Toy and puzzle with reversible breakability

Details Toy and puzzle with reversible breakability Toy and puzzle with reversible breakability

1990-11-09

1992-07-07

Brown, Theatrice

Amusement devices: games

Puzzles

Take-aparts and put-togethers

273 58R, 273428, 273456, 446 92, 446419, A63F 912

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051276526

ABSTRACT:
A combination breakable toy and puzzle. A ball comprises eight identical wedge-shaped elements, each having a resiliently deformable foam core and a smooth outer skin. 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 can 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 for the toy are cubes, pyramids and baby rattles.

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patent: 3873485 (1975-03-01), Fichera
patent: 4886273 (1989-12-01), Unger
patent: 4944363 (1990-07-01), Osher

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