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Block puzzle

  • US 3,222,072 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1962
  • Issued: 12/07/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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4. A BLOCK PUZZLE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BLOCKS ALL CONGRUENT WITH EACH OTHER AND IN THE SHAPE OF A REGULAR POLYHEDRON, AND AN ELONGATED ELASTIC STRING-LIKE ELEMENT EXTENDING BETWEEN TWO TERMINAL BLOCKS AND PASSING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOCKS, SAID ELASTIC STRINGLIKE ELEMENT BEING OF SUCH A LENGTH THAT IT NORMALLY HOLDS ALL ADJACENT BLOCKS TOGETHER WHILE LEAVING THEM FREE FOR RELATIVE ROTATION AROUND THE STRING-LIKE ELEMENT AS AN AXIS, THE FACES OF EACH BLOCKS BEING UNRELIEVED EXCEPT FOR THE FACES HAVING SAID ELASTIC STRING-LIKE ELEMENT EXTENDING THERETHROUGH WHEREBY ALL OF THE BLOCKS MAY BE ORIENTED INTO A REGULAR POLYHEDRON WITH ONLY SAID UNRELIEVED FACES OF SAID BLOCKS EXPOSED.

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