Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-18
2001-05-08
Layno, Benjamin H. (Department: 3711)
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
C273S308000, C273S300000, C273S430000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06227543
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to trivia games and more particularly pertains to a new movie quote trivia game for providing entertainment by attempting to guess information associated with a quote in a movie.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of trivia games is known in the prior art. More specifically, trivia games heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,066,016; 5,735,522; 5,121,928; 4,907,808; 1,616,328; and U.S. Patent Des. 265,217.
In these respects, the movie quote trivia game according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of providing entertainment by attempting to guess information associated with a quote in a movie.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of trivia games now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new movie quote trivia game construction wherein the same can be utilized for providing entertainment by attempting to guess information associated with a quote in a movie.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new movie quote trivia game apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the trivia games mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new movie quote trivia game which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art trivia games, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a game board having a substantially planar square configuration including a top face, a bottom face and a periphery formed therebetween. The top face has a path situated thereon along the periphery thereof. The path is defined by a four linear portions each including a plurality of linearly aligned substantially square spaces. Each space of the linear portions of the path each has a diagonal dividing the same into a pair of substantially triangular sections. Such triangular sections include a first section of a first color and a second section of a second color. Note FIG.
1
. As shown, the path is further defined by four corner portions each including a substantially square space. Each space of three of the corner portions of the path has two diagonals a first one of which divides the same into a pair of substantially triangular sections. Such triangular sections include a first section of a first color and a second section of a second color. A second one of triangular sections divides the associated corner portion into four triangular sections. A remaining one of the corner portions has “START” and “FINISH” indicia therein with remaining spaces each having a unique numeral positioned in each of the sections therein. As shown in
FIG. 1
, the numerals are positioned in sequential order. For reasons that will soon become apparent, the top face of the game board further includes a pair of diametrically opposed substantially rectangular card places each having one of the colors. Ideally, a plurality of the sections has either point docking indicia therein, point awarding indicia therein, indicia indicating a number of spaces to be moved ahead, indicia indicating a number of spaces to be moved back, or bonus indicia. A chart delineating which spaces have such indicia is provided hereinbelow. While not shown, the present invention further includes a plurality of tokens, a timer for indicating the cessation of a predetermined amount of time, and a die or any other random number generator.
FIG. 2
shows a card box including a bottom face with a substantially planar rectangular configuration with a side coupled to a periphery of the bottom face. As such, an interior space and an open top are defined. Finally, a plurality of cards are removably positioned within the card box and each including a top face with at least one of the first color and the second color. As shown in
FIG. 3
, each card further includes a bottom face having a quote thereon. Also positioned on the bottom face of each card is an actor name who stated the quote, a movie name in which the actor stated the quote, and a character name played by the actor in the movie. The bottom face further indicates a first number of points awarded for guessing each of the names, a second number of points awarded for guessing two of the names, and a third number of point awarded for guessing one of the names. Ideally, 10 points are awarded for guessing three names, 7 points are awarded for guessing two names, and 5 points are awarded for guessing one name.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new movie quote trivia game apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the trivia games mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new movie quote trivia game which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art trivia games, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new movie quote trivia game which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new movie quote trivia game which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new movie quote trivia game which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such movie quote trivia game economically available to the buying public.
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Balog Joseph A.
Rogula Brian S.
Layno Benjamin H.
Mendiratta Vishu
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