Board puzzles

Abstract

A portable puzzle comprising a board containing a recess sized for holding seven regular twelve-sided prisms, one prism centrally located and the other six surrounding the center prism, and also comprising seven regular twelve sided prisms each having an upwardly presented face composed of twelve different colored segments, each segment terminating along one of the respective sides, the color arrangement of each prism's segments being varied from prism to prism but having been prearranged such that when the prisms are placed within the recess of the game board in one particular manner, the contiguous edges of adjacent prisms contain segments of the same color.

1 . A puzzle comprising a board provided with a recess, a plurality of prisms sized and shaped for snug-fitting disposition in the recess, each of said prisms being provided with an upwardly presented face, and indicia means on the upwardly presented face on each of said prisms, said indicia means on each of the prisms containing a preselected color scheme arranged such that when the prisms are disposed in the recess in a predetermined manner, the contiguous portions of adjacent prisms will present a preselected design to the viewer. 
     
     
         2 . The puzzle of  claim 1  in which the prisms are seven in number and each prism is similarly shaped and has twelve sides of substantially equal length. 
     
     
         3 . The puzzle of  claim 1  in which the prisms are seven in number, each prism is similarly shaped and has twelve sides of substantially equal length, and each indicia means presents twelve colored segments, each segment starting at the center of the prism face and following a path to one of the twelve sides of each prism. 
     
     
         4 . The puzzle of  claim 1  in which the prisms are seven in number, each prism is similarly shaped and has twelve sides of substantially equal length, and each indicia means presents twelve colored segments, each segment starting at the center of the prism face and following a path to one of the twelve sides of each prism, and the twelve segments are colored in six different colors, two segments for each color. 
     
     
         5 . The puzzle of  claim 1  in which the prisms are seven in number, each prism is similarly shaped and has twelve sides of substantially equal length, and each indicia means presents twelve colored segments, each segment starting at the center of the prism face and following a path to one of the twelve sides of each prism, the twelve segments are colored in six different colors, two segments for each color, and the arrangement of the colored segments is preselectively varied from prism to prism. 
     
     
         6 . A puzzle comprising a board provided with a recess, a plurality of twelve sided regular prisms sized and shaped for snug-fitting disposition in the recess, each of said prisms being provided with an upwardly presented face, and indicia means on the upwardly presented face on each of said prisms, said indicia means including twelve segments, each segment extending from the center of that prism to one of the twelve sides thereof, said segments being colored in one of six different colors, each indicia means on each prism having no more than two segments of the same color, the color arrangement of the six colored segments on each of the seven indicia means being different from the color arrangement of the six colored segments on every other prism, the colored segments arrangements being such that when the prisms are placed in the recess in a preselected manner, abutting sides of adjacent prisms will have segments of the same color. 
     
     
         7 . The puzzle of  claim 6  in which one of the prisms is located centrally in the recess and the other six prisms surround the centrally located prism. 
     
     
         8 . The puzzle of  claim 6  in which one of the prisms is located centrally in the recess and the other six prisms surround the centrally located prism in the recess, and each of the outer prisms abut the central prism on one adjacent side and abuts each adjacent prism on one side. 
     
     
         9 . The puzzle of  claim 6  in which one of the prisms is located centrally in the recess and the other six prisms surround the centrally located prism, each of the outer prisms abut the central prism on one adjacent side and abuts each laterally adjacent prism on one side, and the color of each segment at the side where two prisms abut is the same color.