Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Piece moves over board having pattern
Patent
1978-02-13
1980-09-30
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Piece moves over board having pattern
273144B, 273287, 46103, 46123, A63F 300
Patent
active
042251389
ABSTRACT:
A gameboard which has a circular path defined thereon for a tortoise with a guide ring to guide the circular travel path of the tortoise. In addition, a tortuous path is provided for movement of rabbits. The tortuous path is composed of plural sections or spaces of different colors, the path also including reward and penalty spaces. The tortoise includes an interior standard spring motor which when wound drives a shaft which includes a drive wheel at one end positioned beneath the tortoise and a ball tumbler including a plurality of different colored balls and a window or windows positioned above the tortoise. The tortoise also includes a depending plate so that the tortoise is supported by means of a pair of spaced dimples on the plate and the drive wheel. When the spring motor has been wound up and the tortoise place on its path, the drive wheel will rotate and cause the tortoise to traverse the circular path, guided by the guide ring. Since the drive wheel is powered by the same shaft as the ball tumbler, the rotation of the shaft will cause different colored balls to be seen at a window. These balls are used in accordance with the game rules to permit movement of the rabbits in the prescribed manner.
REFERENCES:
patent: 160234 (1875-02-01), Reidinger
patent: 459997 (1891-09-01), Cromwell
patent: 4078799 (1978-03-01), Lahr
Cantor Jay M.
Moy Carl
Pinkham Richard C.
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