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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8136815 | Interactive brainteaser puzzle An interactive brainteaser puzzle which includes a circular base having a central recess, a raised collar about the central recess, a raised rim about the periphery, a plurality equally spaced radial lines extending between the raised collar and the raised rim to fo... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8109515 | Three-dimensional puzzle A puzzle formed by splitting of a 3-D body by three pairs of symmetrical conical surfaces. The body has a hollow sphere inside with three main axes coincided with the axes of each pair. The elements are a result of splitting by the conical surfaces and comprise oute... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087671 | Spatial puzzle apparatus A spatial puzzle apparatus is disclosed herein. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 100 comprises a plurality of puzzle blocks 102 which has a general pyramid shape, and a void 124 which is configured to receive one of the plurality of puzz... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8042812 | Ball-shaped puzzle The present invention pertains to a supporting frame, a plurality of swiveling pieces, and a plurality of movable pieces, and the above elements are constructed with each other into a sphere shape; the supporting frame disposes a first supporting stem and a second s... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7980560 | Three-dimensional tube puzzle A three-dimensional tube puzzle is disclosed as a new modification of Rubik's Cube™. It consists of plurality of straight and curved cylindrical elements. The dimensions of each element are so that it fits into cubical cell. Assembled puzzle forms a continuous pip... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7918457 | Ball-shaped puzzle The invention relates to a ball-shaped puzzle comprising a spherical support element (1; 31) and a plurality of movable puzzle elements (16; 33) which all have substantially the same size and shape, the movable puzzle elements (16; 33) being sli... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7878507 | Spatial game apparatus A game apparatus with passageways for object passage. Some portions consist of stationary pieces. Each of these contains a plurality of passageways. Other portions consist of multiple pieces. Some of these can be moved and others cannot be moved. Those pieces that c... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7823884 | Spherical puzzle A spherical logical puzzle is disclosed comprising of a plurality of elements symmetrical about three axes and planes. The puzzle is solved by rotating the elements on the surface of the sphere to align a surface pattern or numerical set. The surface of sphere is di... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7789391 | Cube insertion game A game comprises a frame and 82 cubical playing pieces, or playing cubes, 81 of which cubes are removably retained in the frame. For playing purposes, the playing cubes are divided into 3 groups: 27 scoring cubes, 54 blank cubes, and 1 pilot cube. During play cubes ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7784791 | Toy comprising an improved three-dimensional puzzle The invention relates to a toy comprising an improved three-dimensional puzzle, which essentially comprises a base body and a plurality of three-different types of elements which are mounted to the base body, whereby groups of elements can be rotated in order to for... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7644924 | Three dimensional sudoku cube puzzle and method This application discloses a three dimensional puzzle bearing the shape of a cube. The application also discloses a method of integrating spatial logic using a three dimensional puzzle. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7604234 | Gear puzzle A game is provided which includes a body, a track disposed in the body, and tokens disposed in the track. The tokens are capable of translating in the track. A plurality of track portions are provided which include first, second and third track portions. Each of the... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7600756 | Cubic logic toy This is an invention that concerns the construction of three-dimensional logic toys, which have the shape of a normal solid, substantially cubic in shape, and N number of layers in each direction of the three-dimensional rectangular Cartesian coordinate system, said... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7547019 | Three-dimensional DIY assembly intelligence structure The present invention relates to a three-dimensional DIY assembly intelligence structure, which is a three-dimensional rotatable structure. The three-dimensional rotatable structure comprises a detachable puzzle piece, several square puzzle pieces, several rectangul... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547020 | Three dimensional toy having multi-shaped interlocking members which have a spring mechanism inside a cylindrical threaded shaft for interlocking one member to another member The present invention is a manipulative toy formed of a collection assemblage of three dimensional shape members that can be any multiplicity of desired shapes. The embodiments of the various members can be formed in any abstract shapes. Moreover, variant embodiment... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7494125 | Sliding tile puzzle with tile rotating mechanism A sliding tile puzzle in which a series of rectangular tiles having exposed upper surfaces marked with indicia are packed together in a square planar array for lateral sliding movement in the planar array into a vacant space to change the relative positions of the t... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7451985 | Rotational ring puzzle A spherical puzzle comprising a first semi-spherical shell engaged with a second semi-spherical shell. Each shell has four triangular panels held by a plate with the four triangular panels on each plate forming an intersecting track running perpendicularly along an ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7438290 | Sliding shell mechanism for a hollow puzzle A sliding shell mechanism includes a circumferential band, and a pair of portions attachable to the circumferential band, each portion having formed on an edge portion thereof an annular groove, the grooves being sized and configured to slidingly and matingly receiv... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7366978 | Method and system for creating a grid-like coordinate system for addressing data contained in an irregular computer-generated table Methods and systems provide for imposing structure onto a freeform or irregular table so that a subsequent consuming application may use the table, including presentation of the table and location of the data in the table. A generic grid structure is created having ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7311306 | Extendable cylindrical jigsaw puzzle A cylindrical jigsaw puzzle includes a bottom rim having an outer flange, an inner flange and a first gap between the outer flange and the inner flange, a top rim having a ring body, a positioning flange extending from an inner face of the ring body and a second gap... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309064 | Puzzle with meshing gear sections A puzzle that provides for rearranging different pieces to form a pattern formed from the pieces is disclosed. The puzzle includes at least one generally trilateral piece having three sides, and at least one generally quadrilateral piece. At least two of the sides o... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306225 | Octave magic cube An octave magic cube has a spherical center core with square slider plates mounted at end of a six-arm cross center piece. A pattern of space channel is formed between the slider plates. Seven movable cubic block pieces having a triangular retainer plate mounted at ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7290904 | Light with support flange The present invention is directed to a lighting system including a light fixture with a bracket attached thereto and an elongated flange comprising a body portion and a coupling member extending from the body portion. The coupling member is adapted to interact with ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7275744 | Puzzle pen A puzzle pen of which the penholder is formed of a shaft holding a writing member for writing, puzzle rings mounted on the shaft each holding a plurality of axially slidable puzzle blocks, and a retaining device, which has a locating ring with a receiving groove for... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264545 | Gaming device having selectable revealed award values A processor controlled gaming device having a display device, wherein the display device shows the player an offer, enables the player to keep the offer and provides a predefined number of chances for the player to change a component of or upgrade the offer. The pla... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247075 | Golden rhombic pyramid-shaped building blocks This invention is a set of magnetic building blocks. Each block or piece in the set is in the shape of a right golden rhombic pyramid. There are two important fixed proportions that dictate each block's shape. The first is that the pyramid's base is a golden rhombus... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243918 | Extension for rotatable puzzle piece An extension for a rotatable puzzle piece that is used with a sliding puzzle, and a sliding puzzle that uses the same. In one aspect the puzzle has an extension for a rotatable puzzle piece, comprising a housing including a backing frame and a front member connected... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7198270 | Kinematically compatible parallelpipedal cells This invention generally relates to a set of parallelepipedal bodies (cells) capable of matingly compatible engagement for interconnection, so as to allow up to three degrees of freedom in the sliding movement of an individual cell or grouping of cells about a group... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172484 | Bubble machine A bubble machine has a housing, a bubble generator positioned adjacent the front opening of the housing, a fan positioned inside the housing, and a motor positioned inside the housing and operatively coupled to the fan and the bubble generator. Actuation of the moto... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168703 | Puzzle game incorporating a rotational element and methods of playing thereof A puzzle game and method of playing provides for sequentially ordering a plurality of tiles that are originally oriented in a random pattern, and where a rotational element is included to increase the challenge. The game includes a frame with a central horizontal sh... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7168704 | Interactive game A method and apparatus for amusement and gaming is described. The apparatus includes a board comprising horizontal and vertical disposed lines that enclose a plurality of playing areas, wherein the playing areas are arranged into an equal number (N) of rows and colu... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7165768 | Variable three-dimensional labyrinth A variable three-dimensional labyrinth comprises a base, a plurality of central blocks, side blocks, corner blocks, wherein a plurality of buckling pillars are mounted on the base for buckling the central blocks. A plurality of hollow tunnels are formed on the centr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166047 | Toy ball A toy ball is formed from two shells and a pair of lock mechanisms 220. During construction, the shells, which may be hemispherical, are mated together and then the lock mechanisms are secured to the shells to form a substantially smooth-surfaced sphere. The ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163203 | Game A game having at least two boards, each having a frame with a substantially flat surface, said board determinative of a playing level, an object piece, the frame having a playing surface with a predetermined entrance and exit, game pieces arranged to travel over the... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155851 | Collection holder The present invention provides a collection holder which allows a plurality of collection pieces of given shapes to be attached thereto for display. The collection holder is for mounting thereto the collection pieces of given shapes, being formed in a polyhedron wit... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7147224 | Multifunctional cylindrical sliding block jigsaw puzzle A cylindrical sliding block jigsaw puzzle includes a barrel as a support; multiple arcuate sliding blocks combined together to construct a pattern on an outer periphery of the barrel; and an unslidable block detachably attached to an empty area defined in the outer ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137819 | Apparatus, system, and method for teaching sequencing principles An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for teaching sequencing principles. An educational toy is provided with a plurality of panels that interlock with each other in a sequential pattern to form a multi-sided enclosure. A coded element may be represented on... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7131841 | Educational globe-like structure for teaching colors The invention provides an educational globe-like structure for teaching colors and the relationship between different colors, the globe-like structure being arranged to display the interrelationship between colors simultaneously in both longitudinal and latitudinal ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7125015 | Transforming puzzle A puzzle assembly is shown and comprises a multiplicity of geared links that are arranged such that their turning axes are oriented along the edges of a polyhedral shape so that when a single link is turned, all links turn synchronously. In the assembly, there are t... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114720 | Game device and method for playing A game device having a three-dimensional playing surface with strategically positioned points and a method of playing a game on the game device which has a three-dimensional playing surface with strategically positioned points whereby the game is played by at least ... | 10/03/2006 |
