Spin puzzle using magnetic elements
OwnerDennis Binkleyinventor
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Abstract
The spin puzzle includes a plurality of individual spin elements having opposing spaced surfaces and a peripheral edge surface therebetween. Each element has a circular axial opening and a thin lip positioned about the axial opening on one surface of the spin element and extending away therefrom, the other opposing surface having a recess about the axial opening into which a lip from an adjacent element can fit so that the two elements abut in axial alignment. Also positioned on one opposing surface of each element are a plurality of spaced, raised rib portions, each rib portion being rounded, elongated and relatively narrow. In the other opposing surface are matching cavities into which the rib portions from an adjacent element can fit, thus providing a rotational indexing capability for each element.
Claims7
A spin puzzle, comprising:
- a plurality of spin elements, each spin element having two opposing surfaces and an intermediate peripheral surface having indicia therearound, the spin elements having an axial opening therethrough and a magnetic member therein, such that opposing surfaces of adjacent elements are attracted to each other;
- wherein each spin element includes a lip about the axial opening in a first opposing surface, said lip extending upwardly above said first opposing surface, and further includes a recess about the axial opening in the second opposing surface, said recess extending inwardly of the spin element from said second opposing surface, such that a lip of one spin element fits into the recess of an adjacent element so as to maintain axial alignment of the two elements;
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- wherein each element further includes a plurality of spaced, raised rib portions on one of the opposing surfaces, the rib portions being spaced away from the axial opening, each element further including a plurality of cavities in the other opposing surface, into which rib portions from an adjacent element can readily fit, providing a rotational indexing capability of the elements relative to each other, the rotational indexing capability being physically separate from and independent of the axial alignment capability of the elements.
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