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US 5,628,512 AGranted
Simulated space station puzzle game
OwnerWai K. Chaninventor
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Abstract
A skill challenging puzzle game shaped like an space station comprises of three spherical members rotatably mounted on a circular disc-shaped main body. Each spherical member is rotatably mounted on a horizontal axis located at the periphery of the main body and consists of eight equal size sectors. The disc-shaped main body consists of an inverted upper saucer and a lower saucer mounted together and rotatable horizontally relative to each other about a central axis such that the upper portion of the spherical members may be scrambled from or matched with selected lower portion of the spherical members. The matched spherical members may be additionally rotatable relative to their horizontal axes to obtain various challenging combinations of colours or patterns provided on the spherical members.
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A puzzle game comprising
- an upper inverted saucer and a lower saucer rotatably mounted together with respect to a central axis,
- at least two semi-circular bays formed in even intervals in the periphery of said upper inverted saucer and lower saucer, said bays having a front opening distal from the centre of said upper inverted saucer and lower saucer,
- a shaft member disposed at the diameter of each of said semi-circular bays and positioned across said front opening of each of skid bays,
- spherical members rotatably mounted on said linear shaft member in said semi-circular bays, said spherical members having eight equal sectors with four upper sectors located in said upper inverted saucer, and four lower sectors located in said lower saucer, said upper inverted saucer and said lower saucer being rotatable to align selective four upper sectors with selective four lower sectors to form said spherical members, and said spherical members being rotatable to move a selective first pair of upper sectors in said four upper sectors into said lower saucer while a second pair of lower sectors in said lower saucer located diametrically opposite to said first pair of upper sectors is being moved into said upper inverted saucer.
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A puzzle game comprising,
- an upper inverted saucer and a lower saucer rotatably mounted together with respect to a central axis mounted at the centre of said upper inverted saucer and said lower saucer,
- three semi-circular bays formed in even intervals in the periphery of each of said upper inverted saucer and additional three semi-circular bays also formed in even intervals in the said lower saucer, said semi-circular bays and additional semi-circular bays being equal in dimension to one another and having a front opening facing outwards from said periphery,
- a semi-cylindrical shaft member disposed at the diameter of each of said semi-circular bays and extending across said front opening in said upper inverted saucer, and an associated semi-cylindrical shaft member disposed at the diameter of each of said semi-circular bays and extending across said front opening in said lower saucer, said semi-cylindrical shaft member having a curved upper surface and a substantially flat bottom surface, said associated semi-cylindrical shaft member having a curved lower surface and a substantially flat upper surface,
- three semi-spherical members located in said three semi-circular bays in said upper inverted saucer wherein each semi-spherical member comprises four equal sectors rotatably mounted to said semi-cylindrical shaft member in said semi-circular bays in said upper inverted saucer,
- three additional semi-spherical members located in said three semi-circular bays in said lower saucer wherein each additional semi-spherical member is equal in dimension to said semi-spherical members in said upper inverted saucer and comprises four equal sectors rotatably mounted to said associated semi-cylindrical shaft member in said lower saucer,
- said upper inverted saucer being rotatable relative to said lower saucer for aligning said semi-spherical members in said upper inverted saucer and said additional semi-spherical members in said lower saucer for forming three spheres, each one of said spheres being rotatable with respect to the combination of said semi-cylindrical shaft member and associated semi-cylindrical shaft member for moving a first pair of said sectors in a semi-spherical member from said upper inverted saucer to said lower saucer while a second pair of said sectors in an additional semi-spherical member in said lower saucer and located diametrically opposite to said first pair of said sectors is being moved from said lower saucer to said upper inverted saucer.
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