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US 7,140,612 B2Granted
Cubic assembly puzzle and support structure
AssigneeWisonet, Inc.
InventorRonghao Chen
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Abstract
A game or puzzle including a plurality of polyomino assembly pieces and a support base. The support base may comprise a polygonal bottom member, one or more towers, and side walls. The support base aids the user in visualizing the shape of the puzzle to be assembled and provides support to the assembly pieces during puzzle assembly.
Claims4
An assembly puzzle comprising:
- a three-dimensional, symmetrical figure consisting of interfitting assembly pieces and a support base;
- the support base comprising a shape equivalent to:
- a flat, horizontally-oriented, polygonal bottom member possessing an upper surface and edges;
- the upper surface being divisible into a whole number of identically-sized, edge-connected squares;
- the upper surface having an area;
- at least one vertical tower having a height;
- the tower being facially attached to at least one upper surface square;
- at least four vertically-oriented side walls having top, bottom, and side edges;
- the side edges of adjacent side walls contacting one another;
- the bottom edges of the side walls contacting the bottom member;
- the side walls being divisible into a whole number of identically-sized, edge-connected squares;
- the assembly pieces and vertical tower having a shape equivalent to a whole number of identically-sized, facially-connected cubes;
- the symmetrical figure being at least two cubes in thickness;
- the volume of the symmetrical figure being defined by the area of the upper surface multiplied by the height of the side walls;
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- the shape of the symmetrical figure conforming to the shape of the support base and the height of the side walls.
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