Amusement devices: games – Puzzles – Take-aparts and put-togethers
Patent
1988-10-03
1989-12-12
Oechsle, Anton O.
Amusement devices: games
Puzzles
Take-aparts and put-togethers
273 1M, 273 58R, 273428, 446 92, 446419, A63F 912, A63B 4300, A63H 3310
Patent
active
048862738
ABSTRACT:
A combination breakable toy and puzzle. A ball comprises eight identical wedge-shaped elements, formed of high-impact plastic with hollow interiors. Within the interiors of the individual elements, near the vertices thereof, magnets are mounted for interacting with magnets mounted on the interiors of other wedges, such that the ball may be magnetically assembled by matching opposite polarities of the magnets. The ball may be pried apart, or may be broken apart without structural damage by throwing it against a wall or the floor, and may then be reassembled. The ball may be used as a puzzle, challenging a child to assemble it in the proper fashion. Plus and minus signs may be provided on the faces of the wedge-shaped elements to assist in this task. Other configurations are possible, such as cubes, pyramids and baby rattles.
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