Patent ID: 6056290
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game cube with six faces, the game cube comprising, in combination:a central octahedron having eight equally dimensioned faces, an aperture centrally formed within each of the faces;eight hollow tetrahedrons, each of the tetrahedrons having four equally dimensioned faces with one of the faces being a base, and three of the faces being exterior faces, each base being defined by three adjoining edges, a track with an upstanding edge formed within each of the base edges and extending beyond the base edges at its opposite ends, each base including an orthogonal axle extending therefrom, each of the orthogonal axles being rotatably secured within one of the apertures of the octahedron, each of the tetrahedrons having a hollow interior;twelve hollow edge pieces, each of the edge pieces having two exterior faces and two base faces, the two base faces being joined at a central edge, an aperture with diametrically opposed slots formed within the central edge, each edge piece contacting two of the tetrahedrons, specifically the base faces of each edge piece are in contact with exterior faces of two adjacent tetrahedrons with the upstanding edges of the opposing tetrahedrons being positioned within the aperture of the edge piece, each tetrahedron thus contacting three different edge pieces such that rotation of one of the tetrahedrons results in the rotation of the three contacting side edge pieces, each tetrahedron and three associated side edges constituting an element of the game cube, each of the exterior faces of each side edge being of two distinct colors, four of the side edges having an exterior face of the same color such that the elements of the game cube can be rotated such that each of the cube faces is of a single color.