EP0756508B1 - A container device with the structure of a picture-card with figures, that may be torn for taking out means that can be used in battle games - Google Patents

Description

The present invention concerns a container device with the structure of a paper or similar picture-card, with figures, that may be torn during the game phases, for determining the outlet of means, that were contained therein, that may be used in battle games.

It is known that the purpose of different table battle games in use is capturing and eliminating from the game the defensive and offensive elements of the opponent, that may be figures of different kind symbolizing fighters and/or contention operating means, usually of different materials like plastic or other.

All above mentioned figures are not destroyed during the game phases but only eliminated from participation to the following phases.

US patent no. US-A-5262215 teaches of a container device with the structure of a picture card with figures, that may be torn for taking off means that may be used in games, comprising:

a covering sheet having a plurality of self-sticking pieces adhered thereto, said self-sticking pieces having indicia printed thereon;

said covering sheet can be taken of a carrier sheet, said carrier sheet having indicia printed thereon; said self-sticking pieces can be taken

of the covering sheet and transferred to the carrier sheet after the covering sheet has been removed from the carrier sheet.

It is the aim of the present invention to realize a device comprising a series of a plurality of selfsticking means which allows in any game phase, to destroy the figure of his opponent by tearing it and gaining therefrom further advantages for the successive phases.

The aim set forth is reached by means of the device according to the present invention as claimed in claim 1, comprising a container device having the external structure of a picture-card with figures for identification and location for the application of means that may be used in battle games contained inside said container, so that when one of the devices belonging to the formation of one player is defeated, the opponent winner may provide for the material destruction of the captured device, tearing the container that will be therefore materially eliminated from the game and, at the same time, for the appropriation of the means contained in said paper which may be now applied as a reinforcement of one's own devices' formation.

The operative advantages, for making the different battle games more functional, are many:

• as the container devices are sealed when they are produced, there may be no knowledge of the means contained to be used in battle games;
• from a psycological point of view, the winner of each fight has the satisfaction of tearing the opponent picture-card, materially eliminating it from the game;
• furthermore, the winner of each fight may reinforce the the components of it's own formations, gaining the means contained in the torn opponent device, applying the captured means in the corresponding spaces of the containers having the structure of a picture-card at his disposal.

The present invention will be explained more in detail hereinbelow relating to the enclosed drawings in which an embodiment is shown.

Figure 1 shows an axonometric and transparency view of a container device with the structure of a picture-card with figures.

Figure 2 shows the device according to figure 1, partially torn because beaten in one game phase, with an exploded view of the contained means to be used by the winner for reinforcing his own formation.

The enclosed figues show a container device with the structure of a picture-card with figures, that may be torn for taking off means (4) that may be used in battle games, consisting of:

• a base sheet 1 and a covering sheet of paper or similar material that can be torn, said base sheet and said covering sheet forming the container;
• a figure 2 of a warrior or any other, printed or shown in any other way on said covering sheet 1, that qualifies the picture-card and that may be used in a battle game;
• a series of locations 3 of different shapes and dimensions, printed or shown in any other way on said covering sheet, for the application of said means 4 for the operative reinforcement of the picture-card, defined by said figure 2;
• a series of a plurality of said means 4, showing arms or defense structures or advantages, according to the game rules, of paper, thin pasteboard, plastic material or similar, selfsticking or that may be in any way applied in said locations 3 on said covering sheet, said plurality of selfsticking means 4 being initially contained in said container between said base sheet 1 and said covering sheet and can be, following to the defeat of one determined picture-card during the game, taken off by the winner, after the tearing of said container, and transferred in the chosen locations 3 of anyone of his picture-cards by sticking, for reinforcing them in the following fights.

For what concerns the distribution of the devices according to the present invention, the containers containing the means 4 will be handed out in a way similar to the conventional picture-cards, in containers that may be bought separately or inserted, as components of battle games, in the relative boxes.

Claims (3)

1. A container device with the structure of a picture-card with figures, that may be torn for taking off means (4) that may be used in battle games, characterized in that said container device comprises:

   a base sheet (1) and a covering sheet of paper or similar material that can be torn, said base sheet and said covering sheet forming the container;

   a figure (2) of a warrior or any other, printed or shown in any other way on said covering sheet (1), that qualifies the picture-card and that may be used in a battle game;

   a series of locations (3) of different shapes and dimensions, printed or shown in any other way on said covering sheet, for the application of said means (4) for the operative reinforcement of the picture-card, defined by said figure (2);

   a series of a plurality of said means (4), showing arms or defense structures or advantages, according to the game rules, of paper, thin pasteboard, plastic material or similar, selfsticking or that may be in any way applied in said locations (3) on said covering sheet, said plurality of selfsticking means (4) being initially contained in said container between said base sheet (1) and said covering sheet and can be, following to the defeat of one determined picture-card during the game, taken off by the winner, after the tearing of said container, and transferred in the chosen locations (3) of anyone of his picture-cards by sticking, for reinforcing them in the following fights.
2. A container device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is contained, in one or more copies, in containers that can be bought.
3. A container device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is housed, in a plurality of copies, in the boxes for battle games.

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