Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Having three-dimensional pattern
Patent
1990-12-09
1991-12-03
Coven, Edward M.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Having three-dimensional pattern
273271, 273283, 273273, A63F 300
Patent
active
050694596
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
Applicant's invention relates to apparatuses and methods for playing parlor games involving strategy and memory related skills.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many United States patents have issued for game apparatuses and methods, the use of which involve rules by which a winning player will have amassed a maximum number of points and/or will have arranged game pieces in a preferred configuration as determinable by certain nomenclature provided on the game pieces. The following U.S. Pat. Nos. are, in varying degrees, relative to such apparatuses and methods: U.S. Pat. No. 4,119,320 issued to Chorba et al; U.S. Pat. No. 4,385,763 issued to Moscovich; U.S. Pat. No. 3,674,274 issued to Schur; U.S. Pat. No. 3,866,918 issued to Goldfarb et al; U.S. Pat. No. 572,388 issued to Van Kuran; U.S. Pat. No. 680,324 issued to Gedge; U.S. Pat. No. 818,409 issued to Bolton; U.S. Pat. No. 1,206,334 issued to Kohler; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,497,491 issued to Holman.
A limitation common to most game apparatuses and methods is the degree to which they are suitable without modification for playing a number of different games.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus and method which are suitable in playing a multiplicity of games.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus and method which, though inexpensive, serve as the basis for a variety of parlor games.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus and method which are useful in playing parlor games involving the use of playing pieces with assorted nomenclature thereon.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus which simultaneously serves as a playing surface for parlor games and as a carrying case for playing pieces.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a game apparatus and method which are useful in playing a multiplicity of games based on the arrangement and/or accumulation of numerically differentiated game peices.
In satisfaction of these and related objectives, Applicant's invention provides a game apparatus and method which facilitate the use of a number of circular, disk-like playing pieces which are differentiated from each other by nomenclature exhibited thereon. The apparatus includes a cover/playing surface with a plurality of playing piece receptacles formed on the outer surface thereof. The cover/playing surface in conjunction with a removable base member defines a storage area wherein the game pieces may be stored and carried between uses. The game apparatus and method are suitable for use in playing a variety of games employing rules and objectives of varying difficulty to suit a wide variety of age groups and tastes.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of Applicant's fully assembled game apparatus with playing pieces shown positioned in playing piece receptacles.
FIG. 2A is a top plan view of one half of the cover/playing surface member of Applicant's game apparatus.
FIG. 2B is a top plan view of one half of the base member of Applicant's game apparatus with the cover/playing surface member removed.
FIG. 3 is a sagittal, cross-sectional view of Applicant's fully assembled game apparatus along line 3--3 as referenced in FIGS. 2A and 2B.
FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 1 along line 4--4.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
Referring to FIG. 1, the fully assembled game apparatus of Applicant's preferred embodiment is identified by the reference numeral (10). The apparatus principally comprises a cover/playing surface member (12) and a base member (14). In the preferred embodiment the apparatus (10) is accompanied by a plurality of game pieces (16).
Referring principally to FIGS. 1, 2A and 4, the cover/playing surface member (12) in the preferred embodiment is designed for accommodating (13) of the game pieces (16). Any one game piece (16) may be received in either one of the six vertically oriented slots (18),
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Coven Edward M.
Passaniti Sebastiano
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