Puzzle Platform Apparatus And Method

Abstract

A puzzle building platform and method of supporting a puzzle are disclosed. The puzzle building platform can include a first surface piece with a substantially flat top surface and at least one bar-like member cooperative with and mountable in a relatively fixed orientation with respect to the first surface piece to at least one of: (i) establish a boundary approximate to the dimensions of a puzzle to be assembled on the first surface; or (ii) temporarily hold puzzle pieces in convenient view to be assembled in a puzzle on the first surface.

1 . A puzzle building platform comprising:
 a first surface piece with a substantially flat top surface;   at least one bar-like member cooperative with and mountable in a relatively fixed orientation with respect to the first surface piece to at least one of:
 i establish a boundary approximate to the dimensions of a puzzle to be assembled on the first surface; or 
 ii temporarily hold puzzle pieces in convenient view to be assembled in a puzzle on the first surface. 
   
     
     
         2 . The puzzle building apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the substantially flat top surface has a plurality of spaced holes and the bar-like member has at least one peg-like member insertable into at least one hole on the substantially flat top surface. 
     
     
         3 . The puzzle building apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the substantially flat top surface is a pegboard. 
     
     
         4 . The puzzle building apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the first surface piece further comprises a hollow box with a drawer positionable inside the hollow box. 
     
     
         5 . The puzzle building apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising a second surface piece with a substantially flat top surface;
 wherein said first and second surface pieces cooperatively interact with each other to form an elongate surface for building a puzzle.   
     
     
         6 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 5  wherein the bar-like member is cooperative with and mountable in a relatively fixed orientation with respect to the elongate surface. 
     
     
         7 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 5  wherein the bar-like member supports puzzle pieces in a convenient view to be assembled in a puzzle on the elongate surface. 
     
     
         8 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 5  wherein the second surface piece further comprises a hollow box with a drawer positionable inside the hollow box. 
     
     
         9 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 5  further comprising at least one additional elongate surface formed by a pair of third and fourth surface pieces that are substantially identical to the first and second surface pieces of  claim 5 , wherein the elongate surface and the at least one additional elongate surface attach to one another to form a large composite surface. 
     
     
         10 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 5  further comprising a third surface piece with a substantially flat top surface wherein the third surface piece cooperatively interacts between the first and second surface pieces to form the elongate surface for building a puzzle. 
     
     
         11 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 10  wherein the bar-like member is cooperative with and mountable in a relatively fixed orientation with respect to the elongate surface. 
     
     
         12 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 10  wherein the second and third surface pieces further comprise hollow boxes with drawers positionable inside the hollow area formed by the hollow box. 
     
     
         13 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 10  further comprising at least one additional elongate surface formed by three surface pieces that are substantially identical to respective first, second and third surface pieces of  claim 10 , wherein the elongate surface and the at least one additional elongate surface attach to one another to form a large composite surface. 
     
     
         14 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 10  further comprising a plurality of bar-like members cooperative with and mountable in relatively fixed locations on the elongate surface to bound in several directions an area at which pieces of a puzzle may be assembled. 
     
     
         15 . A puzzle building platform comprising:
 a first surface piece with a substantially flat top surface;   a bar-like member cooperative with and mountable to the first surface piece to establish a boundary on the flat top surface at which pieces of a puzzle may be assembled.   
     
     
         16 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 15  further comprising a number of bar-like members to bound in several directions an area at which pieces of a puzzle may be assembled. 
     
     
         17 . The puzzle building platform of  claim 15  wherein the substantially flat top surface has a plurality of peg holes and the bar-like member has a bottom surface and at least one peg-like member attached to said bottom surface and mountable to at least one peg hole at a relatively fixed location on the first surface piece. 
     
     
         18 . A puzzle building platform comprising:
 a first surface piece with a substantially flat top surface; and   a number of bar-like members cooperative with and mountable in relatively fixed locations on the first surface to support in convenient view puzzle pieces to be assembled in a puzzle on the flat top surface.   
     
     
         19 . A method of supporting a puzzle comprising:
 establishing a puzzle boundary on a substantially flat surface of a first puzzle building support by mounting a bar-like member in a relatively fixed location on such substantially flat surface; and   assembling a puzzle on the substantially flat surface.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising mounting multiple bar-like members in relatively fixed locations to bound such area in multiple directions on the substantially flat surface. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising the step of temporarily placing puzzle pieces for display on the bar-like member. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising the step of using the bar-like member as a tray to support and display puzzle pieces for assembly into the puzzle. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising the step of storing puzzle pieces in a drawer that is positionable within in the first puzzle building support. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising the step of cooperatively engaging at least one additional puzzle building support piece to the first puzzle building support to form an elongate surface.