Abstract: A puzzle game is disclosed in which a mechanical puzzle is contrived from a set of components, the game including a deconstruction of the puzzle's form. In randomizing and solving the puzzle, a handle and a housing are alternately rotated about and translated along an axis in relation to each other. Deconstruction of the puzzle's form involves removing a core sub-assembly containing the handle and other demountable components. This facilitates access to the housing.

Abstract: A puzzle game is disclosed in which one player challenges another by assembling a mechanical puzzle from a set of components. The components make a puzzle in accordance with U.S. Pat. No. 4,632,399, dated December 1986. The new apparatus incorporates novel features which enhance the game and give the puzzle a unique mode of operation wherein a handle and a housing are alternately rotated about and translated along an axis in relation to each other. The housing defines a storage space for an extraneous object and retrieving the object from the storage space may function as an aim for one of the players.