EP3072562A3 - Magnetic game apparatus and method - Google Patents

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EP3072562A3
EP3072562A3 EP16161184.3A EP16161184A EP3072562A3 EP 3072562 A3 EP3072562 A3 EP 3072562A3 EP 16161184 A EP16161184 A EP 16161184A EP 3072562 A3 EP3072562 A3 EP 3072562A3
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pickup
ferromagnetic
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Donald Clifford Reid
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Spin Master Ltd
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    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/30—Capturing games for grabbing or trapping objects, e.g. fishing games
    • A63F9/305—Fishing games
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/30—Capturing games for grabbing or trapping objects, e.g. fishing games
    • 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
    • A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
    • A63F9/34—Games using magnetically moved or magnetically held pieces, not provided for in other subgroups of group A63F9/00
    • 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
    • A63F11/00—Game accessories of general use, e.g. score counters, boxes
    • A63F11/0002—Dispensing or collecting devices for tokens or chips
    • A63F2011/0004—Bags

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Abstract

A game apparatus is provided and includes a magnetic pickup apparatus and a plurality of ferromagnetic game pieces. The magnetic pickup apparatus such as a wand has at least two spaced-apart game piece pickup regions wherein each pickup region incorporates a magnet having field strength differing than the field strength of the magnet associated with other pickup points. The magnetic pickup apparatus is capable of being manipulated by a user to magnetically pick up a ferromagnetic object using any one of the incorporated magnets. The ferromagnetic game pieces are provisioned having different colour, size and/or weight characteristics.
EP16161184.3A 2015-03-25 2016-03-18 Magnetic game apparatus and method Active EP3072562B1 (en)

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US5114146A (en) * 1991-06-24 1992-05-19 Booker Ernest R Apparatus and method for random selection of indicia
GB2309916A (en) * 1996-02-09 1997-08-13 Marcus Christopher Simpson Apparatus for games
DE19842699A1 (en) * 1998-09-18 2000-04-06 Michael Splitgerber Pocket shaped board game with magnetizable playing pieces moved by magnetic bar with two outer ends
KR101247330B1 (en) * 2012-04-12 2013-03-26 정혁 Screen fishing equipment

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EP3072562B1 (en) 2019-04-03

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