Amusement device formed of a plurality of differently shaped interfitting modular units
OwnerRobert D. Beamaninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an amusement device which is formed of a plurality of differently shaped modular units which can interfit to form a solid equilateral tetrahedron. Each of the modular units is a single solid piece having a shape which is defined by the integral combination of one or more solid equilateral octrahedrons and one or more solid equilateral tetrahedrons. The modular units can also interfit to form random three-dimensional sculptural shapes.
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A three-dimensional amusement apparatus comprising a first plurality of three-dimensional modular units, each having a different shape defined by a plurality of exterior planar surfaces and being formed by an integral combination of at least one equilateral solid tetrahedron in face to face contact with at least one equilateral solid octrahedron, the planar faces of each said solid tetrahedron having the same size and shape as the planar faces of each said solid octrahedron, said plurality of modular units being shaped to permit their interengagement to form a first tetrahedron having a predetermined size.
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