Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Electrical
Patent
1995-11-07
1998-06-30
Stoll, William E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Electrical
A63F 300
Patent
active
057722080
ABSTRACT:
An electronic game board includes a foldable sheet, each side of which is divided into first and second sections. On one side, a conductive ink printed circuit, including a plurality of switch contact pads, is laid down such that upper contacts register with lower contacts to effect a switch pair when the sheet is folded. A spacer expedient of dielectric ink, thicker than the conductive ink, is employed to juxtapose the upper and lower contacts of each switch pair in a normally-open condition such that finger pressure selectively effects a momentary closure. The printed circuit also includes traces coupling all the contacts to a decoder which senses if a switch pair is closed. A game board layout is provided on the second side of the sheet and includes indicia identifying the position of each underlying switch pair to be used in the performance of a game to be played in accordance with the game board layout. Signal producing apparatus, such as a sound unit, responds to the closure of a given switch pair by issuing an appropriate, predetermined signal passage. In order to permit folded storage of the game board, one section is bifurcated by a slot which facilitates a temporary fold.
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