Alps Shoji Company Limited

Morio Ubukata

Hideki Kida

Arrangement toy, including a plurality of elements to be arranged on arrangement areas, comprising a device which judges and indicates whether or not arrangement of the elements are arranged in the arrangement areas in a pre-determined order when a switch is depressed after arrangement of the elements is completed. Each of the elements is provided with a magnet or magnetic substance at a pre-designated position therein. A plurality of corresponding operative substances are fixed at such positions where the magnets or magnetic substances of the arranging elements are opposed thereto, respectively, when each arranging element is placed in its pre-determined position. The operative substances are provided independent of each other and cooperate with magnets or magnetic substances only when the arranging elements are arranged in the pre-determined order. Such cooperation is communicated to signalling means through withholding means. When the withholding means is released, the signalling means indicates that one or more of the arranging elements are positioned in the pre-determined order.

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Tokyo, Japan

Morio Ubukata