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US 11,813,540 B2Granted
Game device and system
AssigneeCornia Productions, Inc.
InventorAlessandro Cornia
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for a system for a 3-D combination puzzle cube. A game device may include: an outer shell defining a set of guide channels, an inner shell housed within the outer shell, a tumbler system housed within the inner shell, and a set of cube components configured to slide across the set of guide channels, where the set of cube components are arranged to form a 3×3×3 cube, and where at least four cube components on each side of the formed 3×3×3 cube have an imprinted chess piece.
Claims20
A game device comprising:
- an outer shell defining a set of guide channels;
- a tumbler core housed within the outer shell;
- a plurality of latches connecting the outer shell to the tumbler core at a shear line between the outer shell and the tumbler core;
- a plurality of cube components configured to slide across the set of guide channels, wherein each cube component of the plurality of cube components comprises a cube pin, wherein each cube pin is disposed within a guide channel of the set of guide channels, and wherein each cube pin has a different length from each other cube pin;
- a plurality of pin tumbler mechanisms, wherein each pin tumbler mechanism comprises:
- a spring inside a shaft;
- a lower pin in contact with the spring;
- an upper pin in contact with the lower pin, wherein the spring pushes the upper pin against a collar disposed proximate the guide channel such that at least a portion of the upper pin is disposed within the guide channel, wherein each upper pin has a different length from each other upper pin;
- wherein the set of cube components are arranged to form a 3×3×3 cube;
- wherein the cube pin of each cube component is configured to contact a portion of an upper pin of the plurality of pin tumbler mechanisms within the guide channel, wherein the cube pin opposes a spring of the plurality of pin tumbler mechanisms;
- wherein when all of the plurality of cube components are in their correct positions each cube pin of each cube component opposes each respective upper pin such that each upper pin in contact with each lower pin is aligned with the shear line between the outer shell and the tumbler core;
- and
- wherein the plurality of latches disconnect the outer shell from the tumbler core when all of the plurality of cube components are in their correct positions.
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A method comprising:
- attaching a plurality of cube components to an outer shell defining a set of guide channels, wherein the plurality of cube components are configured to slide across the set of guide channels, wherein each cube component of the plurality of cube components comprises a cube pin, wherein each cube pin is disposed within a guide channel of the set of guide channels, and wherein each cube pin has a different length from each other cube pin;
- attaching the outer shell to a tumbler core housed within the outer shell via a plurality of latches, wherein the plurality of latches connects the outer shell to the tumbler core at a shear line between the outer shell and the tumbler core;
- detaching the outer shell from the tumbler core housed within the outer shell via the plurality of latches, wherein the plurality of latches disconnect the outer shell from the tumbler core when all of the plurality of cube components are in their correct positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.