Amusement device

Details Amusement device Amusement device

1979-05-23

1981-06-02

Skogquist, Harland S.

Amusement devices: games

Board games, pieces, or boards therefor

Memory or matching games

273281, A63F 300

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active

042707544

ABSTRACT:
An amusement device useful in spelling education includes a base structure having an upper playing board with a plurality of openings arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. A removable plug is provided for each of the openings and each plug is shaped to seat within an opening and includes a handle to facilitate manual withdrawal and replacement of the plug. A disk is mounted for rotation under the playing board with an upper surface viewable through the matrix of openings when the plugs are withdrawn. The upper surface of the disk is provided with a plurality of matrices rows and columns of alphabetic characters, and each matrix is positioned to align the characters below the openings in the playing board for viewing when the disk is indexed into any of several rotative indexing positions.

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