US Patent 7785179 Mechanical and electronic combinatory game and puzzle

A mechanical and electronic combinatory game and puzzle includes a plurality of cubic game items (2) bearing patterns on the faces, arranged in crossing rows in an overall parallelepiped game structure (1). Pre-designed or new face pattern combinations are to be obtained through sequences of group spinning. Variants of the game may include spinning partial or entire rows (4), as well as translations of game items if the game structure (1) contains empty places. The mechanical embodiment provides an overall parallelepiped game structure (1), an expandable enclosure (7) and handling devices (15). The electronic embodiment provides computer representation (40), control and management of the play.