Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Magnetic
Patent
1976-08-03
1978-07-18
Michell, Robert W.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Magnetic
273284, 273287, 273290, A63F 914
Patent
active
041011317
ABSTRACT:
A board game comprising a multiple layer game board the top two layers of which are separable but maintained in registration and several sets of playing pieces, each set distinguishable from the other. The top layer is transparent and has an array of playing positions marked on it. The second layer carries indicia which can be seen through the top layer and which influence the placing of playing pieces on the game board in accordance with the rules. The third layer and the playing pieces are magnetically attracted to one another thus securing the pieces placed on the game board against moving out of place. The playing pieces are stackable and a stacked piece is mechanically or magnetically secured to the piece upon which it rests. The game played in accordance with the rules described is a remarkable simulation of auto racing and closely duplicates the physical laws of motion and the natural effects of speed, acceleration and momentum. The separable layers of the game board provide for interchangeable race tracks to add variety to the game. In addition, flexible barriers which interact magnetically with the game board can be placed on the surface of the board for rapid design of new track configurations by the players.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3186323 (1965-06-01), Niehaus
patent: 3403460 (1968-08-01), Barrows
"Printing-Out Paper", Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, c. 1969, Focal Press Ltd.; pp. 1173, 1175, 1176.
Product Engineering; Jan. 9, 1961; "What You Can Do With Flexible Magnets", by Annesta R. Gardner, pp. 65-68.
Michell Robert W.
Rose Arthur S.
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