WO2010095959A3 - Article and puzzle - Google Patents

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WO2010095959A3
WO2010095959A3 PCT/NZ2010/000024 NZ2010000024W WO2010095959A3 WO 2010095959 A3 WO2010095959 A3 WO 2010095959A3 NZ 2010000024 W NZ2010000024 W NZ 2010000024W WO 2010095959 A3 WO2010095959 A3 WO 2010095959A3
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puzzle
geometry
article
planar
solved state
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PCT/NZ2010/000024
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WO2010095959A2 (en
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Greig Reid Brebner
Scott William Kington
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Madeblunt Limited
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Priority to US13/201,303 priority Critical patent/US20120056375A1/en
Publication of WO2010095959A2 publication Critical patent/WO2010095959A2/en
Publication of WO2010095959A3 publication Critical patent/WO2010095959A3/en

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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
    • A63F9/0838—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with an element, e.g. invisible core, staying permanently in a central position having the function of central retaining spider and with groups of elements rotatable about at least three axes intersecting in one point
    • 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
    • A63F9/0838—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with an element, e.g. invisible core, staying permanently in a central position having the function of central retaining spider and with groups of elements rotatable about at least three axes intersecting in one point
    • A63F9/0842—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with an element, e.g. invisible core, staying permanently in a central position having the function of central retaining spider and with groups of elements rotatable about at least three axes intersecting in one point each group consisting of again a central element and a plurality of additional elements rotatable about three orthogonal axes at both ends, the additional elements being rotatable about at least two axes, e.g. Rubik's cube
    • 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
    • A63F9/0838—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with an element, e.g. invisible core, staying permanently in a central position having the function of central retaining spider and with groups of elements rotatable about at least three axes intersecting in one point
    • A63F2009/0846—Three-dimensional puzzles with slidable or rotatable elements or groups of elements, the main configuration remaining unchanged, e.g. Rubik's cube with an element, e.g. invisible core, staying permanently in a central position having the function of central retaining spider and with groups of elements rotatable about at least three axes intersecting in one point characterised by the shape of the puzzle

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Abstract

A puzzle of the cuboid mechanical type having six faces forming a closed surface, wherein in the solved state the puzzle has a geometry in which each face comprises a non-planar surface formed from a set of interconnected elements rotatable about one of three mutually perpendicular and intersecting axes to convert the puzzle to/from the solved state geometry. In the preferred form each non-planar face is a hyperbolic-paraboloid or saddle-like surface.
PCT/NZ2010/000024 2009-02-12 2010-02-12 Article and puzzle WO2010095959A2 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

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US13/201,303 US20120056375A1 (en) 2009-02-12 2010-02-12 Article and Puzzle

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NZ574901 2009-02-12
NZ57490109 2009-02-12

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WO2010095959A2 WO2010095959A2 (en) 2010-08-26
WO2010095959A3 true WO2010095959A3 (en) 2010-10-14

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US4378116A (en) * 1980-10-28 1983-03-29 Politoys Ipari Szovetkezet Spatial logical toy
WO1983001203A1 (en) * 1981-10-08 1983-04-14 Torres, Noel, M. Three-dimensional geometric puzzle
US4410179A (en) * 1980-11-09 1983-10-18 Konsumex Kulkereskedelmi Vallalat Shiftable element puzzle
US6217023B1 (en) * 1999-02-19 2001-04-17 Seven Towns Limited Spatial logic puzzle
US6974130B2 (en) * 2004-02-25 2005-12-13 Martin James Sugden Manipulable puzzle cube

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US3981506A (en) * 1975-06-23 1976-09-21 Vesta Three dimensional relief puzzle
ATE260694T1 (en) * 1998-11-04 2004-03-15 Internat Marketing And Licensi MECHANISM FOR INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT OF PARTS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT AND ITS APPLICATIONS
US7021625B2 (en) * 2002-03-12 2006-04-04 Simmons Terry L Three-dimensional puzzle
UA58096C2 (en) * 2002-10-01 2005-03-15 Oleksandr Ivanovych Marusenko Three-dimensional logical puzzle
GR1004581B (en) * 2003-05-21 2004-05-26 Cubic logical game
US7980560B2 (en) * 2008-04-30 2011-07-19 Igor Belykh Three-dimensional tube puzzle

Patent Citations (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4378117A (en) * 1980-10-02 1983-03-29 Politoys Ipari Szovetkezet Spatial logical toy
US4378116A (en) * 1980-10-28 1983-03-29 Politoys Ipari Szovetkezet Spatial logical toy
US4410179A (en) * 1980-11-09 1983-10-18 Konsumex Kulkereskedelmi Vallalat Shiftable element puzzle
WO1983001203A1 (en) * 1981-10-08 1983-04-14 Torres, Noel, M. Three-dimensional geometric puzzle
US6217023B1 (en) * 1999-02-19 2001-04-17 Seven Towns Limited Spatial logic puzzle
US6974130B2 (en) * 2004-02-25 2005-12-13 Martin James Sugden Manipulable puzzle cube

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