Patent ID: 6422560
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A picture puzzle cube comprising a three-dimensional array of blocks, the three-dimensional array having dimensions of 3 by 3 by 3 blocks, the blocks being arrangeable to form eighteen composite pictorial images, the picture puzzle cube having six composite faces defined by the three-dimensional array of blocks, each of the composite faces being formed by a two-dimensional array of the blocks, each block having six faces, each face having a fragmentary image of one of the composite pictorial images, six of the composite pictorial images being visible on the six composite faces of the picture puzzle cube at any give time, the picture puzzle cube having three different solutions;wherein placement of the fragmentary images on the faces of the blocks is set forth in the following table in which the blocks are identified by block numbers 1 through 27 and placement of each fragmentary image on a block is specified by a code used in FIGS. 3 through 8, in which the code comprises a color identifier and a numeric identifier in reference to which of the three multiple solutions and where on the composite faces, respectively, a fragmentary image is visible in accordance with FIGS. 3 through 8, in which the color identifier is red if the fragmentary image is visible in the solution illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the color identifier is white if the fragmentary image is visible in the solution illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, and the color identifier is blue if the fragmentary image is visible in the solution illustrated in FIGS. 7 and 8: No.TopLeftFrontBackRightBottom1Red 11Red 21White 38Red 43Blue 55White622Red 12Blue 25White 39Red 42White 57White633Red 13White 29White 37Red 41Red 53White614Red 14Red 22Blue 36White 48Blue 54White685Red 15Blue 26Blue 34White 47White 59White696Red 16White 27Blue 35White 49Red 52White677Red 17Red 23Red 31Blue 44Blue 56White658Red 18Blue 24Red 32Blue 46White 58White669Red 19White 28Red 33Blue 45Red 51White6410WhiteRed 24White 32Red 46Blue 58Blue 621811WhiteBlue 28White 33Red 45White 51Blue 681912WhiteWhite 23White 31Red 44Red 56blue 651713WhiteRed 25Blue 39White 42Blue 57Blue 611214WhiteBlue 29Blue 37White 41White 53Blue 671315WhiteWhite 21Blue 38White 43Red 55Blue 641116WhiteRed 26Red 34Blue 47Blue 59Blue 631517WhiteBlue 27Red 35Blue 49White 52Blue 691618WhiteWhite 22Red 36Blue 48Red 54Blue 661419Blue 16Red 27White 35Red 49Blue 52Red 6920Blue 14Blue 22White 36Red 48White 54Red 6621Blue 15White 26White 34Red 47Red 59Red 6322Blue 19Red 28Blue 33White 45Blue 51Red 6823Blue 17Blue 23Blue 31White 44White 56Red 6524Blue 18White 24Blue 32White 46Red 58Red 6225Blue 13Red 29Red 37Blue 41Blue 53Red 6726Blue 11Blue 21Red 38Blue 43White 55Red 6427Blue 12White 25Red 39Blue 42Red 57Red 61