WO1983001203A1 - Jeu de patience geometrique tridimensionnel - Google Patents

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WO1983001203A1
WO1983001203A1 PCT/US1981/001654 US8101654W WO8301203A1 WO 1983001203 A1 WO1983001203 A1 WO 1983001203A1 US 8101654 W US8101654 W US 8101654W WO 8301203 A1 WO8301203 A1 WO 8301203A1
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Noel M Torres
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/06—Patience; Other games for self-amusement
    • A63F9/08—Puzzles provided with elements movable in relation, i.e. movably connected, to each other
    • A63F9/0826—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube
    • A63F9/0861—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with elements slidably connected to neighbouring elements, e.g. with hollow interior
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/04—Geographical or like games ; Educational games
    • A63F3/0434—Geographical games
    • A63F2003/0439—Geographical games using geographical maps
    • A63F2003/0444—Globe
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00094—Ticktacktoe

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  • the Rubik's Cube is famous, well publicized, and is spectacular millions of people.
  • the Rubik's Cube is a large cube, each face of which is defined by nine elements together defining the cube exterior. These elements fall in three types according to how they are retained together. Basically, however, the elements together define an interior spherical void and each element has an expanded interior nib which engages the p ⁇ rtions of the sphere defined by surrounding elements.
  • the elements would all fly apart if it were not for some positive retaining means of some of the elements, which is provided in the Rubik's Cube by a central six-legged spider which extends both directions along all three geometric axes and into which the center cuhlet of each facet is screwed.
  • the Rubik's Cube is indeed a fasdrating puzzle. Each facet of the cube rotates around the center element, so that by rotating different facets, different cubelets are moved from one facet to the next until complete chaos in cubelet arrangement is obtained.
  • Reorganizing the cube into its original form, that form being with each facet of the cube being a uniform color and different from the colors of each of the other facets, is a feat that would take the ordinary person many days to accomplish, because of the fact that no single cubelet can be moved individually (without taking the cube apart) so that movement of any one cubelet into its proper position will disorient other cubes which have been positioned.
  • Figure 1 is a partially exploded perspective illustrating the positioning of the three different types of cube elements in a square puzzle, with the exploded cube elements duplicated and rotated for ease of understanding the structure;
  • Figures 2a, 2b, and 2c illustrate the corner element from the three sides which show the inner cube surface;
  • Figures 2d through 2g illustrate the edge cube element wherein a Figure 2d is nominally denominated as a top view, 2e is an elevation view from the right ade, 2f is an elevation view from the left side, and 2g is an illustration from the front;
  • Figure 2h illustrates a typical ade edge of the center cube element as it appears from any ade
  • Figure 2i illustrates a an apple
  • Figure 2j illustrates a piggy bank version having a shear plane passing through the deposit slot
  • Figure 2k illustrates an external configuration simulating a cottage
  • Figure 2l illustrates a two-piece cube element construction
  • Figure 2n illustrates an over-the-center detent structure optionally usable between adjacent cubelets
  • Figure 2o is an external configuration of a funny car
  • the general concept of the puzzle is to permit each element to slide anywhere along the surface of the sphere 14 that is permitted by adjoining elements, with the elements or cubelets together defining certain shear planes along which groups of elements will slide as described below.
  • the corner cubelet 16 defines all of the corners of the cube and as seen in Figure 1 the portions of the corner cube which are intersected by the spherical surface 14 create three ade edges 18.
  • each of the three edges 18 of the corner cube is provided with a curved slot cr groove 20 which cooperates with tongues on adjacent cubelets.
  • the portion of the void 12 defined by the corner cubelets is shown in the curved surface 22.
  • the second type of cubelet is the edge cubelet 24 which falls between a pair of corner cubelets 16 and a pair of center cubelets 26.
  • the edge cubelets each have a pair of opposed tongues 28 engaged in the slots cr grooves 20 of the corner cubelets, and on opposite faces have a pair of grooves 30 which mate with the tongues 32 of the center cubelets 26.
  • the center cubelets have tongues 32 on all sides.
  • the bead-and-groove could be reversed from the configuration in Figure 2m, provided there was a consistency.
  • assembly of the unit is enormously simplified over the Ruhik's Cube.
  • the cubelets can simply be positioned and snapped into place by external pressure. No central structure and no retaining structure is needed.
  • Additional advantageous structure is shown in Figure 2n wherein a melded detent nib 37 and mating cavity 39 cause the cubelets to snap into position with a positive over-the-center motion when they align. The operation is not determined by the external cubical shape of the puzzle but rather by the shear faces.
  • shear faces are indicated in Figure 1 at 38 and in the illustrations comprise two spaced planes and each, of the X, Y, and Z axes.
  • the external surface of the puzzle can take any deared shape.
  • any exterior shape can be used provided it conforms to the shear planes. If this criterion is met, the surface could theoretically extend infinitely far and the puzzle would still function properly.
  • Varying configurations are shown in Figures 2h through 2k and 2/0. These figures illustrate the variety of different external surface arrangement are possible, including the apple or skull of Figure 2i, and the piggy bank of Figure 2j wherein the deposit slot is intersected by a shear plane such that coins can only be inserted, or possibly extracted, when the slot halves are properly aligned.
  • Figure 2k illustrates a cottage, and 2o is a funny car. Certain other representative shapes are shown in Figures 3 through 7, Figure 3 illustrating a satellite 40, which could be visually divided into three separate colcr zones, such as red, white and blue.
  • Figure 5 illustrates a unit wherein a sphere 42 is inscribed with letters so that a message is spelled when the elements are properly arranged. Instead of letters, X's and O's of a Tic-Tac-Toe could be inscribed, or numbers, which could be arranged to get the maximum sum on a single face.
  • Figure 6 illustrates a helmeted head of a football player which could bear the colors and logos of a particular team far promotional purposes
  • Figure 7 illustrates a world globe which would be ideal for instructional and educational purposes.
  • the globe of Figure 7 could also be in the shape of the moon, or the other planets. Provided one knew basically how to reassemble the cube into its proper configuration, repetitive reassembly of the unit of Figure 7 clearly would instruct the user rapidly in the positions of the various countries, seas, and other geographical features of the world, as knowledge of these would be a requirement to proper assembly of the puzzle elements.
  • Figure 21 illustrates a two-piece element, with a lower piece 44 which falls generally within the spherical surface 14 and an upper piece 46 which both defines the exterior surface of the puzzle and the groove structure so that the bead groove 36 may be easily incorporated into the upper portion of the unit as it comes off of an i ⁇ jection meld.
  • the unit of the instant invention can be used, as indicated, as a commercial message bearing unit, or as an educational tool

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Abstract

Jeu de patience du type "cube de Rubrik" bien connu, dans lequel à la place de définir un cube à surfaces plates, on crée une surface sculptée définissant une tête (Fig. 6), un globe (Fig. 7), ou toute autre forme, la forme elle-même déterminant le positionnement correct des éléments individuels de cube au lieu d'utiliser simplement les couleurs des faces d'un cube pour déterminer la suite correcte. Une nouvelle structure d'actionnement est également décrite dans ce jeu de patience, n'utilisant aucun connecteur intérieur à croisillon comme c'est le cas pour le cube de Rubbick, chaque élément s'emboîtant plutôt avec les éléments adjacents au moyen d'une structure à languette et rainure (23 et 20, 30 et 32) qui maintient de manière positive tous les éléments le long d'une surface sphérique imaginaire.
PCT/US1981/001654 1981-10-08 1981-12-14 Jeu de patience geometrique tridimensionnel WO1983001203A1 (fr)

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US4667961A (en) * 1982-07-02 1987-05-26 Abu Shumays Ibrahim K Star prism puzzles generalized
FR2600903A1 (fr) * 1986-03-04 1988-01-08 Reboux Alain Articulation de vingt-six pieces
US4781380A (en) * 1987-10-28 1988-11-01 Irwin Thomas J Articulated ring puzzle
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EP0445900A1 (fr) * 1990-03-05 1991-09-11 AARCON PRAUSS ARMINIUS GmbH Corps solide avec des segments rotatifs l'un par rapport à l'autre
US5358247A (en) * 1992-08-17 1994-10-25 I-Development Institute Ltd. Puzzle ball
EP0712649A1 (fr) * 1994-11-18 1996-05-22 Francisco Josa Patermann Appareil récréatif didactique a habilité multicombinable
EP0738526A2 (fr) * 1995-04-20 1996-10-23 Dario Cabrera Casse tête en forme de polyèdre irrégulier avec des pièces de structure asymmétrique
GB2332152A (en) * 1999-02-19 1999-06-16 Seven Towns Ltd Sculpted logical puzzle.
FR2789905A1 (fr) 1999-02-19 2000-08-25 Seven Towns Ltd Puzzle logique spatial
GB2356150A (en) * 1999-11-10 2001-05-16 Sean Neil Fennell Cube puzzle
WO2004103497A1 (fr) * 2003-05-21 2004-12-02 Panayotis Verdes Jouet logique cubique
WO2008046126A1 (fr) * 2006-10-18 2008-04-24 Steven Titmuss Puzzle
WO2008110769A1 (fr) * 2007-03-10 2008-09-18 Gary Spencer-Purvis Puzzle en trois dimensions
WO2008138211A1 (fr) * 2007-05-10 2008-11-20 Cao Zhao Structure de verrouillage de guide d'un jouet de rotation de blocs
WO2010095959A2 (fr) * 2009-02-12 2010-08-26 Madeblunt Limited Article et puzzle
WO2011099950A2 (fr) 2010-02-09 2011-08-18 Jerbera Oyuncak Hediyelik Esya Egitim Arac Gerecleri Reklamcilik Tibbi Arac Gerecler Sanayi Ticaret Limited Sirketi Mode de réalisation de casse-tête pouvant se déplacer les uns sur les autres au moyen de forces magnétiques variables et constantes
US8109515B2 (en) 2007-10-12 2012-02-07 Lionsphere Puzzles Partnership Three-dimensional puzzle
WO2012160395A2 (fr) 2012-06-12 2012-11-29 Seven Towns Limited Puzzle logique spatial
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US4667961A (en) * 1982-07-02 1987-05-26 Abu Shumays Ibrahim K Star prism puzzles generalized
US4513970A (en) * 1983-01-24 1985-04-30 Ovidiu Opresco Polymorphic twist puzzle
FR2600903A1 (fr) * 1986-03-04 1988-01-08 Reboux Alain Articulation de vingt-six pieces
CH673093A5 (en) * 1987-09-29 1990-02-15 Hugues Jolidon Spherical logical puzzle with outer mobile elements - has triangular and thin segments forming hemispheres sepd. by half rings
US4781380A (en) * 1987-10-28 1988-11-01 Irwin Thomas J Articulated ring puzzle
EP0445900A1 (fr) * 1990-03-05 1991-09-11 AARCON PRAUSS ARMINIUS GmbH Corps solide avec des segments rotatifs l'un par rapport à l'autre
US5358247A (en) * 1992-08-17 1994-10-25 I-Development Institute Ltd. Puzzle ball
EP0712649A1 (fr) * 1994-11-18 1996-05-22 Francisco Josa Patermann Appareil récréatif didactique a habilité multicombinable
EP0738526A2 (fr) * 1995-04-20 1996-10-23 Dario Cabrera Casse tête en forme de polyèdre irrégulier avec des pièces de structure asymmétrique
EP0738526A3 (fr) * 1995-04-20 1997-08-27 Dario Cabrera Casse tête en forme de polyèdre irrégulier avec des pièces de structure asymmétrique
GB2332152A (en) * 1999-02-19 1999-06-16 Seven Towns Ltd Sculpted logical puzzle.
GB2332152B (en) * 1999-02-19 1999-10-27 Seven Towns Ltd Spatial logic puzzle
FR2789905A1 (fr) 1999-02-19 2000-08-25 Seven Towns Ltd Puzzle logique spatial
US6217023B1 (en) 1999-02-19 2001-04-17 Seven Towns Limited Spatial logic puzzle
GB2356150A (en) * 1999-11-10 2001-05-16 Sean Neil Fennell Cube puzzle
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US20100117297A1 (en) * 2007-03-10 2010-05-13 Gary Spencer-Purvis Three-dimensional puzzle
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WO2008110769A1 (fr) * 2007-03-10 2008-09-18 Gary Spencer-Purvis Puzzle en trois dimensions
WO2008138211A1 (fr) * 2007-05-10 2008-11-20 Cao Zhao Structure de verrouillage de guide d'un jouet de rotation de blocs
US8109515B2 (en) 2007-10-12 2012-02-07 Lionsphere Puzzles Partnership Three-dimensional puzzle
WO2010095959A2 (fr) * 2009-02-12 2010-08-26 Madeblunt Limited Article et puzzle
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WO2010095959A3 (fr) * 2009-02-12 2010-10-14 Madeblunt Limited Article et puzzle
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