Manipulable icosahedron toy

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1981-12-22

1984-10-02

Oechsle, Anton O.

Amusement devices: games

Puzzles

Jumping movement

A63F 908

Patent

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044743769

ABSTRACT:
A puzzle corresponding to a regular icosahedron in which the twenty faces of the icosahedron are detached yet movable, the puzzle including a spherical core; twelve mushroom-shaped holding pins extending from the core individually at locations corresponding to icosahedral vertex points and having a head spaced from the core; a plurality of turning elements extending between adjacant holding pins and slidably engaged between the heads and the core for pivotal movement in multiple of seventy-two degree rotation about a selected one of such adjacent holding pins; and a plurality of exterior plates fixedly and individually mounted on the turning elements for pivotal movement with the turning elements, the exterior plates having varigated surfaces which can be brought by a succession of movements into a preferred arrangement after having been scrambled by rotation about various axes. The exterior plates of the puzzle corresponding to the faces of the icosahedron.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3690672 (1972-09-01), Dreyer

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