Variably assemblable figurative tiles for games, puzzles, and fo

Details Variably assemblable figurative tiles for games, puzzles, and fo Variably assemblable figurative tiles for games, puzzles, and fo

1995-03-13

1997-04-15

Friedman, Carl D.

Static structures (e.g., buildings)

Ornamental: color, thickness variation, or dissimilar...

Elements interfit or abut to create design

52390, 273157R, D21105, D25138, B44F 300, B44C 125

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ABSTRACT:
Families of rhombus-based two-zoomorph variably assemblable tile sets wherein a single amphographic line delineates different parts of one zoomorph and different parts of a second and different zoomorph as well, and may similarly delineate further fatter or skinnier zoomorphs. All or some of these may, in conjunction with one another, tile the plane in an infinite number of different and interesting ways. These tiles and tilings and patches of tiles may be used in puzzles, in games, for teaching certain aspects of geometry, or for the decoration of fabrics or other surfaces.

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U.S. patent application No. 08/317,899--filing date Oct. 4, 1994--Title: "Variably Assemblable Figurative Tile Set for Covering Surfaces".
J.A.L. Osborn, "Amphography, The Art of Figurative Tiling", in Leonardo, vol. 26 #4, pp. 289-291, 1993.

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