Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-03
2001-09-11
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
C273S259000, C273S277000, C273S287000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286832
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for playing a board game of cricket.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In conventional cricket board games, the outcome of each play is determined using dice and decision cards (i.e., Gerrand et al, GB 2 172 512 and Hooper GB 2 184 028), etc.
In a conventional cricket board game which involves the use of a ball instead of dice, such as Francis et al, U.S. Pat. No. 5,655,767, the game is played using a game board with playing members which are moved by horizontal rod mechanisms along a slotted track, so that the playing members can manipulate a small puck or ball using an object manipulating portion pivotally connected to the main upwardly extending body portion of the playing member. In Francis et al, the ball can be struck or rolled towards the batsman by means of a movable striking member, which is in the form of a pin member.
However, Francis et al, like the other conventional cricket board games, does not allow the participation of each player in the way that a real cricket game is played.
Thus, the cricket board games such as those of Gerrand et al and Hooper suffer from the disadvantages of utilizing dice and decision cards which are complex and lose the spontaneity of a real cricket game; whereas, the manipulated playing members of cricket board games such as those in Francis et al, are provided in a complex mechanical apparatus that is costly to produce.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for playing a board game of cricket, which is inexpensive to produce, and allows the players to achieve the spontaneity of a real cricket game.
The cricket board game of the present invention includes a matting representing a cricket pitch, the matting which is laid out on a flat surface representing the cricket field. Two wickets are set up at opposing ends of the cricket pitch. A plurality of player cards held by holding mechanisms, which depict each of the cricket players on both sides of the cricket game, are disposed around the cricket field in accordance with the rules of a real cricket game. The player cards, in a preferred embodiment, depict cricket players either pictorially, photographically, or by written description on one face of the cards. On the other face of the cards, the player cards have a logo, graphic design, or other representation.
The first player acts as the bowler for the first side, and bowls a small ball to the second player, who holds a small bat and acts as a batsman for the second side. The second player hits the ball and the outcome of the play is decided using a scoring diagram which determines the runs depending on both the trajectory and distance that the ball travels, and using a written instruction pamphlet which discloses the rules of the game in accordance with real cricket game rules, and special rules of the present invention, which relate to whether the ball hits the player cards, etc.
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Layno Benjamin H.
Mendirattra Vishu
Pepper Hamilton LLP
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