Cube pattern game

Claim 2

Game apparatus comprising: a plurality of members connectable together in a plurality of different positions, said members forming a three-dimensional figure having a visually exposed interior region; a plurality of three-dimensional objects connected to said plurality of members for forming patterns when said interior is viewed; means attached to said members for orienting said threedimensional figure and for allowing comparison to be made with a pattern formed on a substantially flat surface; and means positionable adjacent said three-dimensional figure for carrying a pattern, said pattern-carrying means having a substantially flat surface upon which said pattern is formed; whereby the object of said game is to correctly orient the patterns formed by said three-dimensional figure to correspond with said pattern of said pattern-carrying means.

Claim 3

Game apparatus comprising: first and second members formed to fit together in a plurality of relative rotational positions to form a solid-type geometric figure in each of said rotational positions, each of said members having transparent walls; a plurality of objects mounted on the inner faces of the walls of said members, to form different patterns, as seen by an observer looking through one of said transparent walls, at different relative rotational positions of said members; each of said members having a plurality of different indicia at a plurality of different locations thereon; and means for receiving said geometric figure formed by said members, including means responsive to indicia on said first and second members for providing an indication dependent upon both the orientation of said members with respect to each other and to said means for receiving said figure.

Claim 4

Game apparatus comprising: first and second members formed to fit together in a plurality of relative rotational positions to form a solid-type geometric figure in each of said rotational positions, each of said members having transparent walls; a plurality of objects mounted on the inner faces of the walls of said members, to form different patterns, as seen by an observer looking through one of said transparent walls, at different relative rotational positions of said members; each of said members having a plurality of different indicia at a plurality of different locations thereon; and means for receiving said geometric figure formed by said members, including means responsive to indicia on said first and second members for providing an indication dependent upon both the orientation of said members with respect to each other and to said means for receiving said figure.

Claim 5

Game apparatus including: first and second members, each including three mutually adjacent sides of a cube, for fitting together in three different relative rotational positions; means for releasably holding said members together at each of said three relative rotational positions; each of said sides of each member having indicia along at least part of one edge, for indicating the orientation of that member; and testing apparatus including a frame for receiving said cube and means responsive to some of said indicia on each of said members for indicating whether said members have a predetermined orientation with respect to each other and with respect to said frame.

Claim 6

Game apparatus including: first and second members, each including three mutually adjacent sides of a cube, for fitting together in three different relative rotational positions; means for releasably holding said members together at each of said three relative rotational positions; each of said sides of each member having indicia along at least part of one edge, for indicating the orientation of that member; and testing apparatus including a frame for receiving said cube and means responsive to some of said indicia on each of said members for indicating whether said members have a predetermined orientation with respect to each other and with respect to said frame.

Claim 7

Apparatus for automatically indicating whether a portion of an object coded with a plurality of projections and recesses has been received at a predetermined region comprising: a frame having a first region for receiving said object, and a second region with means therein establishing a code defined by a plurality of projections and recesses; axle means mounted on said frame; a plurality of Elements pivotally mounted on said axle means and extending between predetermined positions at said first and second regions for receiving the forces from the projections at said regions; means responsive to movement of said axle means, for indicating whether the code on said object corresponds to the code at said second region; an object with a plurality of edges having notches that form said recesses, the areas between said notches forming said projections, said object constructed to have a distinctively different appearance when viewed from different directions; and a plurality of cards for reception in said second region each having notches at positions corresponding to the notches at a predetermined edge of said object to cause said means for indicating to indicate correspondence of codes on said object and at said second region, and each card having a picture thereon pictorially showing the appearance of said object when it is placed on said first region of said frame in a manner so that said predetermined edge extends along said elements.

Claim 8

Apparatus for automatically indicating whether a portion of an object coded with a plurality of projections and recesses has been received at a predetermined region comprising: a frame having a first region for receiving said object, and a second region with means therein establishing a code defined by a plurality of projections and recesses; axle means mounted on said frame; a plurality of Elements pivotally mounted on said axle means and extending between predetermined positions at said first and second regions for receiving the forces from the projections at said regions; means responsive to movement of said axle means, for indicating whether the code on said object corresponds to the code at said second region; an object with a plurality of edges having notches that form said recesses, the areas between said notches forming said projections, said object constructed to have a distinctively different appearance when viewed from different directions; and a plurality of cards for reception in said second region each having notches at positions corresponding to the notches at a predetermined edge of said object to cause said means for indicating to indicate correspondence of codes on said object and at said second region, and each card having a picture thereon pictorially showing the appearance of said object when it is placed on said first region of said frame in a manner so that said predetermined edge extends along said elements.

Claim 9

Game apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including: means for receiving said three-dimensional figure and said pattern-carrying means and for indicating congruency therebetween.

Claim 10

Game apparatus comprising: a cube including first and second members, each member forming half of said cube, and each member having substantially transparent sides, objects on said sides that form patterns, and different indicia at different positions on the member, said cube including means for holding said members together in a plurality of relative rotational positions to form a plurality of pattern combinations; a plurality of card means, each having indicia corresponding to the indicia at a position on each of said members; and receiving apparatus including a first region for receiving said cube, a second region for receiving a card means, and means for indicating whether the indicia on each of said members at predetermined positions relative to said receiving apparatus correspond to the indicia on a card means received at said second region.

Claim 11

Game apparatus comprising: a cube including first and second members, each member forming half of said cube, and each member having substantially transparent sides, objects on said sides that form patterns, and different indicia at different positions on the member, said cube including means for holding said members together in a plurality of relative rotational positions to form a plurality of pattern combinations; a plurality of card means, each having indicia corresponding to the indicia at a position on each of said members; and receiving apparatus including a first region for receiving said cube, a second region for receiving a card means, and means for indicating whether the indicia on each of said members at predetermined positions relative to said receiving apparatus correspond to the indicia on a card means received at said second region.

Claim 12

The game apparatus described in claim 6 wherein: said indicia comprises notches formed along at least some of the edges of said members, each of said edges having notches along only part of the length of the edge and having a recess along another part of the edge for receiving a notched portion on the edge of the other member.

Claim 13

The game apparatus described in claim 6 wherein: each of said card means has a visual pattern thereon depicting the pattern seen through one of said cube faces when said members are in a predetermined relative orientation.