Rounded Dice with Pins for Stopping and Grip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional polyhedral dice with 4 to 20 faces often roll excessively and have sharp edges, making them difficult to hold and stop during use in tabletop games, leading to an unsatisfactory rolling experience.
Innovation Solution
Design of rounded, hollow metallic dice with a plurality of faces and pins that extend outward to prevent excessive rolling, providing a comfortable grip and stopping mechanism, made using the lost-wax casting process with materials like gold, silver, or bronze.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional polyhedral dice are used, then the dice can roll, but they roll excessively and are difficult to stop
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies spheroidality by rounding the edges and corners of the polyhedral dice, transforming them from sharp polyhedral shapes to curved rounded forms. This curvature modification reduces the rolling distance and improves stopping characteristics while maintaining the polyhedral face structure for game play
2Ease of operation
If conventional polyhedral dice with sharp edges are used, then the dice structure is simple, but they are difficult to hold on the hand
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies spheroidality by rounding all edges and corners of the polyhedral dice, creating smooth curved surfaces that are comfortable to hold. This curvature transformation maintains the polyhedral face geometry while eliminating sharp edges, improving ergonomics without significantly increasing structural complexity
3Ease of operation
If conventional rounded dice are used, then the dice are easier to hold, but they keep rolling and are difficult to stop during the roll
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies spheroidality by optimizing the curvature radius and surface geometry of the rounded dice. The curved surfaces are designed with specific radius values that provide both comfortable handling and reduced rolling distance, enabling faster stoppage while maintaining ergonomic properties
Data Source
AI summary
The proposed is a rounded dice with multiple faces. Proposed dice provide a better rolling experience to the user/player participating in the game of dice. According to an embodiment of the proposed invention, the rounded dice comprises a hollow dice body configured to have a plurality of faces, each face is provided with an identifier for play purposes like in role-playing games or DND dice games; a plurality of pins extending outward from the dice body and facilitating the dice to stop rolling excessively; and a plurality of links, each link connects two pins of the plurality of pins.