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US 5,564,702 AGranted
Interactive spherical game having lights and switches
OwnerUwe Meffertinventor
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Abstract
A puzzle having a substantially spherical housing comprising a plurality of lights disposed over the surface thereof, a plurality of switches operable by a user, and a control device operatively connected to the switches and to the lights for switching on and off the lights in response to operation of a respective switch.
Claims10
A puzzle comprising:
- a substantially spherical housing;
- a plurality of lights disposed over a surface of said housing, said plurality of lights being arranged so that, regardless of an orientation of said spherical housing, at least one light is located on a hemisphere of said housing that faces a user of said puzzle;
- a plurality of switches selectively operable by the user and disposed over an outer surface of said housing;
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- control means operatively connected to said switches and to said lights for switching on or off a select one or more of said lights in response to operation of any one selected switch.
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A puzzle comprising:
- a housing having a three-dimensional shape, and having a surface divided into a plurality of regions;
- p1 a plurality of lights disposed over the surface of said housing, said plurality of lights being arranged so that, regardless of an orientation of said housing, at least one light is located on a region of said housing that faces a user of said puzzle;
- p1 a plurality of switches selectively operable by the user and disposed over an outer surface of said housing;
- and p1 control means operatively connected to said switches and to said lights for switching on or off a select one or more of said lights in response to operation of any one selected switch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.