Portable 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 displaying six pairs of different colored segments, each segment extending radially outwardly from the center of the prism to a different side, 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 preselected manner, the contiguous edges of adjacent prisms will face segments of the same color.

I claim: 
     
         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 only 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 on the various prisms is such that a colored segment of one prism will abut a colored segment of the same color from an abutting prism when the prisms are placed in the preselected position. 
     
     
         6 . A puzzle comprising a board provided with a recess, seven twelve sided regular prisms sized and shaped for snug-fitting disposition in the recess, each of said prisms being regular in shape and having twelve sides, each prism also being provided with an upwardly presented face having indicia means, said indicia means including twelve segments, each of which extend from the center of that prism to one of the twelve sides thereof, each segment 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 be in alignment with a segment of the same color from an abutting prism. 
     
     
         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 the colored segments of the prisms are presented through lenticular lenses. 
     
     
         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.