Patent ID: 6652347
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An entertainment device comprising:(a) a plurality of pentagonal members, each of said pentagonal members having an axis of rotation and comprising an exterior face intersecting said axis at substantially right angle; each of said pentagonal members further comprising five concave peripheral flanges symmetrically distributed around said axis and substantially normal to said exterior face; (b) a plurality of triangular members, each of said triangular members having an axis of rotation and comprising an exterior face intersecting said axis at substantially right angle, each of said triangular members further comprising three concave peripheral flanges symmetrically distributed around said axis and substantially normal to said exterior face; (c) a plurality of arcuate movable pieces; (d) means for slidably attaching said arcuate movable pieces to said triangular members; (e) a base for rotatably supporting said pentagonal and triangular members; (f) means for securing the position of said pentagonal and triangular members after rotation in predetermined angular increments; (g) wherein three of said pentagonal members are adjacent to and symmetrically disposed around each of said triangular members, wherein five of said triangular members are adjacent to and symmetrically disposed around each of said pentagonal members; wherein said exterior face of each of said pentagonal members is substantially defined by five circular arcs of same radius, said five circular arcs having centers coincident to axes of rotation of corresponding five adjacent triangular members; wherein said exterior face of each of said triangular members is substantially defined by three circular arcs of same radius, said three circular arcs having centers coincident to axes of rotation of corresponding three adjacent pentagonal members; wherein each of said triangular and pentagonal members can independently rotate in predetermined angular increments about its own axis of rotation and relative to said base; wherein the axes of rotation of each of said triangular and pentagonal members intersect each other at a common point; wherein said arcuate moveable pieces are disposed in and substantially defined by areas between said triangular members and said pentagonal members; wherein each of said arcuate moveable pieces is adjacent to one of said triangular members and one of said pentagonal members; whereby three of said arcuate moveable pieces are slidably attached to and can simultaneously rotate with each of said triangular members; whereby five of said arcuate moveable pieces can rotate simultaneously with each of said pentagonal members by sliding relative to the adjacent triangular members; wherein the distribution of said arcuate moveable pieces can be changed by sequential rotations of said triangular and pentagonal members in predetermined angular increments.