U.S. patent application number 11/889877 was filed with the patent office on 2008-11-06 for building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or three dimensional configurations.
This patent application is currently assigned to LonPos Braintelligent Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Ming-Hsien Cheng.
Application Number | 20080274665 11/889877 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39939842 |
Filed Date | 2008-11-06 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080274665 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Cheng; Ming-Hsien |
November 6, 2008 |
Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or three
dimensional configurations
Abstract
The present invention relates to building base plates assembled
to make two or three dimensional pyramids. Eight building base
plates (1A.about.1H) can be arranged as a rectangular plane (50)
with seven cubic units in longitudinal direction, five cubic units
in transversal direction; or assembled to build a five-layer
(61.about.65) pyramid (60) on a triangular frame each side arrayed
five cubic units, a first layer arrayed fifteen cubic units.
Furthermore, four building base plates (1I.about.1L) with different
shapes added to the eight building base plates (1A.about.1H),
totally fifty six cubic units of those twelve building base plates
make a rectangular shape (70) with eight cubic units in
longitudinal direction, seven cubic units in transversal direction,
or assembled to build a six-layer (81.about.86) pyramid (80) on a
triangular frame, each side arrayed six cubic units, a first layer
of the pyramid arrayed twenty one cubic units.
Inventors: |
Cheng; Ming-Hsien; (Taipei,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
SALLY CHANG
7F, NO. 3, ALLEY 32, SEC. 6 CHUNG-HSIAO EAST RD., TAIPEI, TAIWAN, R.O.C.
115
TAIPEI
115
TW
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Assignee: |
LonPos Braintelligent Co.,
Ltd.
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Family ID: |
39939842 |
Appl. No.: |
11/889877 |
Filed: |
August 17, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
446/118 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63H 33/08 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
446/118 |
International
Class: |
A63H 33/08 20060101
A63H033/08 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 2, 2007 |
TW |
096115653 |
Claims
1. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or
three dimensional pyramids characterized in that: a block sets (10)
comprising eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) each contains
three to five cubic units connected together to form two
dimensional plates compatible with a coordinated system with X axis
and Y axis to define orientations, shapes of the building base
plates (1A.about.1H) as following: a building base plate (1A) has
four cubic units (a1.about.a4) shaped as the first to the third
cubic units (a1.about.a3) are connected in a row vertically, the
fourth cubic unit (a4) is connected horizontally to a lateral side
of the third cubic unit (a3); a building base plate (1B) has five
cubic units (b1.about.b5) shaped as the first to the third cubic
units (b1.about.b3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth
and the fifth cubic units are also connected in a row vertically,
but the fourth and the fifth cubic units (b4,b5) are connected
horizontally to a lateral side of the first and second cubic units
(b1,b2); a building base plate (1C) has five cubic units
(c1.about.c5) shaped as the first to the fourth cubic units
(c1.about.c4) are connected in a row vertically, the fifth cubic
unit (c5) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (c3); a building base plate (1D) has three cubic units
(d1.about.d3) shaped as the first and second cubic units (d1,d2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third cubic unit (d3) is
connected to a lateral side of the first cubic unit (d1); a
building base plate (1E) has five cubic units (e1.about.e5) shaped
as the first and second cubic units (e1,e2) are connected in a row
vertically, the third and fourth cubic units (e3,e4) are connected
in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit (e3) is connected
horizontally to the left side of the second cubic unit (e2), while
the fifth cubic unit (e5) is connected horizontally to the left
side of the fourth cubic unit (e4); a building base plate (1F) has
four cubic units (f1.about.f4) shaped as the first and second cubic
units (f1,f2) are connected in a row vertically, the third and
fourth cubic units (f3,f4) are connected in a row vertically, and
the third cubic unit (f3) is connected horizontally to the lateral
side of the second cubic unit (f2); a building base plate (1G) has
four cubic units (g1.about.g4) shaped as the first to the third
cubic units (g1.about.g3) are connected in a row vertically, the
fourth cubic unit (g4) are connected horizontally to the lateral
side of the second cubic unit (g2); and a building base plate (1H)
has five cubic units (h1.about.h5) shaped as the first to the third
cubic units (h1.about.h3) are connected in a row vertically, the
fourth cubic unit (h4) are connected horizontally to the left side
of the second cubic unit (h2), while the fifth cubic unit (h5) is
connected horizontally to the right side of the second cubic unit
(h2).
2. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or
three dimensional configurations according to claim 1 wherein a
bottom seat (30A) received seven cubic units in a longitudinal
direction, five cubic units in a transversal direction, totally
thirty five cubic units of eight building base plates (1A.about.1H)
assembled to fill the bottom seat (30A) to make a rectangular plane
(50).
3. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or
three dimensional configurations according to claim 2 wherein an
upper surface of bottom seat (30A) has thirty five grooves (32),
opposite to the grooves, each cubic unit of eight building base
plates (1A.about.1H) has a block (11) projected outward can be
embedded in the groove (32).
4. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or
three dimensional configurations according to claim 1 wherein a
triangular frame (40A) with five grooves on each side, totally
fifteen grooves (42) on an upper surface of the triangular frame
(40A), eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) assembled on the
triangular frame (40A) to build a five-layer (61.about.65) pyramid
(60).
5. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two or
three dimensional configurations characterized in that: four
building base plates (10') added to the eight building base plates
(10) of claim 1 increased to twelve building base plates (20), the
eight building base plates each contains three to five cubic units,
the added four building base plates (10') each contains five or six
cubic units, the twelve building base plates assembled compatible
with a coordinate system with X axis and Y axis to define
orientations, shapes of twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L)
as following: a building base plate (1A) has four cubic units
(a1.about.a4) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(a1.about.a3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (a4) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (a3); a building base plate (1B) has five cubic units
(b1.about.b5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(b1.about.b3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth and the
fifth cubic units are also connected vertically, but the fourth and
the fifth cubic units (b4,b5) are connected horizontally to a
lateral side of the first and second cubic units (b1,b2); a
building base plate (1C) has five cubic units (c1.about.c5) shaped
as the first to the fourth cubic units (c1.about.c4) are connected
in a row vertically, the fifth cubic unit (c5) is connected
horizontally to the lateral side of the third cubic unit (c3); a
building base plate (1D) has three cubic units (d1.about.d3) shaped
as the first and second cubic units (d1,d2) are connected in a row
vertically, the third cubic unit (d3) is connected to the lateral
side of the first cubic unit (d1); a building base plate (1E) has
five cubic units (e1.about.e5) shaped as the first and second cubic
units (e1,e2) are connected in a row vertically, the third and
fourth cubic units (e3,e4) are connected in a row vertically, and
the third cubic unit (e3) is connected horizontally to the left
side of the second cubic unit (e2), while the fifth cubic unit (e5)
is connected horizontally to the left side of the fourth cubic unit
(e4); a building base plate (1F) has four cubic units (f1.about.f4)
shaped as the first and second cubic units (f1,f2) are connected in
a row vertically, the third and fourth cubic units (f3,f4) are
connected in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit (f3) is
connected horizontally to a lateral side of the second cubic unit
(f2); a building base plate (1G) has four cubic units (g1.about.g4)
shaped as the first to the third cubic units (g1.about.g3) are
connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic unit (g4) is
connected horizontally to the lateral side of the second cubic unit
(g2); and a building base plate (1H) has five cubic units
(h1.about.h5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(h1.about.h3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (h4) are connected horizontally to the left side of the second
cubic unit (h2), while the fifth cubic unit (h5) is connected
horizontally to the right side of the second cubic unit (h2); a
building base plate (1I) has five cubic units (i1.about.i5) shaped
as the first to the fourth cubic units (i1.about.i4) are connected
in a row vertically while the fifth cubic unit (i5) is connected
horizontally to a lateral side of the first cubic unit (i1); a
building base plate (1J) has five cubic units (j1.about.j5) shaped
as the first to the third cubic units (j1.about.j3) are connected
in a row vertically, the fourth and the fifth cubic units
(j4.about.j5) are connected in a row vertically, while the fourth
cubic unit (j4) is connected horizontally to the lateral side of
the third cubic unit (j3); a building base plate (1K) has five
cubic units (k1.about.k5) shaped as the first to the third cubic
units (k1.about.k3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth
cubic unit (k4) is connected horizontally to the left side of
second cubic unit (k2) while the fifth cubic unit (k5) is connected
horizontally to the right side of the first cubic unit (k1); and a
building base plate (1L) has six cubic units (l1.about.l6) shaped
as the first to the third cubic units are connected in a row
vertically, the fourth and the fifth cubic units (l4,l5) are
connected in a row vertically as well as connected horizontally to
the left side of the second and third cubic units (l2,l3)
respectively, the six cubic unit (l6) is connected horizontally to
the left side of the fifth cubic unit (l5).
6. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two and
three dimensional configurations according to claim 5 wherein an
upper surface of bottom seat (30B) accommodates eight cubic units
in longitudinal direction, seven cubic units in transversal
direction, thereby fifty six cubic units of the twelve building
base plates (1A.about.1L) fulfill an upper surface of the bottom
seat (30B) in a rectangular shape.
7. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two and
three dimensional configurations according to claim 6 wherein an
upper surface of bottom seat (30B) has fifty six grooves (32), each
of the fifty six cubic units of the twelve building base plates has
a block projected outward from a surface, which is opposite to the
groove (32), the cubic units can be embedded in the grooves
(32).
8. Building base plates assembled to build block sets in two and
three dimensional configurations according to claim 5 wherein a
triangular frame (40B) with six grooves on each side therefore
totally twenty one grooves (42) on an upper surface of the
triangular frame (40B), twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L)
assembled on the triangular frame (40B) to build a six-layer
(81.about.86) pyramid (80).
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention is related to intelligent and
brainstorms games for children and adults to build block sets where
layers of cubic units can be assembled together and converged into
an apex.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In the field of intellectual game, the present invention is
to provide with newly designed block sets. Each of building base
plate contained three to five or five to six cubic units assembled
together to make a pyramid on triangular frame. Before converged
into a tip, layers of cubic units assembled to make saw-liked base,
for more cubic units converged into jagged. Eventually, straight
slopes shaped along each side of the pyramid, which led up a
precipitous path directly and continuously to the apex. Space
imagination is developed by cubic units arrangement at an inclined
angle further assembled together and led up to a precipitous path
to the apex of the pyramid.
[0003] The invention is developed based on several prior arts
pertain to the same subject as following:
[0004] 1. TW 188925 "Disassemble pyramid and two dimensional
configurations" to Ming-Hsien Cheng on Aug. 11, 1992, Cheng taught
that four building base plates each contains five cubic units
assembled together on bottom seats to build various shapes of
blocks set.
[0005] 2. TW 142565 entitled "Disassemble pyramid and two
dimensional configurations" to Ming-Hsien Cheng on Sep. 21, 1990,
it disclosed seven building base plates each contains five cubic
units assembled together on bottom seats to build various shapes of
block sets.
[0006] 3. TW 454552 entitled "Assembled blocks set with various
different configurations" to Ming-Hsien Cheng on Sep. 11, 2001,
Cheng stated nine building base plates, each contains three to four
cubic units assembled together on bottom seats to build various
shapes of block sets.
[0007] 4. TW 285070 entitled "Spherical blocks set build from two
dimensional configurations into three dimensional configurations"
to Ming-Hsien Cheng on Sep. 1, 1996, Cheng stated thirteen building
base plates, each contains one to five cubic units assembled
together on bottom seats or rectangular frames to build various
shapes of block sets.
[0008] 5. U.S. Pat. No. 6,220,919 entitled "Assembled building
block for making various geometrical shapes with corners has angles
60 degrees, 90 degrees and 120 degrees" to Ming-Shien Cheng on Apr.
24, 2001. Cheng taught nineteen building base plates, each contains
one to six cubic units assembled together on bottom seats or
rectangular frames to build various shapes of block sets. The block
sets can be arranged from a two dimensional configurations to a
stacked and mixed configurations for making various geometrical
shapes has corners with angles of 60 degrees, 90 degrees and 120
degrees. In use, nineteen, twelve or nine different building base
plates conduct two dimensional or three-dimensional arrangements
and combinations. Furthermore, tray bodies (i.e. bottom seats) or
box bodies (i.e. frames) are used cooperatively for making creative
arrangements to break through the traditional concept of two
dimensional configuration games.
[0009] 6. U.S. Pat. No. 7,040,621 entitled "Intellectual building
base plate assembling game device" to Ming-Shien Cheng on May 9,
2006. Seventeen building base plates, each contains 3.about.6 cubic
units assembled together on bottom seats and triangular frames to
build various shapes of blocks set. The triangular game tray (70)
is an equilateral triangle as being looked down from above.
Twenty-eight adjacent tapered slots (71) are disposed thereon with
seven tapered slots (71) on the outmost side on each lateral side.
The tapered slots (71) allow the units (101) to be obliquely placed
in for positioning to further make the building base plates (1 to
17) stack obliquely to assemble a seven-layer pyramid.
[0010] Accordingly, in the prior arts, players picked up on
building base plates enumerated from four, seven, nine, thirteen,
seventeen, to nineteen can be assembled on bottom seats or
triangular, rectangular frames to build various shapes of block
sets in two dimensional configurations or three dimensional
pyramids. However, eight building base plates are more moderate
than prior arts, neither more nor less an idealistic selection for
players to build various shapes of block sets. Moreover, each
building base plate contains cubic units of better (or similar)
numbers occupied similar areas assembled together are more
compatible for further assembly so as to provide a more mutually
agreeable connections between eight building base plates. As a
result, spatially distribution of cubic units to build block sets
in two or three dimensional configurations can be implemented with
more feasible means. Even cubic units led up a precipitous path to
make a pyramid can be shaped.
[0011] Furthermore, to design a game base differs than usual that
it is able to provide those eight building base plates assembled
together, to build three dimensional pyramids on triangular or
rectangular base levels proposed by the invention.
[0012] In addition, more building base plates added to the eight
building base plates assembled together to build block sets in two
or three dimensional configurations are proposed by the invention.
Also frames in triangular or rectangular shapes different from
prior arts proposed by the invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0013] Accordingly, a primary object of the present invention is to
provide eight building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations.
[0014] Another object of the present invention is to provide bottom
seats adapted for two configurations.
[0015] Another object of the present invention is to provide frames
adapted for three dimensional pyramids of the eight building block
plates.
[0016] Another object of the present invention is to provide eight
building base plates added with the other four building base
plates, totally twelve building base plates assembled together to
build block sets in two or three dimensional configurations.
[0017] Another object of the present invention is to provide bottom
seats adapted for twelve building base plates assembled together to
build block sets in two dimensional configurations.
[0018] Another object of the present invention is to provide
triangular frames adapted for twelve building base plates assembled
together to build block sets in three dimensional
configurations.
[0019] Based on objects as mentioned above, either eight building
base plates or twelve building base plates, are assembled together
to build various shapes of block sets, similar numbers of cubic
units of each building base plates included in a range such as
three to five, or five to six. If there has an included angle
between cubic units, the angle is limited to only the right angle
between each two neighboring cubic units opposite to each other at
a fixed angle of 90 degrees. Therefore, eight or twelve building
base plates with different shapes are easily coupled with one
another of similar numbers of cubic units, and included angles are
defined as a standard right angle 90 degrees, when assembling, more
interesting methods or steps can be inferred from those
arrangements.
[0020] Accordingly, the present invention is to provide two
embodiments, a first embodiment is a set of eight building base
plates assembled together to build block sets in two or three
dimensional configurations characterized in those: a block sets
(10) comprising eight building base plates, (1A.about.1H) each
contains three to five cubic units connected together, is
compatible with a coordinate system (x-axis or abscissa, y-axis or
ordinate) to define orientations, shapes of the plates, shape of
each plate can be described as following:
[0021] A building base plate (1A) contained four cubic units
(a1.about.a4) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(a1.about.a3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (a4) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (a3);
[0022] A building base plate (1B) contained five cubic units
(b1.about.b5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(b1.about.b3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth and the
fifth cubic units are also connected in a row vertically, but the
fourth and the fifth cubic units (b4, b5) are connected
horizontally to a lateral side of the first and second cubic units
(b1, b2);
[0023] A building base plate (1C) contained five cubic units
(c1.about.c5) shaped as the first to the fourth cubic units
(c1.about.c4) are connected in a row vertically, the fifth cubic
unit (c5) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (c3);
[0024] A building base plate (1D) contained three cubic units
(d1.about.d3) shaped as the first and second cubic units (d1,d2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third cubic unit (d3) is
connected to a lateral side of the first cubic unit (d1);
[0025] A building base plate (1E) contained five cubic units
(e1.about.e5) shaped as the first and second cubic units (e1,e2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third and fourth cubic units
(e3,e4) are connected in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit
(e3) is connected horizontally to the left side of the second cubic
unit (e2), while the fifth cubic unit (e5) is connected
horizontally to the left side of the fourth cubic unit (e4);
(heretofore basically lateral sides are described, but according to
the appended drawings, such as building base plate (1E), left or
right side is designated instead of lateral sides as (e5) and (e3)
relates to each other, the left or right sides can also be
described as a first, second sides; since a building base plate may
be assembled on a frame in two or three dimensional configurations
in a reverse direction)
[0026] A building base plate (1F) has four cubic units
(f1.about.f4) shaped as the first and second cubic units (f1,f2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third and fourth cubic units
(f3,f4) are connected in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit
(f3) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the second
cubic unit (f2);
[0027] A building base plate (1G) has four cubic units
(g1.about.g4) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(g1.about.g3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
units (g4) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the
second cubic unit (g2); and
[0028] A building base plate (1H) has five cubic units
(h1.about.h5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units are
connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic unit (h4) are
connected in a row horizontally to the left side of the second
cubic unit (h2), while the fifth cubic unit (h5) is connected
horizontally to the right side of the second cubic unit (h2).
[0029] A set of building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations further
comprising a bottom seat (30A) accommodates thirty five cubic units
of the eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) thereon as a
rectangular plane (50), where seven cubic units arrayed in a
longitudinal direction thereof, five cubic units arrayed in a
transversal direction thereof.
[0030] A set of building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations wherein an
upper surface of bottom seat (30A) has thirty five grooves (32)
arranged in a rectangular shape; eight building base plates
(1A.about.1H) each contains three to five cubic units opposite to
the grooves, each of cubic units has a block (11) projected outward
relative to the grooves, can be embedded in the groove (32).
[0031] A set of building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations further
comprising a triangular frame (40A) each side has five grooves,
totally fifteen grooves (42) on an upper surface of the triangular
frame (40A), eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) assembled
together based on the triangular frame (40A) to build a five-layer
(61.about.65) pyramid (60).
[0032] A second embodiment, a set of building base plates assembled
together to build block sets in two or three dimensional
configurations characterized in that: four building base plates
(10') added to the eight building base plates (10) increased to
twelve building base plates (20), wherein the four building base
plates (10'), each contains five or six cubic units connected
together compatible with a coordinate system with X axis and Y axis
to define orientations and shapes of them, shapes of building base
plates (1I.about.1L) can be defined as following:
[0033] A building base plate (1I) has five cubic units
(i1.about.i5) shaped as the first to the fourth cubic units
(i1.about.i4) are connected in a row vertically, while the fifth
cubic unit (i5) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the
first cubic unit (i1);
[0034] A building base plate (1J) has five cubic units
(j1.about.j5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(j1.about.j3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth and the
fifth cubic units (j4.about.j5) are also connected in a row
vertically, while the fourth cubic unit (j4) is connected
horizontally to lateral side of the third cubic unit (j3);
[0035] A building base plate (1K) has five cubic units
(k1.about.k5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(k1.about.k3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (k4) is connected horizontally to left side of second cubic
unit (k2), while the fifth cubic unit (k5) is connected
horizontally to right side of the first cubic unit (k1); and
[0036] A building base plate (1L) has six cubic units (l1.about.l6)
shaped as the first to the third cubic units are connected in a row
vertically, the fourth and the fifth cubic units (l4,l5) are
connected in a row vertically, at the same time, they are connected
horizontally to left side of the second and third cubic units
(l2,l3) respectively, and the six cubic unit (l6) is connected
horizontally to left side of the fifth cubic unit (l5).
[0037] A set of building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations wherein an
upper surface of a bottom seat (30B) has fifty six grooves (32)
arrayed in a rectangular shape, the twelve building base plates
(1A.about.1L), each contains three to six cubic units opposite to
the grooves (32), each of cubic units has a block (11) projected
outward relate to the grooves, can be embedded in the groove
(32).
[0038] A set of building base plates assembled together to build
block sets in two or three dimensional configurations further
comprising a triangular frame (40B) has six grooves on each side,
totally twenty-one grooves (42) on an upper surface of the
triangular frame (40B), twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L)
assembled on the triangular frame (40B) to build a six-layer
(81.about.86) pyramid (80).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0039] FIG. 1: shows a perspective view of eight building base
plates of the first embodiment of the invention;
[0040] FIG. 2: shows a perspective view of the eight building base
plates of FIG. 1 adapted to a bottom seat;
[0041] FIG. 3: shows a schematic view of the eight building base
plates assembled on the bottom seat of FIG. 2;
[0042] FIG. 4: shows a top view of FIG. 3;
[0043] FIG. 5: shows an exploded view of the eight building base
plates assembled on the triangular frame of FIG. 1;
[0044] FIG. 6: shows an assembled view of the eight building base
plates, after assembly, on the triangular frame of FIG. 5;
[0045] FIG. 7: shows a schematic view of the triangular frame and a
pyramid divided into layers of FIG. 6;
[0046] FIG. 8: shows a perspective view of the twelve building base
plates of the second embodiment of the invention;
[0047] FIG. 9: shows an exploded view of the twelve building base
plates assembled on the bottom seat of FIG. 8;
[0048] FIG. 10: shows a schematic view of the twelve building base
plates assembled on the bottom seat of FIG. 9;
[0049] FIG. 11: shows a top view of FIG. 10;
[0050] FIG. 12: shows an exploded view of the twelve building base
plates adapted for the triangular frame of FIG. 8;
[0051] FIG. 13: shows an assembled view of the twelve building base
plates, after assembly, adapted for the triangular frame of FIG.
12; and
[0052] FIG. 14: shows a schematic view of the triangular frame and
a pyramid divided into layers.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0053] The description is described according to the appended
drawings hereinafter.
First Embodiment
[0054] As shown in FIG. 1, block sets 10 includes eight building
base plates 1A, 1B, 1C,1D,1E,1F,1G, 1H, each of the building base
plates contains at least three cubic units, or four cubic units, or
up to five cubic units. Each building base plate contains three to
five cubic units, connected together compatible with a coordinate
system with X axis and Y axis to determine orientations and shapes
of the building base plates, of which different shapes can be
described in detail as following:
[0055] A building base plate (1A) has four cubic units
(a1.about.a4), shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(a1.about.a3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (a4) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (a3) where an included angle .theta. between the second
cubic unit (a2) and the fourth cubic unit (a4) is at the right
angle (90 degrees).
[0056] A building base plate (1B) has five cubic units
(b1.about.b5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(b1.about.b3) are connected in a row vertically; the fourth and the
fifth cubic units are also connected in a row vertically, but the
fourth and the fifth cubic units (b4,b5) are connected horizontally
to lateral side of the first and second cubic units (b1,b2), where
an included angle .theta. between the third cubic unit (b3) and the
fifth cubic unit (b5) is at the right angle (90 degrees).
[0057] A building base plate (1C) has five cubic units
(c1.about.c5) shaped as the first to the fourth cubic units
(c1.about.c4) are connected in a row vertically, the fifth cubic
unit (c5) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the third
cubic unit (c3) where an included angle .theta. between the fourth
cubic unit (c4) and the fifth cubic unit (c5) is at the right angle
(90 degrees).
[0058] A building base plate (1D) has three cubic units
(d1.about.d3) shaped as the first and second cubic units (d1,d2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third cubic unit (d3) is
connected to a lateral side of the first cubic unit (d1), where an
included angle .theta. between the second cubic unit (d2) and the
third cubic unit (d3) is at the right angle (90 degrees).
[0059] A building base plate (1E) has five cubic units
(e1.about.e5) shaped as the first and second cubic units (e1,e2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third and fourth cubic units
(e3,e4) are connected in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit
(e3) is connected horizontally to left side of the second cubic
unit (e2), while the fifth cubic unit (e5) is connected
horizontally to left side of the fourth cubic unit (e4) where an
included angle .theta. between the fifth cubic unit (e5) and the
third cubic unit (e3) is at right angle (90 degrees), and an
included angle between the third cubic unit (e3) and the first
cubic unit (e1) is at the right angle (90 degrees).
[0060] A building base plate (1F) has four cubic units
(f1.about.f4) shaped as the first and second cubic units (f1,f2)
are connected in a row vertically, the third and fourth cubic units
(f3,f4) are connected in a row vertically, and the third cubic unit
(f3) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the second
cubic unit (f2); where an included angle .theta. between the first
cubic unit (f1) and the third cubic unit (f3) is at the right angle
(90 degrees), and an included angle between the second cubic unit
(f2) and the fourth cubic unit (f4) is at the right angle (90
degrees).
[0061] A building base plate (1G) has four cubic units
(g1.about.g4) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(g1.about.g3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (g4) is connected horizontally to the lateral side of the
second cubic unit (g2) where an included angle .theta. between the
third cubic unit (g3) and the fourth cubic unit (g4) is at the
right angle (90 degrees).
[0062] A building base plate (1H) has five cubic units
(h1.about.h5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(h1.about.h3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (h4) is connected horizontally to the left side of the second
cubic unit (h2), while the fifth cubic unit (h5) is connected
horizontally to the right side of the second cubic unit (h2), where
an included angle .theta. between the first cubic unit (h1) and the
fourth cubic unit (h4) is at the right angle (90 degrees), and an
included angle .theta. between the third cubic unit (h3) and the
fifth cubic unit (h5) is at the right angle (90 degrees).
[0063] Those eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) each contains
three to five cubic units; both building base plates and cubic
units can be listed and summed up as following:
TABLE-US-00001 Sum of building base Contained Sum of the cubic
Building base plates plates cubic units units 1D 1 3 3 1A, 1F, 1G 3
4 12 1B, 1C, 1E, 1H 4 5 20 In total 8 3-5 35
[0064] As shown in FIGS. 2.about.4, those eight building base
plates (1A.about.1H) can be adapted for a bottom seat (30A), of
which an upper surface has seven grooves in a longitudinal
direction, five grooves in a transversal direction to accommodate
the eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) contain totally thirty
five cubic units fulfill all the grooves on the upper surface of
the bottom seat (30A) to make a rectangular plane (50).
[0065] The upper surface of the bottom seat (30A) has thirty five
grooves (32). Opposite to the grooves (32), each of the thirty five
cubic units has a block (11) projected outward from a surface can
be embedded in the grooves (32) respectively. After that, those
eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) are assembled to form the
rectangular plane (50) without movements or falling off. Although
the grooves and blocks can facilitate building base plates
assembled on the bottom seat, but they are not necessary for the
invention. However, no matter whether the grooves and blocks are
shaped on the bottom seat and cubic units, both of them should be
confined in the scope of the invention.
[0066] As shown in FIGS. 5.about.7, those eight building base
plates (1A.about.1H) can be adapted for a triangular frame (40A),
of which each side is arranged with five grooves in a row, totally
fifteen grooves fulfill an upper surface of the triangular frame
(40A). Each groove on the upper surface of the triangular frame
(40A) is surrounded by three adjacent pyramids with equal altitude
and perimeter. A groove among three adjacent pyramids likely an
upside down pyramid in betweens is hollowed out as a pit with three
equilateral sides converged downward to make a tapered groove at a
bottom. Thereby, one cubic unit trapped inside the groove with
three equilateral sides projected upward and converged into an apex
at a top. Thus one half of the cubic unit embedded in the groove,
the other half of the cubic unit exposed out of the groove likely a
small pyramid. Whenever a number of cubic units fulfill part of the
fifteen grooves of the bottom seat as a first layer (65), which is
also to be jagged, multi layered tiers filled with small pyramids
by other cubic units trapped and piled up among grooves to form a
second layer (64) or further higher layers (63, 62) led up a
precipitous path of the cubic units until only one groove as a
topmost fifth layer (61) is filled with one cubic unit. Therefore,
the eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) can be assembled on
the triangular frame (40A) to build five layers (61.about.65)
pyramid (60).
[0067] A pyramid (60) includes the first layer (65) has fifteen
cubic units, the second layer (64) has ten cubic units, the third
layer (63) has six cubic units, the fourth layer (62) has three
cubic units, and the fifth layer (61) has one cubic unit.
Second Embodiment
[0068] As shown in FIG. 8, block sets (10) includes the eight
building base plates can be added with the other four building base
plates (10') to make a block sets (20) with twelve building base
plates. Eight building base plates are already described in the
first embodiment of the invention according to appended drawing
FIG. 1. No more detailed description about eight building base
plates will be described in the second embodiment. But these four
building base plates (10') are designated as building base plates
(1I.about.1L) of different shapes, each contains five or six cubic
units, which are connected together compatible with two dimensional
coordinate system with X axis and Y axis to determine orientations
and shapes of the building base plates, whose shapes can be
described in detail as following:
[0069] A building base plate (1I) has five cubic units
(i1.about.i5) shaped as the first to the fourth cubic units
(i1.about.i4) are connected in a row vertically, while the fifth
cubic unit (i5) is connected horizontally to a lateral side of the
first cubic unit (i1), where an included angle .theta. between the
first cubic unit (i2) and the cubic unit (i5) is the right angle
(90 degrees).
[0070] A building base plate (1J) has five cubic units
(j1.about.j5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(j1.about.j3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth and the
fifth cubic units (j4.about.j5) are also connected in a row
vertically, while the fourth cubic unit (j4) is connected
horizontally to a lateral side of the third cubic unit (j3); an
included angle .theta. between the third cubic unit (j3) and the
fifth cubic unit (j5) is the right angle (90 degrees).
[0071] A building base plate (1K) has five cubic units
(k1.about.k5) shaped as the first to the third cubic units
(k1.about.k3) are connected in a row vertically, the fourth cubic
unit (k4) is connected horizontally to the left side of second
cubic unit (k2), while the fifth cubic unit (k5) is connected
horizontally to the right side of the first cubic unit (k1), where
an included angle .theta. between the fifth cubic unit (k5) and the
second cubic unit (k2) is the right angle (90 degrees), and an
included angle .theta. between the fourth cubic unit (k4) and the
third cubic unit (k3) is the right angle (90 degrees).
[0072] A building base plate (1L) has six cubic units (l1.about.l6)
shaped as the first to the third cubic units are connected in a row
vertically, the fourth and the fifth cubic units (l4,l5) are
connected in a row vertically as well as connected horizontally to
the left side of the second and third cubic units (l2,l3)
respectively, the six cubic unit (l6) is connected horizontally to
the left side of the fifth cubic unit (l5), where an included angle
.theta. between the sixth cubic unit (16) and the fourth cubic unit
(14) is the right angle (90 degrees), and an included angle .theta.
between the fourth cubic unit (14) and the first cubic unit (11) is
the right angle (90 degrees).
[0073] Those twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L) can be
classified into categories according to each of them contained
cubic units amount and sum up as following:
TABLE-US-00002 Sum of building base Contained Sum of the cubic
Building base plates plates cubic units units 1D 1 3 3 1A, 1F, 1G 3
4 12 1B, 1C, 1E, 1H, 1I, 1J, 7 5 35 1K 1L 1 6 6 In total 12 3-6
56
[0074] As shown in FIGS. 9.about.10, the block set (20) is composed
of the twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L), which can be
adapted for a bottom seat (30B) with eight grooves in a
longitudinal direction and seven grooves in a transversal
direction, totally fifty six grooves fulfilled on an upper surface
of the bottom seat (30B). Thus, the bottom seat (30B) can
accommodate the twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L) filled
with those fifty six grooves to make a rectangular plane (70).
[0075] An upper surface of bottom seat (30B) has fifty six grooves
(32) arrayed in a rectangular shape. Opposite to the grooves (32),
each of the fifty six cubic units has a block (11) projected
outward from a surface corresponding to the groove can be embedded
in the grooves (32) respectively. After that, those twelve building
base plates (1A.about.1L) are assembled together on the bottom seat
(30B) to make the rectangular plane (70) without movements or
falling off. Although the grooves and blocks can facilitate
building base plates assembled on bottom seat, but they are not
necessary for the invention. However, no matter whether the grooves
and blocks are shaped on the bottom seat and cubic units, both of
them should be confined in the scope of the invention.
[0076] As shown in FIGS. 12.about.14, the twelve building base
plates (1A.about.1L) can be adapted for a triangular frame (40B),
of which each side arrayed six cubic units, totally twenty one
cubic units fulfill an upper surface of the triangular frame (40B).
Those grooves are the same as described in the first embodiment.
The twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L) can be assembled on
the triangular frame (40B) to build a six-layer (81.about.86)
pyramid (80).
[0077] The pyramid (80) includes a first layer (81) has twenty one
cubic units, a second layer (82) has fifteen cubic units, a third
layer has ten cubic units, a fourth layer has six cubic units, a
fifth layer has three cubic units, and a six-layer has one cubic
unit.
[0078] The present invention is thus described, and it will be
obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations
are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of
the present invention, and all such modifications as would be
obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included
within the scope of the following claims.
Advantages of Embodiments of the Invention
[0079] Eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) each contains three
to five cubic units can be assembled together to build block sets
in two or three dimensional configurations.
[0080] Those eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) shaped in
different shapes can be assembled on a two dimensional surface with
seven cubic units arrayed along a longitudinal side, five cubic
units arrayed along a transversal side, totally thirty five cubic
units to fulfill a rectangular plane (likely a "bottom seat"). Or
the eight building base plates assembled on a sand dune/soft soil
in part first to make a triangular bottom level, with five cubic
units arrayed along each side, totally fifteen cubic units to
fulfill a bottom level (likely a "triangular frame"), on which the
eight building base plates are assembled together to build a
five-layer pyramid (60). As a result, those eight building base
plates (1A.about.1H) can be assembled together to build block sets
in either two or three dimensional configurations. Because those
eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) each contains from only
three up to five cubic units, which are connected together
vertically or horizontally compatible with coordinate system with X
axis and Y axis to determine orientations and shapes of each
building base plates (1A.about.1H). Once two cubic units connected
to one cubic unit at different orientations (for example, one is
horizontally connected, the other is vertically connected) opposite
to each other at an angle as an included angle, which is assigned
as the right angle at 90 degrees, those arrangements may provide a
simplified path for players to find feasible methods to encourage
their creative thinking, enrich their experience with endured
patience, and make acute observations for similar numbers of cubic
units (three to five) turned into different shapes of building base
plates; those can be applied to generate feasible design
alternatives.
[0081] Furthermore, as the other four building base plates
(1I.about.1L) added to the eight building base plates
(1A.about.1H), there are totally twelve building base plates
(1A.about.1L) in different shapes can be assembled together. Those
twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L) assembled together on a
two dimensional surface as a rectangular plane (70), where eight
cubic units are arrayed along a longitudinal direction, and seven
cubic units arrayed along a transversal direction. Or those twelve
building base plates assembled on a sand dune/soft soil in part
first to make a triangular bottom level with six cubic units
arrayed along each side, totally twenty one cubic units filled the
bottom level (likely "triangular frame") and then assembled upward
to build a six-layer (81.about.86) pyramid (80). As the twelve
building base plates differs afore eight building base plates from
numbers of cubic units, shapes of the added four building base
plates are already not confined by the original eight building base
plates. Although included angles of them retains the same right
angle at 90 degrees, while an extended lengths of the cubic units
about the same included angle is increased, which is from a range
of three to five cubic units to a range of five to six cubic units.
It can be a largest building base plate of six cubic units in
comparison with a smallest base plate of three cubic units to show
a contrast ratio to 2:1. Therefore, players face more challenges by
assembling those twelve building base plates, since two adjacent
building base plates may be different from their cubic units to
double in amount. More two and three dimensional configurations can
be developed from such twelve building base plates. Space concept
may be introduced to players, when assembling, such twelve building
base plates with more shapes and cubic units developed into more
concrete configurations.
[0082] Either eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) or twelve
building base plates (1A.about.1L) can be assembled to make two
rectangular planes (50, 70) on two bottom seats (30A, 30B), which
are designed with different scopes on their upper surfaces.
Thereby, on one hand, the building base plates can be assembled to
make rectangular planes within larger or smaller scopes, on the
other hand, the building base plates of different shapes assembled
piece by piece processed through feasible methods to piece up two
dimensional configurations. Thus, familiar to different shapes of
all the twelve building base plates eventually lead to more
concrete configurations may improve the players' space concept.
[0083] Either eight building base plates (1A.about.1H) or twelve
building base plates (1A.about.1L) can be assembled to make
pyramids (60, 80) with different layers on two triangular frames
(40A, 40B). Based on these two different triangular frames (40A,
40B), the building base plates can be assembled upward from the
frames without movements or falling off. Because grooves (42) of
the frames (40A, 40B) are shaped as regularly three dimensional
jagged, multi-layered tiers, each three small pyramids surround one
tapered groove, which is likely an upside down small pyramid
hollowed out among such three adjacent pyramids, those tapered
grooves substantially are used to trap cubic unit inclined at an
angle, thus three faces of the cubic unit converged into an apex,
while the other three faces received by tapered groove, therefore,
trapped cubic units is substantially turned into a "rhombic system"
with only half of cubic unit projected upward and exposed out from
the groove. Two or three adjacent trapped cubic units, under such
circumstances, can be connected together to make a new groove in
betweens. Furthermore, those rhombic like inclined cubic units
allow to trap a second layer of cubic unit thereon, until a last
cubic unit is placed onto a topmost layer of the three dimensional
configurations. Thereby, the building base plates inlaid onto the
jagged, multi layered tiers like grooves may alter orientations,
angles, and locations of block sets during assembling to enhance
players' perception about three dimensional configurations.
Although in U.S. Pat. No. 7,040,621, triangular frame is already
mentioned, but it is a triangular frame has seven grooves arrayed
along each side, totally twenty eight grooves filled an upper
surface of a triangular frame of '621, but the two triangular
frames (40A, 40B) of the invention, each has five or six grooves
arrayed along an equilateral side, totally fifteen or twenty one
grooves fulfill upper surfaces of these two triangular frames (40A,
40B) respectively. Even the tapered grooves of triangular frames
(40A, 40B) are shaped as hollowed out top side down pyramids, cubic
units can be inclined at an angle to be trapped at the grooves of
triangular frames (40A, 40B). Thus, either shapes, or layers, or
feasible methods for assembling, more interesting steps at inclined
angle can be developed from the invention. Heretofore, those
rhombic like cubic units are inclined at the same angle.
[0084] Each of the bottom seats (30A, 30B) also may be formed with
rectangular grooves (32) on an upper surface thereof; the cubic
units opposite to the grooves has a block (11) projected outward on
a surface, the regular grooves are corresponding to the blocks
respectively; thereby, the cubic units can be embedded in the
bottom seats without movements or falling off. Such pairs of
rectangular groove and block are designed to facilitate assembling
the building base plates on the bottom seats, but they are not
necessary for the blocks set. Both the rectangular groove and the
block are paired to facilitate arrays and arrangements of the
building base plates.
[0085] Finally, we have to emphasize the eight building base plates
(1A.about.1H) or twelve building base plates (1A.about.1L), either
numbers of cubic units or shapes of the building base plates are
different from the prior arts. In other words, though some building
base plates may be similar to the prior arts, but all the building
base plates are not the same as the prior arts. For example, make a
comparison between the twelve building base plates of the invention
and TW 285070, whose thirteen building base plates (1, 11.about.22)
are different from the invention by four building base plates
(1,11,14,22), however, the invention also differs from TW 285070 by
four building base plates (1F, 1G, 1K, 1L). Due to numbers of cubic
units, shapes of building base plates, and included angles of the
invention are not all the same as the prior arts, the present
invention can present five or six-layer of pyramids, which is not
disclosed by the prior arts.
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