Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1983-12-20
1986-05-20
Shapiro, Paul E.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273 1GF, 273282, A63F 302
Patent
active
045896640
ABSTRACT:
An amusement game having a rectangular board with a central pair of axes provided with a fulcrum and locations for playing pieces on either side of the axes which fall within rows parallel to the axes, such rows being parallel and spaced equal distances apart. Playing pieces of three different weights are received in respective holes provided at the locations for same and the fulcrum is elevated to allow tilting of the board in either direction when the pieces are unevenly distributed by a predetermined moment. The axes are located equal distances from the board's transverse centerline and are at the same level. The weight of each of the heavier playing pieces is a multiple of about 1.5 or 2 or 3 times the weight of each of the lightest playing pieces. Each side has at least one zone of spaces, which zone is T-shaped in the first embodiment and conforms to the shape of a trapezoid in the second and third embodiments. The center of gravity of the combined board and playing pieces in their starting position is higher than the level of the axes in the first embodiment and more approximately at the same level in the second and particularly in the third embodiment.
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Albright Penrose Lucas
Shapiro Paul E.
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