# US 5,348,300 A · Cosmic communication cubes

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- Number: US 5,348,300 A
- Document ID: US5348300A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/094,212
- Filed: 1993-07-21
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1992-11-02
- Inventors: Melvin R. Jennings
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5348300A

## CPC

- A63F 9/0413: {Cuboid dice}
- A63F 2250/063: for changing stability or rolling properties
- A63F 2250/1031: using colour indicators
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A set of dice, each die being a transparent, six-sided cube. A number of extrusions or marking indicia are located on each of the outer surfaces of the dice and are numbered, lettered or otherwise designated. The interior of each die is hollow, with small impressions on the inner surfaces located directly opposite the extrusions. A ball is disposed inside each die and is free to move around the hollow interior. The interior impressions are sized so that the ball will settle in one of the impressions when the die comes to rest after being thrown. Each of the impressions lies directly beneath a an extrusion or marking indicia on the upwardly facing outer surface of the die, which is read to determine the outcome of the toss. Thus, each toss of the dice will generate different numbers for use in games of chance such as lotteries and the like.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A die having a hollow interior, comprising:
a transparent body having a plurality of outer surfaces, a plurality of inner surfaces, and a space within said inner surfaces defining said hollow interior;
a plurality of marking indicia disposed on each of said outer surfaces;
a plurality of impressions in each of said inner surfaces located at positions directly opposite to said marking indicia on said outer surfaces; and
a spherical member freely movable in the hollow interior, said spherical member having a weight equal to the weight of said hollow die without said spherical member;
whereby, upon being rolled, said die will come to rest on an outer surface, and said spherical member will come to rest in one of the impressions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A die as recited in claim 1, wherein said marking indicia comprise extrusions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A die as recited in claim 2, comprising six inner and outer surfaces.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

A die as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said six outer surfaces of said die has eight extrusions.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A die as recited in claim 4, wherein said extrusions are numbered sequentially from 1 to 48.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

A die as recited in claim 3, wherein four of said six outer surfaces of each die have seven extrusions and two of said six outer surfaces of said die have eight extrusions.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

A die as recited in claim 6, wherein said extrusions are numbered sequentially from 1 to 44.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

A die as recited in claim 3, wherein each of said six outer surfaces contains nine extrusions.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A die as recited in claim 8, wherein said extrusions are numbered sequentially from 1 to 54.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A die as recited in claim 1, wherein said spherical member is a metal ball.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A die as recited in claim 1, wherein said transparent body is constructed of a transparent thermoplastic material, the color of which changes based upon the temperature of the material.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

A die as recited in claim 1, wherein said transparent body of a die is tinted in color.