Shapes of constant width

Simon made these Reuleaux triangle from red cardboard. They are formed from the intersection of three circular disks, each having its center on the boundary of the other two. Its boundary is a curve of constant width, the simplest and best known such curve other than the circle itself. If you put a shape pf constant width in a frame (like Simon did above) and rotate it, it will rotate like a circle.

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