Patent ID: 7677567

Claim:
An assembly puzzle comprising: a three-dimensional, symmetrical figure consisting of interfitting assembly pieces and a support base; the support base comprising a shape equivalent to: a flat, horizontally-oriented, polygonal bottom member possessing an upper surface and edges; the upper surface being divisible into a whole number of identically-sized, edge-connected squares; the upper surface having an area; at least one vertical tower having a height; the tower being permanently facially attached to at least one square of the upper surface; the assembly pieces and vertical tower having a shape equivalent to a whole number of identically-sized, facially-connected cubes; the symmetrical figure being at least two cubes in thickness; and the volume of the symmetrical figure being defined by the area of the upper surface multiplied by the height of the tower; wherein the volume of the symmetrical figure, minus the volume occupied by the tower, is substantially equal to sixty cubes; wherein the assembly pieces have a shape equivalent to five facially connected cubes whose centers all lie in a single plane, the pieces being: one piece having a shape equivalent to five adjacent cubes aligned in a row; one piece having a shape equivalent to four cubes aligned in a row and a fifth cube connected to a side of an end cube in the row and the fifth cube being out of alignment with respect to the row; one piece having a shape equivalent to four cubes in a row and a fifth cube connected to a side of an intermediate cube in the row; one piece having a Z shape; one piece having an S shape; one piece having a V shape; one piece having a I shape; one piece having a W shape; one piece having a shape equivalent to three cubes in a row with a fourth cube connected to a side of an intermediate cube in the row and a fifth cube connected to an opposite side of an end cube in the row which is opposite from the fourth cube; one piece having a shape equivalent to four cubes that form a square and a fifth connected to one side of the four cube square; one piece having a cross shape; one piece having a U shape.