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US 4,416,453 AGranted
Regular solid multi-colored puzzle
OwnerAlbert Sassoinventor
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Abstract
A puzzle in the form of a multi-colored regular solid is disclosed. Plates corresponding to the adjacent faces of the regular solid are disposed on said faces and divided into a plurality of triangles of different colors, and which triangles have adjacent edges. The plates are coupled in pairs and the pairs are rotatable relative to their respective faces. The object of the puzzle is to rotate the pairs of plates so that none of the adjacent edges of the triangles are of the same color.
Claims11
A multi-colored puzzle, comprising:
- a hollow, regular solid base;
- a plurality of plates corresponding in number, size and shape to the faces of the regular solid base, and disposed on corresponding faces of the base;
- means for coupling the plates in pairs, whereby the pairs of plates are rotatable relative to corresponding faces of the bsase;
- the plates being divided into a plurality of triangles, with each plate having the same number of triangles and the triangles on any one plate having edges adjacent the edges of the triangles on adjacent plates;
- the triangles being of different colors, and each plate having triangles of the same colors with the relative positions of triangles of a particular color varying in a predetermined order;
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- the plates being rotated by a user of the puzzle in pairs relative to the corresponding faces until a discrete solution to the puzzle is achieved, whereby all of the adjacent edges of the triangles are of different colors.
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A multi-colored puzzle comprising:
- a hollow regular solid base;
- a plurality of plates corresponding in number, size and shape to the faces of the regular solid base;
- a plurality of shafts rotatably disposed within the base, each of which shafts is flexible to avoid interferring with the other shafts within the base, and has each of its ends extending through a face;
- means for coupling a plate to each of the extending ends of each of the shafts so that plates are rotatable in pairs relative to corresponding faces of the base and are disposed in selected positions on the corresponding faces;
- means arranged with the plates and the faces for maintaining the plates in the selected positions;
- the plates being divided into a plurality of triangles, with each plate having the same number of triangles and the triangles on any one plate having edges adjacent the edges of triangles on adjacent plates;
- the triangles being of different colors, and each plate having triangles of the same colors, with the relative positions of the triangles of a particular color varying in a predetermined order;
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- the plates being rotated by a user of the puzzle in pairs relative to the corresponding faces to selected positions until a discrete solution to the puzzle is achieved, whereby all of the adjacent edges of the triangles are of different colors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.