EP 2441502 A1 20120418 - Spherical puzzle with slidable and rotatable elements
Title (en)
Spherical puzzle with slidable and rotatable elements
Title (de)
Sphärisches Puzzlespiel mit verschiebbaren und drehbaren Elementen
Title (fr)
Casse-tête sphérique avec des éléments coulissants et rotatifs
Publication
Application
Priority
IT BI20100013 A 20101012
Abstract (en)
A sphere ( Fig. 1, 2 : 10) for a hand-held puzzle game comprising an inner support frame ( Fig. 4 : 11); a plurality of plugs ( Fig. 1, 2 , 3, 8 , 9 : 12), sliding along the spherical surface (10a) of the sphere (10); a plurality of spherical caps ( Fig. 1, 2 , 3, 6A , 6B , 7 : 14) pivoting on the same spherical surface (10a), each one defining, along an edge (14a) thereof, a plurality of seats (14b) to receive and accommodate the sliding plugs (12); and a plurality of fixed cover elements ( Fig. 1, 2 , 5 : 17), secured to the inner support frame (11), which cover those areas of the spherical surface (10a) which are not occupied by the sliding plugs (12) and pivoting spherical caps (14); wherein each sliding plug (12) has at least two areas coloured in different colours (M-R, M-V', B-G, etc.), each spherical pivoting cap (14) has a plurality of coloured areas, particularly four, in different colours (V'-A-V"-Z, M-R-B-G, etc.), corresponding to the seats (14b) for the plugs, and each fixed cover element (17) and coloured in only one colour (A, R, V', M, etc.).
IPC 8 full level
A63F 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
A63F 9/083 (2013.01); A63F 9/0838 (2013.01); A63F 9/0861 (2013.01)
Citation (applicant)
- CN 201283216 Y 20090805 - NINGSHENG HUANG [CN]
- CN 101007214 A 20070801 - FAN TIESHAN [CN]
- CN 2638800 Y 20040908 - YI SHUANGHAI [CN]
- CN 2618652 Y 20040602 - CHEN YONG [CN]
- CN 2564210 Y 20030806 - PANG QINGSHUN [CN]
- CN 2423003 Y 20010314 - ZHANG FUGUI [CN]
- CN 2445783 Y 20010905 - LIN SHUJIAN [CN]
- CN 2290370 Y 19980909 - LAN HAITIAN [CN]
- CN 2191015 Y 19950308 - CHENG LIMING [CN]
- CN 2346475 Y 19991103 - PANG QINGSHUN [CN]
- US 5816571 A 19981006 - CHEN TSUN DING [TW]
- CN 2734287 Y 20051019 - GU HONGJUN [CN]
- US 5575476 A 19961119 - YANG JU-HSUN [TW]
Citation (search report)
- [XYI] SU 1161125 A1 19850615 - EVDOKIMOV VLADIMIR S
- [A] US 5215305 A 19930601 - HSUN YAN-JU [TW]
- [Y] US 5389063 A 19950214 - WU OTTO [TW]
- [Y] US 2007057456 A1 20070315 - LIU XUELIANG [CN]
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 2441502 A1 20120418; IT 1402311 B1 20130830; IT BI20100013 A1 20120413
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 11184748 A 20111011; IT BI20100013 A 20101012