Folding puzzle/transformational toy with 24 linked tetrahedral elements

A transformational magic number puzzle construction, including:

• 24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;
• said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;
• said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons:
• hinge means for joining said tetrahedron bodies in a closed loop configuration with pivoting connections between adjacent tetrahedron bodies in said closed loop configuration to facilitate the formation of a plurality of complex and simple geometric shapes;
• further including numerical indicia applied in a predetermined pattern to the exterior surfaces of the triangular facets of said tetrahedron bodies, said predetermined pattern yielding a magic number sum for all exposed numerical indicia for a plurality of solid shapes formed by said tetrahedron bodies.

A transformational puzzle construction, including:

• 24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;
• said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;
• said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons:
• hinge means for joining said tetrahedron bodies in a closed loop configuration with pivoting connections between adjacent tetrahedron bodies in said closed loopconfigurationn to facilitate the formation of a plurality of complex and simple geometric shapes;
• means for securing said tetrahedron bodies in any of said geometric shapes, including a plurality of bipolar connector devices secured to the triangular faces of the tetrahedrons in a predetermined pattern, said predetermined pattern enabling all contracted shapes of said tetrahedron ring to be secured by mutual engagement of said bipolar connector devices at all confronting, impinging triangular faces.

A tranformational calendar display, including:

• 24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;
• said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;
• said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons:
• hinge means for joining said tetrahedron bodies in a closed loop configuration with pivoting connections between adjacent tetrahedron bodies in said closed loop configuration to facilitate the formation of a plurality of complex and simple geometric shapes, including a plurality of distinct contracted configurations each displaying an outer surface comprised of one of the four triangular facets of each of the tetrahedron bodies;
• calendar portions applied in a predetermined pattern to the exterior surfaces of the triangular facets of said tetrahedron bodies, said calendar portions being distributed among said facets so that each of said distinct contracted shapes exhibits an exclusive calendar display for each of said distinct contracted configurations;
• and,
• means for securing said tetrahedron bodies in any of said distinct contracted shapes.

A tranformational puzzle construction, including:

• a plurality of closed loops of tetrahedral bodies, each loop including 24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;
• said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;
• said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons:
• hinge means for joining said tetrahedron bodies in a closed loop configuration with pivoting connections between adjacent tetrahedron bodies in said closed loop configuration to facilitate the formation of a plurality of complex and simple geometric shapes;
• each of said closed loops including graphic representations applied in a predetermined pattern to the exterior surfaces of each of the 96 triangular facets of said tetrahedron bodies, each of said triangular facets having a unique outer appearance;
• said plurality of closed loops being foldable and rotatable to form together a plurality of larger geometric shapes, at least one of said larger geometric shapes comprising a contracted solid having an outer surface in which each of said 96 triangular facets appears once without duplication.