Patents by Inventor Patricia A. Roane

Patricia A. Roane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4334870
    Abstract: A series of interrelated sets of tetrahedron blocks. Each set comprises twelve blocks capable of assembly into a rectangular parallelepiped using all twelve blocks, and is also capable of assembly into an eight-block pyramid and a four-block tetrahedron. The pyramid and parallelepiped of all sets are the same height. The tetrahedrons are preferably hollow and each of them has a magnet for each face, e.g., affixed to the interior walls of its faces, the magnets being so polarized that upon assembly into a cube or pyramid, the magnets of facing faces attract each other. Preferably, the blocks are colored in such a way that faces of the same size and shape are colored alike and each size and shape has a different color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Inventor: Patricia A. Roane
  • Patent number: 4334871
    Abstract: A series of interrelated sets of tetrahedron blocks. Each set is capable of assembly into a cube with all the cubes being identical in size. Typically, there are at least three such sets, though there may be more; and when there are three sets, for example, one set contains twice as many tetrahedron blocks as the second set and four times as many as the third set. The tetrahedrons are preferably hollow and each of them has a magnet for each face, e.g., affixed to the interior walls of its faces, the magnets being so polarized that upon assembly into a cube or pyramid, the magnets of facing faces attract each other. Preferably, the blocks are colored in such a way that faces of the same size and shape are colored alike and each size and shape has a different color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1982
    Inventor: Patricia A. Roane
  • Patent number: 4258479
    Abstract: A series of interrelated sets of tetrahedron Each set is capable of assembly into a cube with all the cubes being identical in size. Typically, there are at least three such sets, though there may be more; and when there are three sets, for example, one set contains twice as many tetrahedron blocks as the second set and four times as many as the third set. The tetrahedrons are preferably hollow and each of them has a magnet for each face, e.g., affixed to the interior walls of its faces, the magnets being so polarized that upon assembly into a cube or pyramid, the magnets of facing faces attract each other. Preferably, the blocks are colored in such a way that faces of the same size and shape are colored alike and each size and shape has a different color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Inventor: Patricia A. Roane