Pentomino puzzles

Details Pentomino puzzles Pentomino puzzles

1970-04-10

1976-06-22

Oeschsle, Anton D.

Amusement devices: games

Puzzles

Take-aparts and put-togethers

A63F 910

Patent

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039647498

ABSTRACT:
A board having four rectangles of 90 squares dimensioned respectively 9 .times. 10, 6 .times. 15, 5 .times. 18 and 3 .times. 30. At least one set of the 18 one-sided pentominoes are provided for disposition in the aforesaid rectangles. In one embodiment a number on one side of each pentominoe piece is related to the difficulty of playing the piece. In another embodiment, two sets of pentominoes are provided with opposite checkerboard patterns. In other embodiments, the pentominoes are provided with parts of a message, picture or geometric design.

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patent: 1290761 (1919-01-01), Lester
patent: 2235615 (1941-03-01), Huffaker
patent: 2825568 (1958-03-01), Birsh
patent: 3171214 (1965-03-01), Sutherland
patent: 3402934 (1968-09-01), Adams
patent: 3558136 (1971-01-01), McFarland
Polyominoes by Solomon W. Golomb, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, N.Y. 1965, pp. 25, 28, 29, 105 relied on.
"Polyominoes" by Solomon W. Golomb, publ. 1965, by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, pp. 106-109, 151-167.

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