WO2012010954A4 - Dice with rearrangeable pips - Google Patents

Abstract

Dice with pips that can be rearranged by the player to alter chances of throwing a given number are described. Dice are built from tetrahedral components, which rotate relative to each other. A special pip design renders the rotatable structure compatible with displaying numbers from 1 to 6 in the basic state (Figure 1). When pips are rearranged, numbers from 0 to 6 can be displayed and numbers from 1 to 6 can be absent, displayed once or twice or more in a given rearrangement state. Unique pip distributions on tetrahedral components of the dice allowing maximal variability are described. Bases of games using dice with rearrangeable pips are also introduced.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS received by the International Bureau on 07 March 2012 (07.03.2012)

1. A cubic dice, especially toy, comprising a central equilateral tetrahedron and four outer right-angled tetrahedra (A, B, C, D) constituting surface of the cubic dice with diagonally divided faces, wherein, each of said four outer tetrahedra (A, B, C, D) is relatively rotatable connected to the central tetrahedron, characterized in that on the diagonally divided faces of said four outer tetrahedra (A, B. ^'C, D) each single triangular half-face carries 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 pip(s), wherein the distribution of the pips on each particular face of the cubic dice is either asymmetric on the two half-faces of the diagonal (in parenthesis one half-face/other half-face) for the values 1 (0/1), 2 (0/2), 3 (0/3 or 1/2), 4 (1/3) and 5 (2/3), or the distribution of the pips on each particular face of the cubic dice is symmetric on the two half-faces of the diagonal for the values 2 (1/1) and 4 (2/2) and 6 (3/3).

2. The cubic dice according to Claim 1 , characterized in that it is formed as a right-handed cubic dice by the following pip distribution, wherein the number of pips displayed on the four outer tetrahedra (A, B, C, D) constituting the surface of the cubic dice, going clockwise hen viewing from above is: A: 0-3-1 , B: 3-2-1 , C: 2-3-1, D: 2-3-0 pips. (Figure 2)

3. The cubic dice according to Claim 1 , characterized in that it is formed as a left-handed cubic dice by the following pip distribution, wherein the number of pips displayed on the four outer tetrahedra (A, B, C, D) constituting the surface of the cubic dice, going clockwise when viewing from above is: A: 3-0-1 , B: 3-2-0, C: 3-2-1 , D: 2-3-1 pips. (Figure 3)

4. The cubic dice according to any of Claims 1-3, characterized in that said cubic dice is designed as a board game.

5. The cubic dice according to any of Claims 1-4, characterized in that it is designed by imaging or displaying a virtual form of said cubic dice.