Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Game board structure
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-31
2001-09-11
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Game board structure
C273S285000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286835
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention refers to a basket-like box intended for containing elements for a game which requires a black-board, the black-board also serving as a cover for the box, and this latter on its turn serving as a support for keeping the black-board in an erected position for use.
A box of this kind is described in the Italian Application for Utility Model No. TO 94 U 000 232 of the same Applicant, and it has at its opening an edge suitable for receiving as a cover a black-board; the box is provided with inner support means which can be erected for supporting the black-board in its working position. This box affords several advantages, due to its basket-like structure, which enables reducing the amount of material used in its manufacture and, correspondingly, the amount of material to be wasted or recycled when the box is disposed of, and which allows a certain observation of the contents and the coming out of dust and little chips introduced by accident, and also due to the use of the black-board as a cover, whereby this latter is suppressed as a separate component; moreover, this box supports in effective manner the black-board when in use.
However this box has the drawback that, in order to displace the black-board from its position as cover to its working position, the black-board should be disengaged from the box and laid down near the box, the inner support means should be erected, and finally the black-board should be put in its working position, in which it is supported by the box and the support means. The inverse operations are required in order to close the box. The whole of these operations may be regarded as somewhat disturbing. Moreover, since the black-board is materially separated from the box, there is the possibility that it gets lost or it cannot be immediately found when the user wants to close the box.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention is therefore to improve the known basket box by increasing its practicality of use and, particularly, simplifying in substantial manner the operations needed for displacing the black-board from its position as cover to its working position and vice-versa, and excluding any danger that the black-board be accidentally separated from its box.
The subject of the present invention is a basket box intended to contain elements for a game which requires a black-board, the black-board also serving as a cover for the box, and this latter on its turn serving as a support for keeping the black-board in an erected position for use, characterized in that to the rear part of the box there are sideways pivoted the rear end portions of two levers, to the front end portions of which is pivoted the blackboard, the length of the levers and the position in which they are pivoted to the black-board being such that when the black-board is lowered it places itself onto the opening edge of the box, thus forming the cover thereof, whereas the raised black-board can be put to rest onto the box edge, and it is then kept in its working position.
This way the black-board remains permanently connected to the box and it cannot be unintentionally detached therefrom, and the operations needed for displacing the black-board from its position as cover to its working position and vice-versa are reduced to the maximum possible simplicity.
Preferably, some portions of the upper side edges of the basket box are shaped with a series of teeth which enable obtaining different stable working positions of the black-board resting on said teeth.
Preferably, the front end portions of the levers are provided with spring latches suitable for co-operating with stops of the box edges in order to keep the black-board in its position of closed cover until said latches are opened in order to allow opening the box.
Preferably, the pivot connection of the levers to the black-board takes place near the middle line of the black-board, whereby this latter can be overturned for being exploited on both its faces, which can be different from one another.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Mendiratta Vishu
Young & Thompson
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