US3624808A

US3624808A - Board game apparatus

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Publication number: US3624808A
Application number: US29853A
Authority: US
Inventors: Reuben F Anderson
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1970-04-20
Filing date: 1970-04-20
Publication date: 1971-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 1988-11-30

Abstract

A game board for play by two persons comprising a pair of independent playing sections each consisting of a pair of related playing areas respectively divided into playing positions identified by indicia, one of said pair of related playing areas comprising initial positions and the other of said pair of related playing areas comprising ultimate playing positions the indicia on each initial position being the same as that on the corresponding ultimate position, and playing pieces bearing indicia corresponding to indicia of said playing positions, said playing pieces to be moved from said initial to said ultimate playing positions in a competitive manner by said players.

Description

United States Patent [72] Inventor Reuben F. Anderson 2,798,724 7/1957 Wales 273/l3l K Route #1, Box 149, Swanville, Minn. 56382 Primary Examiner-Delbert B. Lowe [211 App. 29,853 AnorneyReifand Gregory 221 Filed Apr. 20, 1970 [45] Patented Nov. 30, 1971 [54] BOARD GAME APPARATUS ABSTRCTt A game board for play by two persons compris- 1 Claim, 3 Drawing 8% mg a palrlof laidependent playing sections each consisting of a pair 0 re ate playing areas respectively divided into playing [52] U.S.Cl 273/131 G pOSlllOllS identified by lndlcla, one of sald pair of related play- Field of Search ing areas comprising initial positions and the other of said pair of F phymg areas comprising ultimate y g positions Rderenm Cited :21: ll'ldlclsa ondeach itia: position being the same as that on y e corre pon mg u lma e position, an p aying pieces bear- UNITED STATES PATENTS ing indicia corresponding to indicia of said playing positions, 1,314,310 8/1919 Dorer 273/l3l K said playing pieces to be moved from aid initial t id m. l,545,842 7/1925 Miller 273/131 G I nilate playing positions in 'a competitive manner by said p ayers.

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It is an object of this invention to provide a game which involves teaching characters and more particularly the alphabet with playing pieces and positions bearing indicia representing letter of the alphabet.

it is another object of the invention to provide a game apparatus comprising a board and playing pieces to be moved in a designated way upon said board, said pieces bearing indicia representing letters of the alphabet and said playing pieces being arranged in one sequence with respect to said indicia for initial playing positions and being required to be arranged in another sequence in being moved to designated ultimate positions.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a game for play by two persons involving the movement of playing pieces in such a manner as to require the bypass in a designated manner of one piece by another in the movement of said pieces from their initial positions to their designated ultimate positions and requiring one player to complete the transfer of a set of said playing pieces prior to the transfer of a second set of said pieces being accomplished by a competitive player to win the game.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the following description made in connection with the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views and in which FIG. 1 is a plan view of the playing board of the invention herein and showing disposed thereon playing pieces with the direction of movement of said pieces being indicated by broken lines;

FIG. 2 is a broken view of said playing board in side elevation showing playing pieces thereon in dotted lines; and

FIG. 3 is a view in perspective of a playing piece.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A game board is indicated which may be formed of any suitable sufficiently rigid material such as hard paper which has a surface suitable to accept indicia to appear thereon.

Said game broad has a border 11 which encompasses

independent playing sections

12 and 14. Each playing section is divided into two playing areas or subsections. Section 12 is divided into subsections or

areas

18 and 20. Section 14 is divided into subsections or areas 22 and 24.

Said playing

areas

18, 20, 22 and 24 each have 26 positions indicated by the reference numeral 16 which are here shown as being rectangular in form and each bears indicia 17 in the form of a letter of the alphabet.

The playing areas 18 and 22 include the positions for playing pieces. The playing areas and 24 include the ultimate positions to which the playing pieces are moved. Said playing pieces are indicated generally by the reference numeral 27, and in the embodiment here presented said playing pieces are shown in the form of a disk. Each playing piece bears thereon indicia here shown to be in the form of a letter of the alphabet. The set of playing pieces for the section [2 is indicated generally by the reference numeral 29 and the set of playing pieces for the section 14 is indicated generally by the reference numeral 30.

The indicia or letters 17 are indicated as being in a like arrangement or sequence in the playing areas 18 and 22 as illustrated and the indicia or letters of the

playing areas

20 and 24 are in a specifically different arrangement or sequence as illustrated.

The playing of the game requires that the playing pieces by moved diagonally of a playing position 16 as indicated by broken lines in FIG. 1.

ln playing the game, the playing pieces are first positioned in the areas 18 and 22 with each piece therein being placed in a playing position which bears the same indicia as appears on the playing piece. This is illustrated.

Each player in turn must move all of the playing pieces from the areas 18 and 22 to the

areas

20 and 24. Each player in turn may move one playing piece through one position at a time.

There may be a direct diagonal line of travel for a given piece such as illustrated with the playing piece bearing the indicia E. Other playing pieces to reach their ultimate positions must be moved in a zigzag line of travel. It is quite obvious from a study of the game board that pieces may readily be moved through lack of preplanning such as to block the direct travel of other pieces from reaching their ultimate positions and may require such pieces to be moved through relatively lengthy lines of travel to ultimate positions. It is readily noted that care must be exercised with respect to the playing pieces first moved to avoid blocking the path of travel of pieces later to be moved. Competitive skill is exercised by the players in planning and executing the moves of the playing pieces.

The winner of the game will be the player who first moves all of his pieces from their initail positions to their ultimate positions. The length of travel from a starting position to the ultimate position with respect to the pieces moved will determine the winner of the game. The players may plan the strategy of their moves so that they may move a complete set of playing pieces with each piece being moved through the shortest possible line of travel.

Players must exercise or develop skill in planning the movement of their playing pieces. Each player controls all of his playing pieces and the competitive interest in the game is present in carefully preplanning the mass movement of the playing pieces through the shortest possible path of travel of individual pieces.

This game has an appeal to a wide-spread age group and permits children to play with adults or respectively with one another on a basis of competitive playing skills.

Thus it is seen that there has been provided a game board which serves to teach the alphabet to preschool age youngsters and at the same time provides a game board on which such youngsters may play with older children or with adults.

What is claimed is:

l. A game structure comprising a game board having a separated pair of mutually exclusive independent playing sections thereon,

a set of playing pieces bearing indicia for each of said play-,-

ing sections,

each of said independent playing sections including a pair of related playing areas, each pair of said related playing areas consisting of initial and 'ultimate playing positions for movement of said playing pieces from said initial to said ultimate playing positions, each of said positions of said playing areas bearing indicia,

the initial positions of each of said related pair of playing areas having the indicia thereon in a given arrangement and the ultimate positions of each of said related pairs of playing areas having said indicia thereon in an arrangement different from that of their respective areas of initial positions, and

the indicia of said playing pieces and the corresponding indicia of said respective positions being identical.

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Claims

1. A game structure comprising a game board having a separated pair of mutually exclusive independent playing sections thereon, a set of playing pieces bearing indicia for each of said playing sections, each of said independent playing sections including a pair of related playing areas, each pair of said related playing areas consisting of initial and ultimate playing positions for movement of said playing pieces from said initial to said ultimate playing positions, each of said positions of said playing areas bearing indicia, tHe initial positions of each of said related pair of playing areas having the indicia thereon in a given arrangement and the ultimate positions of each of said related pairs of playing areas having said indicia thereon in an arrangement different from that of their respective areas of initial positions, and the indicia of said playing pieces and the corresponding indicia of said respective positions being identical.