HUP0900331A2 - Three-dimensional puzzle for improving manual skill and stereopsis - Google Patents

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Logic game that develops manual dexterity and spatial vision

Reporter: László Fejes, Csömör

Date of announcement: 2009. 05. 29.

The subject of the invention is a logic game that can be played by one player at a time and is suitable for developing manual dexterity in addition to testing logic and spatial vision skills.

There are many known inventions that use information-bearing blocks, cylinders, or plates, etc.

An example of this is the American game sold under the name “Sam Lloyd’s Fifteen Puzzle”, which has a square flat body with a square grid and fifteen square tiles that can be moved horizontally and vertically. The sixteenth square tile is empty, which can be used to arrange the pieces in order.

German Patent Publication No. 1,603,498 describes a game consisting of sixteen flat, square elements arranged in four rows and four columns. Here, the elements can be rotated around axes parallel to the rows to change the signs and symbols on the playing field. Accordingly, the elements have at least three sides with different signs.

British Patent Specification No. 3995 862 describes a rotating toy in which four overlapping discs, when rotated, cover parts of an image and form a complete image in a centrally located field of view at the centre of two superimposed transparent elements.

The goal of developing the solution according to the invention was to create a logic game that is suitable for developing logical skills, spatial vision and manual dexterity.

When creating the solution according to the invention, it was recognized that if the logic game is designed as follows, the set goal can be achieved.

The advantageous implementation of the game according to the invention is that an endless tape is always made from an even (“n”) number of paper squares of size (“a”) x (“a”). The even number of pieces used allows for the complete laying in the plane. This is not feasible with an odd number of squares. During the endless tape, a flexible adhesive tape is used to connect the adjacent sides of the squares, which allows for spreading out from 0 to 180 degrees. Different information can be calibrated on the squares of the tapes formed in this way - separately for each unit. As a result of this implementation, for example, an endless tape formed from four information-bearing squares and calibrated with four different information signs has a different information content and meaning when laid in the plane than in its spatial state. In space, there are four (‘a’) x (‘a’) squares with different information, and when laid out, it is a ‘2(‘a’) x (‘a’) rectangle, on each side of which we can see only two of the information on the tape. Depending on the rotation of the tape, for example, if the pre-calibrated signals are ‘X’ ‘Y’ ‘Z’ and ‘L’, then the rectangle that appears in the plane after being laid out (a rectangle formed by two adjacent (‘a’) x (‘a’) squares in the plane) can have the following four variations:

"X-Y" "Y-Z" "Z-L" "L-X"

Another advantageous design is to chain the above-mentioned tapes together during the endless printing. If we proceed in this way, then four of the tapes calibrated with the “X” “Y” “Z” and “L” signs according to the previous example are chained together, then when laid out flat, they create a new image quality, which will be a (“2a”) x (“2a”) square. If the joined tapes are properly rotated, arranged, chained together and laid out flat, then it can result that one side of the resulting (“2a”) x (“2a”) square shows, for example, all “X” and the other side all “Y” (or all “Z” or all “L”).

Another advantageous solution is to calibrate the parts of the image or text content part of the planar figure of size (n/2 “a”) x (n/2 “a”) that will be created in the plane in advance on the information-bearing squares of the strips, which fall within the area (a) x (a) of the image or text content part. For example, if we make strips formed from 6 pieces of information-bearing squares endless and string them together, then when arranged and laid out on the plane, they will form an image consisting of 3x3 squares. If we want to implement the device as a “puzzle”, then the 1/9 “puzzle” part should be calibrated on the information-bearing squares of the strips. During the variations, at least four different “puzzles” can be formed, so the l/9 “puzzle” sub-elements calibrated on the information-bearing squares of the strips will also differ from each other, making the game more difficult.

The solution according to the invention is described below with the help of the attached figures:

In Figure 1/a, the device according to the invention is formed from four squares of size “a” x “a”. The adjacent sides of the squares are attached to each other with transparent and flexible adhesive tape and are made endless like a tape. The view shows the laying of an individual tape in a plane.

Figure 1/b shows the rotational versions of the signals calibrated on the same endless belt according to the invention in a perspective view. (X-Y-Z-L)

Figure 2 shows a perspective view of the device according to the invention, a strip consisting of four pieces, made of four square sheets and joined together, in the basic position.

Figure 3/a shows the rotation and laying position of the elements of the above tape.

In Figure 3/b, the properly rotated and arranged strips are approaching the state of complete laying.

Figure 3/c shows a perspective view of a square with new content measuring 2”a” x 2”a” laid out in the plane.

The advantage of the device according to the invention is that during the game application, in addition to developing logical skills and manual dexterity, it also tests spatial vision. The rules of the games that can be played with the device can be easily learned and applied by any age group. If it is appropriately sized, it can even fit in the hand, be portable, and can be used at home, while traveling, in restaurants, etc. Since even the simplest design allows for the preliminary calibration of at least four different photos, text blocks, etc., in addition to the game application, it can be used as a company flyer, business card, or family gift. It does not contain complex elements, and its industrial production and manufacturing can be economically implemented. It can be made of plastic, cardboard, but preferably paper.

Claims (8)

Patent claims: 1. A spatial device consisting of an even number of “n” pieces of information-bearing square sheets (l) of size “a” x “a”, endless and interconnected tapes, characterized in that the numbers, letters, colors, images, and signs calibrated on the information-bearing squares (l) of the tapes (2) after the arrangement, rotation, and interconnection of the tapes (2) create a planar figure of size “n/2„a” x “n/2„a” with a different meaning and content. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the information-bearing squares (1) forming the tape (2) can be made of paper or plastic. 3. The device according to claims 1-2, characterized in that the connecting sides of the information-bearing square sheets (1) forming the tape (2) are fastened to each other and the tape (2) is made endless with a flexible adhesive tape that can withstand being laid from 0 to 180 degrees. 4. Device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the expansion of the number of information-bearing square sheets (1) forming the tape (2) is limited only by the ease of handling. 5. Device according to any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that the number of interlaced strips (2) can be increased to the limit of handling. 6. Device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the information calibrated on the information-bearing square sheet (1) forming the tape (2) may be numbers, letters, images, colors, signs or partial elements thereof. 7. A game according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that by turning the tape (2) inside out, the range of variation possibilities can be expanded with elements calibrated on the inner sides of the tape. 8. Any of the devices according to claims 1-7, characterized in that during the creation of the tape (2), an information-bearing square sheet (1) made of transparent material and containing no information can be formed, which further expands the variation application possibilities of the device.