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US 5,575,476 AGranted
Game apparatus
OwnerJu-Hsun Yanginventor
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Abstract
A game device includes a parallelepiped body having six outer shells engaged on six surfaces. The outer shells each includes a tube engaged with the body and each includes four notches formed in the peripheral portion. A number of slides are slidably engaged in the notches of the outer shells and movable between the notches. Six groups of patterns are printed on the outer surfaces of the slides. The users may move the slides of same group of patterns to the notches of an identical outer shell for educational purposes.
Claims1
A game apparatus comprising:
- a parallelepiped body including six surfaces each having a recess formed therein and each having an aperture formed therein,
- six pairs of inner shells and outer shells engaged on said six surfaces respectively and each including a substantially semi-spherical shape, said inner shells each including a center portion having a hole formed therein and aligned with said apertures of said body, said inner shells each including a peripheral portion having four spaced slots formed therein, said outer shells each including a tube extended through said holes of said inner shells and said apertures of said body, said tubes each including a free end portion having an annular flange radially extended outward therefrom for engaging with said body so as to rotatably secure said inner shells and said outer shells to said body, said outer shells each including a peripheral portion having four notches formed therein for aligning with said slots of said inner shells, said outer shells each including an outer surface having an orifice formed therein,
- six caps each including an extension engaged in said orifices of said outer shells such that said caps move in concert with said outer shells, and
- a plurality of slides slidably engaged in said notches of said outer shells and movable between said notches, said slides each including an outer surface, and six groups of patterns being provided on said outer surfaces of said slides.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.