Article and Puzzle
OwnerGreig Reid Brebner, Scott William Kingtoninventors
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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.
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A puzzle having six faces forming a closed surface, wherein in a solved state of 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.
A puzzle comprising a plurality of elements that can be arranged to form a closed surface having six faces, wherein each one of the six faces comprises a convex curve profile along one axis and a concave curve profile along a second axis and wherein the elements can be manoeuvred relative to each other to alter the geometry of at least one face of the puzzle.
A puzzle comprising a plurality of elements arranged to from a closed surface having six faces, wherein each one of the six faces comprises a convex curve profile along one axis and a concave curve profile along a second axis, and wherein each face comprises nine elements arranged in a 3×3 array such that the convex and concave profiles of each face are bounded by a first and second pair of opposed edges respectively, and each edge from the first pair is formed from 3 elements that also form a corresponding edge from the second pair of edges of an adjacent face.
A puzzle comprising a plurality of elements and a core structure having six limbs extending in three intersecting and mutually perpendicular axes, each limb rotatably retaining one of six centre elements of the plurality of elements at an outer end of the limb, wherein remaining elements of the plurality of elements interlockingly engage the centre elements about the core structure to surround the centre elements and form a closed surface bounded by six faces, each face defined by one of the centre elements and the elements surrounding the centre element and being rotatable about the respective limb of the centre element, and wherein the elements are shaped such that when they are interlocked each face is a surface having a concave curve along a first axis and a convex curve along a second axis.
A puzzle comprising a plurality of elements and a core structure having six limbs extending in three intersecting and mutually perpendicular axes, each limb rotatably retaining one of six centre elements of the plurality of elements at an outer end of the limb, and wherein remaining elements of the plurality of elements fit into the core structure about the centre pieces to rotate in sets with a respective centre piece and to form a closed surface bounded by six faces having a concave curve along a first axis and a convex curve along a second axis is formed.
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