Amusement devices: games – Board games – pieces – or boards therefor – Electrical
Patent
1983-02-25
1985-10-08
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Board games, pieces, or boards therefor
Electrical
273239, 273249, 273288, A63F 300
Patent
active
045455821
ABSTRACT:
An electronic board game comprising a flat horizontal translucent surface with a light source, a plurality of playing pieces and a hand held mover object. The translucent surface has an array of playing positions located on it's top surface and a plurality of light sources located thereunder. The light source consists of a bulb in series with a reed switch and energy source. The playing pieces consist of a magnetic pawn type object, with all pawns having the same polarity at their tops. The hand held mover object contains a magnet having the same polarity at it's top as the playing pieces, therefore, when the mover object is placed in close proximity to a playing piece it will repel it along the board's surface across the plurality of playing positions. The mover object can take the form of a ring, pistol, finger or any other shape, depending on the game logo. The light source is activated by the magnetic flux of the playing piece as it advances over a playing position having a reed switch located thereunder. The playing piece magnetic flux permeates the translucent game board surface causing the reed switch to close, thus energizing the light bulb disposed in series with the reed switch and energy source. As the light from the bulb permeates the translucent game board surface a message in the form of words or drawings is communicated to the player.
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Brown Scott L.
Goluban Joseph J.
Pinkham Richard C.
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