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US 6,595,519 B1Granted
Dimensional puzzle
OwnerDavid O. McGoveraninventor
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Abstract
A puzzle using Moebius topology and three-dimensional construction to make solution more challenging by preventing the player from seeing all possible layouts at any one time. The preferred embodiment of the puzzle challenges players to solve a maze when part of the maze will always be concealed by the current viewing surface, as the internal and external surface are both contiguous and identical.
Claims7
A puzzle comprising:
- a single sheet of material, having a beginning edge and an ending edge parallel to each other, formed into a closed loop wherein said single sheet of material has a single surface and a single side, by incorporating into the loop an odd number of 180° twists between the beginning and ending parallel edges of said single sheet of material, with said beginning and parallel edges being joined together, enclosing a space wherein a movable playing piece may be fitted;
- and,
- demarcation on said single sheet of material that differentiates between areas across which motion is allowable and across which motion is not allowable, thereby forming a two-dimensional maze on said single sheet of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.