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A transformational folding puzzle assembly is formed of 24 identical tetrahedrons hingedly secured in a chain or ring. The tetrahedrons are all-space filling, and may be isosceles or other configurations. This hinged structure provides: 1) the construction of a great variety of new shapes, more than

A transformational folding puzzle assembly is formed of 24 identical tetrahedrons hingedly secured in a chain or ring. The tetrahedrons are all-space filling, and may be isosceles or other configurations. This hinged structure provides: 1) the construction of a great variety of new shapes, more than a hundred with diamond faces and hundreds more without that limitation; 2) A variety of shape dependent puzzles including a family of geometric transformational magic shapes; 3) a transformational four year calendar/ball in which the twelve months of the year are expressed on the 12 diamond faces of the ball exteriorly while the other three years are hidden in the interior of the rhombic dodecahedron ball; 4) a mechanism for holding the shapes together and joining them to one another, forming for a construction set in which each chain can transform into hundreds of other possible pieces. Alternatively, the 96 triangles of the 24 tetrahedrons may be labeled with a predetermined arrangement of the numbers 1-96, whereby the numbers on each separate rhombic dodecahedron surface will add up to the same magic constant. Other shapes have corresponding unique magic constants. Also, a plurality of eight numbered tetrahedron rings can be contracted and attached to one another in such a way that all 96 numbers and no others appear once on the exterior surface of this larger, two frequency rhombic dodecahedron shape.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A transformational puzzle construction, including:24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons; hinge means fo

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A transformational puzzle construction, including:24 tetrahedron bodies, said bodies being substantially identical in size and configuration;said tetrahedron bodies being all-space filling tetrahedrons;said tetrahedron bodies being isosceles tetrahedrons; hinge means for joining said tetrahedron bodies in a closed loop configuration with pivoting connections between adjacent tetrahedron bodies in said closed loop configuration to facilitate the formation of a plurality of complex and simple geometric shapes.