Patent ID: 6022021
Filing Date: 2000-02-08
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An entertainment device comprising at least of three sets of six movable elements, each of the elements of each of the sets being substantially in the form of a regular triangle arranged around a common primary center point and defining a circle circumscribing the six elements, the primary center points of the three sets being arranged to define an auxiliary regular triangle with the circumscribed circles thereof tangential to each other, the auxiliary regular triangle having a center which defines a secondary center point so that each of the primary center points and the secondary center point having six of such movable elements surrounding the center point, each of the center points also having driving means associated therewith, the driving means comprising a manual rotating knob manually operable to rotate the driving means about the associated center point, the driving means comprising coupling means which selectively couples the six associated elements to the rotating knob so as to allow the elements to be selectively moved along a circular path around the center point; andwherein the entertainment device comprises a base and wherein the driving means comprises a disk having a central axle fixed to the manual rotating knob, the disk being rotatably supported on the base with the axle coincident with the associated center point, the coupling means comprises a hub defining a central bore rotatably fit over the axle and coupled to the disk so as to be rotatable therewith, the coupling means having six rigid arms extending radially from the hub and arranged in a substantially angularly equally spaced manner around the hub, each of the rigid arms having at least one driving pin mounted thereon, the six elements associated with the center point being respectively positioned above the rigid arms and having formed thereon, associated with each of the sets, at least one hole corresponding to the driving pin of the associated rigid arm, separation means being provided to separate the elements from the rigid arms and the separation means being collapsible to allow the driving pins to be received within and engaged by the holes of the respective elements when the driving means is rotated by the rotating knob to rotate the coupling means which in turn drives the elements via the engagement between the driving pin and the hole of the element along the circular path.