoring force that acts in the bent state, on each side of each bending line there is a fixing device which releasably fixes a desired bending angle, each fixing device having at least one recess into which a corresponding protrusion engages in a clamping and/or latching manner when the puzzle piece is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Knell, Joerg R. Bauer
  • Patent number: 8544849
    Abstract: The invention relates to a three-dimensional, self-supporting jigsaw puzzle, having a multiplicity of puzzle pieces resulting in a hollow body in the assembled state, each puzzle piece having an upper face associated with the exterior of the hollow body, a lower face associated with the interior of the hollow body, an edge extending between the upper face and the lower face, and at least one connecting region extending from the edge in the form of a recess or an extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ravensburger-Spieleverlag GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Knell, Joerg R. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20130134676
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a jigsaw puzzle having at least one puzzle piece that can be bent along at least one predefined bending line, and that has an upper side and a lower side and a puzzle piece thickness extending between the upper side and the lower side which is reduced from an inner side of a bend along each bending line. In order to neutralise the resilient restoring force that acts in the bent state, on each side of each bending line there is a fixing device which releasably fixes a desired bending angle, each fixing device having at least one recess into which a corresponding protrusion engages in a clamping and/or latching manner when the puzzle piece is bent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: RAVENSBURGER SPIELEVERLAG GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Knell, Joerg R. Bauer
  • Publication number: 20120280450
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a jigsaw puzzle having at least two puzzle parts wherein each of the mutually facing circumferential edge sections on both sides of the connecting region and remote from the latter is provided with at least one circumferential edge piece, along which the course of the circumferential edge is defined by the bisector of a two-dimensional angle which is formed between two straight lines which intersect on the bisector and by an upper end point of the associated one of the mutually facing circumferential edge sections of the two puzzle parts to an upper end point of an opposite circumferential edge of the same puzzle part such that when puzzle parts are joined together along mutually facing circumferential edge sections, contact between the two puzzle parts occurs exclusively on said circumferential edge pieces and in the region of the undercut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: RAVENSBURGER SPIELEVERLAG GMBH
    Inventors: Florian Knell, Jörg R. Bauer
  • Patent number: 8235207
    Abstract: A jigsaw puzzle transporting system having a bottom part, a base plate and a lid is provided. An at least substantially vertically projecting frame is present on the bottom part for peripherally surrounding the base plate. A shoulder with a holding face fitting into the frame projects from the lid. Side faces, mutually facing in a closed position, of the shoulder and of the frame cooperate for releasably locking the shoulder in the frame. The shoulder in the closed position is positioned, relative to the base plate received in the frame, such that a distance between the holding face and an upper surface, facing the latter, of the base plate is less than a jigsaw puzzle piece height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH
    Inventor: Sabine Dietenberger
  • Publication number: 20120024729
    Abstract: A jigsaw puzzle transporting system (10) having a bottom part (12), a base plate (16) and a lid (14, 14?, 14?) is provided. An at least substantially vertically projecting frame (26) is present on the bottom part (12) for peripherally surrounding the base plate (16). A shoulder (38) with a holding lace (40) fitting into the frame (26) projects from the lid. Side faces (42, 30), mutually facing in a closed position, of the shoulder (38) and of the frame (26) cooperate for releasably locking the shoulder (38, 38?, 38?) in the frame (26). The shoulder (38, 38?, 38?) in the closed position is positioned, relative to the base plate (16) received in the frame (26), such that a distance (S) between the holding face (40; 40?; 40?) and an upper surface (74), facing the latter, of the base plate (16) is less than a jigsaw puzzle piece height (SP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: RAVENSBURGER SPIELEVERLAG GMBH
    Inventor: Sabine Dietenberger