EP1557208A1 - Chess game pieces - Google Patents

Chess game pieces Download PDF

Info

Publication number
EP1557208A1
EP1557208A1 EP05468001A EP05468001A EP1557208A1 EP 1557208 A1 EP1557208 A1 EP 1557208A1 EP 05468001 A EP05468001 A EP 05468001A EP 05468001 A EP05468001 A EP 05468001A EP 1557208 A1 EP1557208 A1 EP 1557208A1
Authority
EP
European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
cylindrical
chessman
chessmen
clutch
statuette
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
EP05468001A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Inventor
Tomaz Vrabic
Ana Vrabic
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Publication of EP1557208A1 publication Critical patent/EP1557208A1/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00716—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00716—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof
    • A63F2003/00719—Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof with connections amongst the playing pieces or parts thereof
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00747—Playing pieces with particular shapes
    • A63F2003/00757—Planimetric shapes, e.g. disks
    • A63F2003/0076—Planimetric shapes, e.g. disks circular
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00697—Playing pieces
    • A63F2003/00747—Playing pieces with particular shapes
    • A63F2003/00794—Stereometric shapes
    • A63F2003/00817—Cones

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to technical equipment for a respective social and competitive chess game, and more particularly, it relates to a chessman.
  • a pair of chessmen sets constitutes a specific technical basis of said social and competitive chess game, with said sets being identical as to their construction, but of different colours, and each of them comprising a front chessmen line composed of eight mutually equal chessmen, and a back chessmen line different from the front one and composed of three times two mutually equal chessmen and two single chessmen. From the production point of view, six different chessmen and two times sixteen chessmen, respectively, totalling thirty-two chessmen are thus in question in the entire chessmen assembly.
  • each chessman comprises a socle base and a statuette arranged on it.
  • the said chessman socle base is a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical member it is suggested according to this invention that, first, radial serrations are formed on said cylindrical member to constitute locking by form of two mating chessmen.
  • said specific radial serrations are known (particularly in the technical field relating to clutches/couplings) under different denominations such as jaw clutch, Hildebrandt's clutch, Hirth's clutch, and gear clutch.
  • the total axial extension of two mated chessmen is for the effective axial extension of said radial serrations smaller than the total axial extension of two chessmen without said radial serrations, and secondly, it is immediately evident whether all chessmen are included, provided the two sets of chessmen are systematically arranged by twos, i.e. the chessmen mate according to a chosen method, e.g. a white pawn mates a black one.
  • the top section of a castle statuette is suggested to be embodied to resemble a cylindrical pot whose nominal diameter is so large as to receive the cylindrical socle base of any chessman.

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Toys (AREA)
  • Mechanical Operated Clutches (AREA)

Abstract

This invention relates to a chessman that comprises a socle base and a statuette. It is a first suggestion of this invention to embody said socle base with radial serrations to create locking by form of two mating chessmen, and a second suggestion of this invention to embody the top section of a castle statuette to resemble a cylindrical pot, whose nominal diameter is so large as to receive the cylindrical socle base of any chessman.

Description

  • The present invention relates to technical equipment for a respective social and competitive chess game, and more particularly, it relates to a chessman.
  • As generally known, a pair of chessmen sets constitutes a specific technical basis of said social and competitive chess game, with said sets being identical as to their construction, but of different colours, and each of them comprising a front chessmen line composed of eight mutually equal chessmen, and a back chessmen line different from the front one and composed of three times two mutually equal chessmen and two single chessmen. From the production point of view, six different chessmen and two times sixteen chessmen, respectively, totalling thirty-two chessmen are thus in question in the entire chessmen assembly.
  • Besides, it is also generally known that each chessman comprises a socle base and a statuette arranged on it.
  • Two problems arise with the technical equipment that comprises chessmen embodied as known in the prior art. On the one hand, it is not immediately evident whether all chessmen are included in an assembly composed of randomly distributed chessmen, and on the other hand, a relatively extensive space is necessary for storing said thirty-two randomly distributed chessmen.
  • It is thus a primary object of this invention to obviate both said problems, and a secondary one to at least alleviate them without violating the rules of the World Chess Federation (FIDE, Fédération Internationale des Échecs).
  • Proceeding from the fact that the said chessman socle base is a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical member it is suggested according to this invention that, first, radial serrations are formed on said cylindrical member to constitute locking by form of two mating chessmen.
  • In e.g. engineering construction, said specific radial serrations are known (particularly in the technical field relating to clutches/couplings) under different denominations such as jaw clutch, Hildebrandt's clutch, Hirth's clutch, and gear clutch.
  • It is a ring of axially oriented prongs or teeth or the like with the tooth gaps of respective first serrations being adapted to receive respective prongs or teeth or the like of the counter serrations.
  • By combining the socle bases of two chessmen, whose radial serrations mate, two advantages are obtained. Firstly, the total axial extension of two mated chessmen is for the effective axial extension of said radial serrations smaller than the total axial extension of two chessmen without said radial serrations, and secondly, it is immediately evident whether all chessmen are included, provided the two sets of chessmen are systematically arranged by twos, i.e. the chessmen mate according to a chosen method, e.g. a white pawn mates a black one.
  • Besides, secondarily, according to this invention the top section of a castle statuette is suggested to be embodied to resemble a cylindrical pot whose nominal diameter is so large as to receive the cylindrical socle base of any chessman.
  • The said suggestion of this invention, too, brings two advantages. Firstly, by stacking the socle base of a chessman into the top section of a castle statuette the space for storing the chessmen gets smaller, and secondly, an alternative of playing chess can be organized providing, e.g. occupying a castle by any chessman.

Claims (3)

  1. A chessman comprising a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical socle base and a statuette, characterized in that radial serrations are formed on said cylindrical socle base to constitute locking by form with a further chessman, whose socle base also comprises radial serrations, with said radial serrations of two mating chessmen being identical.
  2. A chessman as in claim 1, characterized in that said radial serrations formed on said cylindrical socle base are embodied either as a jaw clutch, a Hildebrandt's clutch, a Hirth's clutch, a gear clutch or as serrations substantially similar to any said clutch.
  3. A chessman comprising a cylindrical or substantially cylindrical socle base and a statuette, characterized in that the top section of a castle statuette is embodied to resemble a cylindrical pot, whose nominal diameter is so large as to receive the cylindrical socle base of any chessman.
EP05468001A 2004-01-26 2005-01-07 Chess game pieces Withdrawn EP1557208A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
SI200400026 2004-01-26
SI200400026A SI21693A (en) 2004-01-26 2004-01-26 Chess

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1557208A1 true EP1557208A1 (en) 2005-07-27

Family

ID=34632244

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
EP05468001A Withdrawn EP1557208A1 (en) 2004-01-26 2005-01-07 Chess game pieces

Country Status (2)

Country Link
EP (1) EP1557208A1 (en)
SI (1) SI21693A (en)

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB626173A (en) * 1947-05-02 1949-07-11 William Henry Storey Improvements in pieces or men for use in playing board games
US3806128A (en) * 1972-12-01 1974-04-23 C Endfield Game pieces
US3984110A (en) * 1974-12-04 1976-10-05 Eckert Richard R Chess set
DE29905395U1 (en) * 1999-03-23 2000-05-04 Hanika, Heinz-Jürgen, 89284 Pfaffenhofen Combined figure

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB626173A (en) * 1947-05-02 1949-07-11 William Henry Storey Improvements in pieces or men for use in playing board games
US3806128A (en) * 1972-12-01 1974-04-23 C Endfield Game pieces
US3984110A (en) * 1974-12-04 1976-10-05 Eckert Richard R Chess set
DE29905395U1 (en) * 1999-03-23 2000-05-04 Hanika, Heinz-Jürgen, 89284 Pfaffenhofen Combined figure

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
SI21693A (en) 2005-08-31

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US5941527A (en) Three dimensional strategy game
CA2190980A1 (en) Games and puzzles
US5050888A (en) Board game method
US5582410A (en) Multi-player chess game
US1421678A (en) Game board and game
US7434806B2 (en) Chess variant and method of play thereof
WO2008130364A3 (en) Roulette game
EP1557208A1 (en) Chess game pieces
US5772207A (en) Board game
FI77787C (en) Game Gear.
US20050179203A1 (en) Multiplayer chess apparatus and method of play
US20150352433A1 (en) Quaternity Chess
CN203816190U (en) Combined Chinese chess
US7017906B1 (en) Mirror checkers/chess
US7322577B1 (en) Board game and method to play
JP3237725U (en) Three-dimensional tic-tac-toe
EP1023928A1 (en) Jigsaw puzzle
US20090079131A1 (en) Puzzle with combined interlocking members
EP0137029A1 (en) Game apparatus and methods for use in backgammon-like games
US20230201703A1 (en) Battle game and method of playing
Heilman et al. What Nontransitive Dice Exist among Us?
JP2009125566A (en) Pink display igo
GB2393918A (en) Board game
RU60868U1 (en) DESK CHESS GAME "CHESS FOR THREE"
CA2307201A1 (en) Game of chance

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PUAI Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase

Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012

AK Designated contracting states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

AX Request for extension of the european patent

Extension state: AL BA HR LV MK YU

AKX Designation fees paid
REG Reference to a national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: 8566

STAA Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent

Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN

18D Application deemed to be withdrawn

Effective date: 20060128