Three-dimensional puzzle or puzzle or display platform
AssigneesMark Randall Stolten, Elizabeth Mary Stolten, Frederick Brian Worrall
InventorMark Randall Stolten
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Abstract
A three-dimensional puzzle or puzzle or display platform being substantially spherical and having a substantially tessellated surface defined by substantially square form areas (first playing piece) and substantially triangular form areas (second playing piece), and having at least two parallel planes of demarcation on each of the three Cartesian axes that define the areas of the surface, and wherein the chord length of both form areas and the triangular form areas are substantially similar. The puzzle or game platform may be in conjunction with a levitator.
Claims48
A three-dimensional puzzle or puzzle or display platform of a kind having magnetic interactions between a solid or non-solid spherical core and plural pieces held, with or without contact, to the spherical core, comprising
- the plural pieces being of two kinds that collectively provide a substantially tessellated surface,
- one type of piece being at least notionally square when viewed towards the core and the second type of piece being at least notionally triangular when viewed towards the core, and
- chord lengths of each piece, four for each at least notionally square piece and three for each at least notionally triangular piece, being substantially equal, and
- the puzzle or display platform providing feedback when the pieces are rotated about the core,
- said feedback being provided for by a ratcheting mechanism or an indexing mechanism.
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