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US 2019/0160389 A1Published application
Bodies for sculptural structures
OwnerHoward W. GOLDFARBinventor
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Abstract
Bodies for sculptural structures. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
Claims20
A method of manipulating a toy, which toy is able to form a vast number of configurations, said toy comprising:
- a plurality of bodies being configured to form said vast number of configurations;
- each of said bodies comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- said first portion comprising a cube shaped portion;
- said second portion comprising a parallelepiped, said parallelepiped comprising a homogeneous body made up of two cubes of the same size and formation as the cube of said first portion;
- said first portion and said second portion being connected together to form a single body;
- said first portion being connected to said second portion such that one surface of said first portion connects to a square portion of said second portion;
- the connection between said first portion and said second portion including an overlap of half the area of one side of said one square surface of said first portion with half of the area of said one surface of said square portion of said second portion;
- each said body comprising a center of gravity which will permit said body to be balanced in a plurality of positions on a surface configured to support said toy;
- each of said bodies being configured to be balanced, on one of the surfaces configured to support said toy, on square surfaces of said body most distant from said connection between said first portion and said second portion and also a first rectangular surface distance from said connection between said first portion and said second portion;
- said method comprising:
- disposing a first of said bodies on said surface configured to support said toy;
- disposing a second of said bodies either on said surface configured to support said toy or on said first body or partially on said surface configured to support said toy and partially on said first of said bodies;
- continuing to place additional bodies on other bodies already put together and/or placing said additional bodies partially on said surface continued to support said toy and partially on at least one of said other bodies while maintaining said center of gravity such as to maintain stability of said toy being constructed or permitting the structure of said toy to at least partially collapse;
- changing the configuration of said at least partially assembled or unassembled toy and providing new configurations of said toy;
- learning how to maintain a stable or an at least partially stable structure of said toy on said surface configured to support said toy;
- and
- constructing a plurality of different configurations of said bodies.
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A method of manipulating and playing with a toy, which toy is able to form a vast number of configurations, said toy comprising:
- a plurality of bodies being configured to form said vast number of configurations;
- each of said bodies comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- said first portion comprising a substantially cube shaped portion;
- said second portion comprising a parallelepiped, said parallelepiped comprising a homogeneous body made up of at least two cubes of the substantially same size and substantially same formation as the cube of said first portion;
- said first portion and said second portion being connected together to form a single body;
- said first portion being connected to said second portion such that one surface of said first portion connects to a square portion of said second portion;
- the connection between said first portion and said second portion including an overlap of substantially half the area of one side of said one square surface of said first portion with half of the area of said one surface of said substantially square portion of said second portion;
- each said body comprising a center of gravity which will permit said body to be balanced in a plurality of positions on a surface configured to support said toy;
- each of said bodies being configured to be balanced, on one of the surfaces configured to support said toy, on square surfaces of said body most distant from said connection between said first portion and said second portion and also a first rectangular surface distance from said connection between said first portion and said second portion;
- said method comprising:
- disposing a first of said bodies on said surface configured to support said toy;
- disposing a second of said bodies either on said surface configured to support said toy or on said first body or partially on said surface configured to support said toy and partially on said first of said bodies;
- continuing to place additional bodies on other bodies already put together and/or placing said additional bodies partially on said surface continued to support said toy and partially on at least one of said other bodies while maintaining said center of gravity such as to maintain stability of said toy being constructed or permitting the structure of said toy to at least partially collapse;
- changing the configuration of said at least partially assembled or unassembled toy and providing new configurations of said toy;
- learning how to maintain a stable or an at least partially stable structure of said toy on said surface configured to support said toy;
- and
- constructing a plurality of different configurations of said bodies.
14 more elements
A toy configured to be manipulated to form a vast number of configurations, said toy comprising:
- a plurality of bodies being configured to form said vast number of configurations;
- each of said bodies comprising a first portion and a second portion;
- said first portion comprising a substantially cube shaped portion;
- said second portion comprising a parallelepiped, said parallelepiped comprising a homogeneous body made up of at least two cubes of the substantially same size and substantially same formation as the cube of said first portion;
- said first portion and said second portion being connected together to form a single body;
- said first portion being connected to said second portion such that one surface of said first portion connects to a square portion of said second portion;
- the connection between said first portion and said second portion including an overlap of substantially half the area of one side of said one square surface of said first portion with half of the area of said one surface of said substantially square portion of said second portion;
- each said body comprising a center of gravity which will permit said body to be balanced in a plurality of positions on a surface configured to support said toy;
- and
- each of said bodies being configured to be balanced, on one of the surfaces configured to support said toy, on square surfaces of said body most distant from said connection between said first portion and said second portion and also a first rectangular surface distance from said connection between said first portion and said second portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.