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Mosaic art kit

The present invention relates to an art kit having a plurality of design elements that can be selectively arranged to form a mosaic.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,993,984 (Matarese) is an example of a mosaic art kit. It consists of a mounting board and a plurality of design elements in the form of equilateral triangles.

There is provided a mosaic art kit which includes a plurality of design element pairs, Each design element pair includes a pie-shaped design element having two linear sides with a convex arcuate connective side and a complementary design element having two linear sides with a concave arcuate connective side. When the connective sides are engaged, the pie-shaped design element and the complementary design element form a square with the connective sides forming a quarter of a circle with the origin of the circle being one corner of the square and the beginning and end points of the connective sides being in opposed corners of the square.

These and other features will become more apparent from the following description in which reference is made to the appended drawings, the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended to in any way limit the scope of the invention to the particular embodiment or embodiments shown, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a side perspective view of an embodiment of a mosaic art kit with a circular mounting board;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the design element pairs of an embodiment of a mosaic art kit;

FIG. 3 is a side perspective view of another embodiment of a mosaic art kit with a square mounting board;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view of a further embodiment of a mosaic art kit with a triangular mounting board; and

FIGS. 5-9 are top plan views of variations of the embodiment of the mosaic art kit from FIG. 1.

A mosaic art kit generally identified by reference numeral 10, will now be described with reference to FIG. 1 through 9. FIGS. 5-9 have been provided primarily for the purpose of demonstrating the wide variety of designs that can be made using mosaic art kit 10.

Structure and Relationship of Parts:

FIGS. 1 and 2 describe a mosaic art kit 10 with a plurality of design element pairs 12. All design element pairs 12 consist of a pie-shaped design element A and a complementary design element A′. Complementary design element A′ has two linear sides 14 and 16 with a concave arcuate connective side 18. Pie-shaped design element A has two linear sides 20 and 22 with a convex arcuate connective side 24. Referring to FIG. 2, when connective sides 18 and 24 are engaged, pie-shaped design element A and complementary design element A′ form a square 26 with connective sides 18 and 24 forming a quarter of a circle 28. The origin 29 of circle 28 is one corner of square 26 and the beginning and end points of connective sides 18 and 24 are in opposed corners of square 26.