Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Jumping movement
Patent
1997-06-18
1998-07-28
Wong, Steven B.
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Jumping movement
446331, A63F 908
Patent
active
057853185
ABSTRACT:
A hand-held puzzle comprising an planar, square array of mirror surface tiles confined for sequential planar movement via a ninth, vacant, tile size space or to alter the positions of individual blocks in the array. A humanoid character molded in one piece from elastomeric material has hands and feet anchored to preselected respective corner tiles by adhesive so that the limbs torso can be twisted, intertwined and contorted into stable different configurations by such sequential movement of respective tiles. The character's body is marked with black and white stripes which extend in straight manner along the limbs and torso when the body is undeformed enabling the direction of distortion of the limbs body to be more readily perceived by a player.
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Usher Robert W. J.
Wong Steven B.
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