Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Jumping movement
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-15
2001-06-12
Wong, Steven (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Jumping movement
Reexamination Certificate
active
06244597
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
According to the International Patent Classification this invention may be classified as follows: A 63 F 9/08—(combination toy, made up of reciprocally shiftable elements); A 63 H 33/04 (construction toys); A 63 H 33/06 ( . . . combined without application of additional parts).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The technical problem to be solved by this invention involves the following:
a. breaking a ball with diameter “D” and wall thickness “d” into elements which, when mutually joined, will form a ball;
b. connecting the elements so as to allow for reciprocal interconnection as well as for rotation and permutation of the elements, aiming at the fact that through rotation of ball segments around the diagonal of a cube in which the ball can be inscribed the elements will be brought into a definite position; and
c. positioning of individual ball segments (elements).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The logical ball-shaped toy with broken surface including rotated and permutated elements solves the problems of the construction of toy elements, and their interconnection, as well as the rotation and permutation of elements. Through rotation of ball segments (a segment comprises of four interconnected elements—three permutated and one rotated element) around the diagonal of to described cube the elements are brought into a definite position through audible and tactile effects, (FIG.
1
).
The ball of diameter “D” and wall thickness “d” is penetrated by eight surface lines of “OM” length (the “OM” length equals D {fraction (3/2)}) which, rotating around the diagonals of a cube in which the ball can be inscribed, form eight conical surfaces with peaks in the centre of the ball. The rotation diameter of point “M” equals the length of a diagonal of a square face of the cube in which the ball can be inscribed (D{square root over (2)}). The penetration of the created conical surfaces (cones) through the ball (of diameter “D” and wall thickness “d”) results in eight rotated elements
1
and twelve permutated elements
2
.
The rotated element
1
forms the space between three reciprocally tangent ball segments and the permutated element
2
forms the space which equals the cross-section of the combination of two segments. The bisecting lines through the peaks of rotated elements reciprocally dose a 120° angle.
The created elements (eight rotated elements and twelve permutated elements) are interconnected by link joints which provide for simultaneous interconnection and mobility, enabling rotation of eight segments (a segment consists of one rotated and three permutated elements) around the diagonals of the cube in which the ball can be inscribed in shifts of 120°. By rotation of ball segments there may be created a maximum number, N, of different combinations where N is equal to
3
8
×12!=3,142,729,497,600
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Abelman ,Frayne & Schwab
Lanco, D.O.O.
Wong Steven
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