Amusement devices: toys – Construction toy – Having parts assembled for relative movement
Patent
1995-03-20
1996-07-23
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Construction toy
Having parts assembled for relative movement
446109, 446124, 446487, A63H 3312, A63H 3308, A63H 3300
Patent
active
055384528
ABSTRACT:
A construction/puzzle toy comprised of pairs of half-polyhedrons that are connected along one margin by a living plastic hinge. A chain is formed by permanently attaching adjacent pairs to each other by an axle-like component that rotatably joins two half-polyhedrons to form an entire polyhedron. This combination of a rotatable joint within each whole polyhedron and a hinge joint between adjacent polyhedrons allows the chain to be rearranged into a large number of different shapes. A preferred assembled shape for a chain of the polyhedrons is that of a cube. A closed ring of eight cuboidal polyhedrons forms a challenging puzzle that can be reconfigured to form a large cube with four cuboidal polyhedrons on each face. Likewise, a closed chain of 27 cubes can create a large cube with 9 cuboidal polyhedrons per face. Chains that are not closed to form a ring can be used to construct a wide variety of interesting shapes. The invention can be equipped with small knob-shaped tips to the axle-like component. The tips interact with small apertures to removably attach adjacent polyhedrons to each other.
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Muir D. Neal
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