IMPROVEMENT INTRODUCED IN EDUCATIONAL TOY

摘要

improvement introduced in an educational toy presents a utility model referring to an improvement introduced in a toy called a tangram, which is a puzzle game, which aims to provide an instrument for recreation and, above all, for educational purposes . this improvement proposes a tangram whose different combinations of positioning of the pieces provide a considerably greater amount of possibilities for the formation of the square geometric figure. it can be built from thin plates of rigid, natural or synthetic material, such as wood or plastic respectively, among other materials, or the present toy can be made in a digital environment, in the form of a computer program (application) or mobile phone, among other possibilities. the present tangram comprises a number of eight pieces in total, comprising a larger isosceles right triangle (a); a middle isosceles right triangle (b); a smaller isosceles right triangle (c); a square (d); a parallelogram (e); an irregular pentagon (f); a larger rectangular trapezoid (g); and a smaller rectangle trapezoid (h).