Pickagram three-dimensional puzzle
View Patent ↗A pickagram three-dimensional puzzle comprises seven 3D blocks and a plurality of magnetic members located inside each 3D block to couple the neighboring 3D blocks to one another through magnetic forces generated therefrom. A first 3D block of the seven 3D blocks has the shape of a right triangle on a plane and include a first top face, a first bottom face located to be opposite to the first top face, a first lateral face for connecting the boundary edges of the first top face and the boundary edges of the first bottom face to one another, and a plurality of accommodation pipes arranged along the first lateral face, and the plurality of magnetic members include a plurality of first magnetic members located correspondingly inside the plurality of accommodation pipes.
1. A pickagram three-dimensional puzzle comprising seven three-dimensional (3D) blocks and a plurality of magnetic members located inside each 3D block to couple neighboring 3D blocks to one another through magnetic forces generated therefrom wherein a first 3D block of the seven 3D blocks has a shape of an isosceles right triangle on a plane, the first 3D block comprises:
a first top face;
a first bottom face located to be opposite to the first top face;
a first lateral face connecting boundary edges of the first top face and boundary edges of the first bottom face to one another, the first lateral face including a first lateral region, a second lateral region and a third lateral region, wherein the first lateral region is connected to the second lateral region and the third second lateral region, the second lateral region is connected to the first lateral region and the third lateral region and the third lateral region is connected to the first lateral region and the second lateral region; and
a plurality of accommodation pipes arranged along the first lateral face inside the first lateral face, the plurality of accommodation pipes includes a first accommodation pipe located where the first lateral region is connected to the third lateral region, a second accommodation pipe located where the second lateral region is connected to the third lateral region, and a third accommodation pipe is located between the first accommodation pipe and the second accommodation pipe along the third lateral region, a fourth accommodation pipe, and a fifth accommodation pipe that is located in the second lateral region between the second accommodation pipe and the location where the first lateral region is connected to the second lateral region, and
the plurality of magnetic members comprising a plurality of first magnetic members located correspondingly inside the plurality of accommodation pipes,
wherein a distance between the first accommodation pipe and the third accommodation pipe is the same as a distance between the first accommodation pipe and the fourth accommodation pipe,
wherein a distance between the second accommodation pipe and the third accommodation pipe is the same as a distance between the second accommodation pipe and the fifth accommodation pipe, and
wherein the first lateral region includes a length between ends and each of the first accommodation pipe, the second accommodation pipe, and the third accommodation pipe include a first pipe length in a direction transverse to the length between ends of the first lateral region that is the same and wherein at least one or both the fourth accommodation pipe and the fifth accommodation pipe is longer than the first pipe length.
2. The pickagram three-dimensional puzzle according to claim 1 , wherein the first lateral face comprises:
a first lateral region having a first length and a shape of an isosceles trapezoid;
a second lateral region having the first length and a shape of an isosceles trapezoid and extending vertically from one end of the first lateral region; and
a third lateral region having a shape of a rectangle and connecting the other end of the first lateral region and the other end of the second lateral region to each other.
3. The pickagram three-dimensional puzzle according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of accommodation pipes extend in a vertical direction with respect to a direction of the first length in such a way as to be arranged along the first lateral face inside the first lateral face.
4. The pickagram three-dimensional puzzle according to claim 3 , wherein the first 3D block further comprises a plurality of first partition pipes located inside the first lateral face, each of the plurality of first partition pipes being located between the plurality of accommodation pipes adjacent to each other.
5. The pickagram three-dimensional puzzle according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnetic members extend in the longitudinal directions of the first accommodation pipes and move inside the first accommodation pipes in a longitudinal direction of each of the first magnetic members.
6. The pickagram three-dimensional puzzle according to claim 1 , wherein a second 3D block of the seven 3D blocks has a shape of an isosceles right triangle on a plane, the second 3D block comprises:
a second top face;
a second bottom face located to be opposite to the second top face;
a second lateral face for connecting boundary edges of the second top face and boundary edges of the second bottom face to one another; and
a plurality of second accommodation pipes arranged along the second lateral face inside the second lateral face, and
the plurality of magnetic members comprising a plurality of second magnetic members located correspondingly inside the plurality of second accommodation pipes.
7. A pickagram three-dimensional puzzle comprising at least two three-dimensional (3D) blocks and a plurality of magnetic members to couple the at least two 3D blocks to one another through magnetic forces generated, each of the at least two 3D blocks comprising:
a top face;
a bottom face located opposite to the top face;
a lateral face connecting boundary edges of the top face and boundary edges of the bottom face to one another, the lateral face including a first lateral region, a second lateral region and a third lateral region, wherein the first lateral region is connected to the second lateral region and the third second lateral region, the second lateral region is connected to the first lateral region and the third lateral region and the third lateral region is connected to the first lateral region and the second lateral region; and
a plurality of accommodation pipes arranged along the lateral face inside the lateral face, the plurality of accommodation pipes includes a first accommodation pipe located where the first lateral region is connected to the third lateral region, a second accommodation pipe located where the second lateral region is connected to the third lateral region, and a third accommodation pipe is located between the first accommodation pipe and the second accommodation pipe along the third lateral region, and
the plurality of magnetic members located correspondingly inside the plurality of accommodation pipes;
wherein the first lateral region comprises a first length and a shape of an isosceles trapezoid, the second lateral region comprises the first length and a shape of an isosceles trapezoid and extending vertically from one end of the first lateral region, and the a third lateral region having a shape of a rectangle and connecting the other end of the first lateral region and the other end of the second lateral region to each other,
the plurality of accommodation pipes further comprises a fourth accommodation pipe and a fifth accommodation pipe that is located in the second lateral region between the second accommodation pipe and the location where the first lateral region is connected to the second lateral region,
wherein a distance between the first accommodation pipe and the third accommodation pipe is the same as a distance between the first accommodation pipe and the fourth accommodation pipe, and
wherein the first lateral region includes a length between ends and each of the first accommodation pipe, the second accommodation pipe, and the third accommodation pipe include a first pipe length in a direction transverse to the length between ends of the first lateral region that is the same and wherein at least one or both the fourth accommodation pipe and the fifth accommodation pipe is longer than the first pipe length.