Patent ID: 7523938

Claim:
A three dimensional jigsaw puzzle comprising a self-supporting sphere formed by a plurality of interfitting puzzle pieces, each of said plurality of puzzle pieces having (a) a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of cutouts formed in a periphery thereof, and (b) an upper surface and an opposing lower surface, said upper surface of each of said puzzle pieces having an arcuate contour defining a spherical surface portion, said lower surface of each of said puzzle pieces having a complementary contour to said arcuate contour of a corresponding upper surface, said upper and lower surfaces being concentric to define a uniform or unitary thickness for each piece, wherein each of said plurality of puzzle pieces has a broad shouldered human shape periphery, wherein the broad shouldered human shape periphery of said plurality of puzzle pieces allows as many as six of the plurality of puzzle pieces to meet at a common point.