Domino game with angled and/or curved tile pieces
Abstract
A piece for a domino game having a first connecting end and a second connecting end designed to assemble with the connecting ends of other similar pieces, the first connecting end and the second connecting end being at a positive angle α from one another, a marking face divided in two parts, and an external face linking the external edges of connecting ends. The geometrical shape of the piece is such that, whenever several pieces are assembled one after the other so that the first connecting end of a piece assembles with the second connecting end of another piece, and so on until the free connecting ends are at an angle α′ which value is superior or equal to that of angle α, and inferior to twice the value of angle α, it is possible to assemble, in a direction opposite to the others, two other pieces with their connecting ends linked to free connecting ends without having these two aforementioned other pieces overlap. Therefore, when using the inventive pieces, a player will face, during a game, and before the game is closed, or the number required is exhausted, twice less probability to place the right domino in order to continue assembling the pieces.
Claims
exact text as granted — not AI-modified1 . A plurality of tile pieces for a domino game, each of said pieces comprising:
a first connecting end and a second connecting end for use in assembling a piece with the connecting ends of other similar pieces, said first connecting end and said second connecting end being at a positive angle (α) from one another; and a marked face divided in two sides and an external face which links the external edges of said first and second connecting ends; wherein the geometrical shape of said pieces projected in a plan is such that when several pieces are assembled together so that said first connecting end of a piece adjoins said second connecting end of another piece, and thus until said one of said first or second connecting ends are free and form an angle (α′) having a value superior or equal to that of the angle (α) and inferior to twice the value of angle (a), one could place, in the opposite direction of the other pieces, two new pieces by their connecting ends on the free connecting ends without having the above mentioned two new pieces overlap.
2 . The tile pieces of claim 1 , wherein the geometrical shape of each of said pieces when projected in a plan is that of an isosceles triangle.
3 . The tile pieces of claim 1 , wherein said first connecting ends and said second connecting ends each having internal edges and wherein said piece further includes an internal face linking said internal edges of said first and second connecting ends.
4 . The tile pieces of claim 3 , wherein the geometrical shape of each of said pieces when projected in a plan is includes part of a crown.
5 . The tile pieces of claim 4 , wherein said internal faces have a radius R int , and said external faces have a radius R ext , and if J is the angle formed by said first connecting end and said second connecting end of each of said pieces, and if |X| is the integer of X, the following equation applies:
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6 . The tile pieces of claim 3 , wherein said exterior faces are made of three sides of the same length comprising two lateral sides and linked by an intermediate side.
7 . The tile pieces of claim 3 , wherein said exterior faces are made of three sides comprising two lateral sides linked by an intermediate side, and wherein one of said lateral sides is perpendicular and close to said first connecting end, and another of said lateral sides is perpendicular and close to said second connecting end.
8 . The tile pieces according to any of claims 6 or 7 , wherein each of said lateral sides perpendicular and close to said first connecting end and each of said lateral sides perpendicular and close to said second connection end are rounded or plane.
9 . The tile pieces according to any of claims 6 , 7 , or 8 , wherein said intermediate sides are rounded or plane.
10 . The tile pieces of claim 3 , wherein said exterior faces are each composed of a succession of identical profiles.
11 . The tile pieces cording to any of claims 3 to 10 , wherein the geometrical shape of said internal faces when projected in a plan is defined by a radius (Rint).
12 . The tile pieces of claim 3 , wherein said exterior face and said internal face are respectively composed of plane sides, parallel to each other, and wherein the geometrical shape of said pieces projected in a plan is that of an isosceles trapezium.
13 . The tile pieces according to any of claims 1 - 12 , wherein the value of angle (α) equals any of the following remarkable values: π/3; 2π/5; π/2; and 2π/3.
14 . The tile pieces according to claim 1 , wherein the value of angle (α) is between 40 and 160 degrees, inclusive.
15 . The tile pieces according to claim 14 , wherein the value of angle (α) is between 110 to 140 degrees, inclusive.
16 . A game having a set of N number of pieces according to any of claims 1 - 13 , inclusive, wherein each of said pieces has a marking face divided in first and second marked parts, and wherein a same mark appears as many times on each of said first marked parts as on said second marked parts.
17 . A computer program saved on data support and having instructions allowing the representation of a set of N number of game pieces to be manipulated according to any of claims 1 - 14 , inclusive, when loaded and run by a computer.Join the waitlist — get patent alerts
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