Geometric art toy device
OwnerAndreas Hoenigschmidinventor
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Abstract
A geometric art toy device has a set of sixteen tetrahedron-shaped bodies that are linked together by hinge connections. Each of the bodies has an edge E defining a longest-length edge of the tetrahedron-shaped body, a base surface defining a first base edge B and a hypotenuse edge B′, and a first side surface defining a further edge H and a second further edge S of the tetrahedron-shaped body. The hinge connections include a first hinge connection along the first base edge B of the base of each of the bodies, and a second hinge connection along the edge E of each of the bodies. Each tetrahedron-shaped body has the dimensions such as: H=√2, E=2, S=√3, B=1, and B′=√2.
Claims20
A geometric art toy device comprising a set of sixteen tetrahedron-shaped bodies that are linked together by hinge connections, where:
- each of the tetrahedron-shaped bodies has:
- an edge E defining a longest-length edge of the tetrahedron-shaped body,
- a base surface defining a first base edge B and a hypotenuse edge B′, and
- a first side surface defining a further edge H and a second further edge S of the tetrahedron-shaped body;
- the hinge connections include a first hinge connection along the first base edge B of the base of each of the bodies, and a second hinge connection along the edge E of each of the bodies;
- and
- each tetrahedron-shaped body has dimensions as set forth in any one of the following combinations a-f, where l represents a single unit of length:
- a. H=√(1/3), E=√(7/3), S=√(4/3), B=1, and B′=√2;
- b. H=1, E=√3, S=√2, B=1, and B′=√2;
- c. H=√2, E=2, S=√3, B=1, and B′=√2;
- d. H=1.37638, E=1.97343, S=1.7013, B=1, and B′=√2;
- e. H=√3, E=√5, S=2, B=1, and B′=√2;
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- f. H=1+√2, E=√(4+2√2), S=√(5+2√2), B=1, and B′=√2.
A geometric art toy device comprising a set of sixteen tetrahedron-shaped bodies that are linked together by hinge connections, where:
- each of the tetrahedron-shaped bodies has:
- an edge E defining a longest-length edge of the tetrahedron-shaped body,
- a base surface defining a first base edge B and a hypotenuse edge B′, and
- a first side surface defining a further edge H and a second further edge S of the tetrahedron-shaped body;
- the hinge connections include a first hinge connection along the first base edge B of the base of each of the bodies, and a second hinge connection along the edge E of each of the bodies;
- and
- each tetrahedron-shaped body has the dimensions:
- H=√2, E=2, S=√3, B=1, and B′=√2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.