Amusement devices: games – Miscellaneous
Reexamination Certificate
1999-12-17
2001-08-14
Chiu, Raleigh W. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Miscellaneous
C273S15300J
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273425
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of games. More particularly, a game is disclosed which allows a number of players to follow clues to win a prize.
There are a number of games that have been disclosed which involve moving from place to place. Often these games are designed specifically for children. However, in some instances the game can be modified by increasing the degree of difficulty for adults as well. It is an object of this invention to provide a game which may be used by children or adults, depending upon the difficulty of the clues.
A scavenger hunt is a well-known game often played. A scavenger hunt involves a player or players moving about from place to place in order to locate a series of items. When participating in a scavenger hunt, a player may go from room to room, or even house to house, in order to locate these items. However, a player does not follow any set pattern or clues but rather uses his own ingenuity to seek out places where the items on his scavenger hunt list might be located.
There are also several board games, the most prominent of which is the board game entitled “Clue” which involves solving a series of puzzles. Certain clues are disclosed to each player. It is then incumbent upon each player to solve the clues and thus to discover the answer to the ultimate puzzle. The instant device also involves clues, although they are much more direct than is usually found in board games. The player follows the clues from point to point in the instant game in order to win a prize. It is another object of this invention to provide a game which synthesizes several aspects of a scavenger hunt as well as aspects of games involving clues in order to win a prize.
Particularly when devising games for children, it is most advantageous to develop a game which involves some limited physical activity while keeping children constrained within a certain area, for example, a backyard or a house. Games like croquet, badminton, or other physical endeavors involve activity on the part of the children, but such activity might be too strenuous or inappropriate for small children. Furthermore, athletic games may simply be too difficult for one or two adults to properly supervise. It is an object of this invention to provide a game with a limited geographic scope which involves some normal physical activity but which may also be closely supervised by one or two adults.
Other and further objects of this invention will become apparent upon reading the below described Specification.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE
The fun hunt game may be played by any number of players. In order to play the game, the host first sets out a number of clues (usually six numbered clues and a final clue) at pre-arranged locations in a backyard or house. Each set of clues are coded to a particular color. In preparing for the game, it is helpful to use a hunt grid and a map showing the objects to be located to assist in assuring that distances are obtained between objects in the consecutively numbered clues. Each clue leads the player from one position to another position in the backyard.
Each player first selects a colored clue card at the beginning of the game. That colored card directs the player to a specific location in the yard where the player finds another, consecutively numbered clue on paper of the same color as his card. That clue instructs the player to go to another location where another similarly colored clue card leads the player to another location, and so on. At the end of the hunt, a player receives a final identically colored clue card with a number on it. The player will then go to the prize table and select the prize corresponding to the number on his final clue. Any number of players can participate in the fun hunt, and each player is awarded a prize at the end of the fun hunt.
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Chiu Raleigh W.
Weber Don W.
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