FR2881359A1 - Game board for use with circular pieces, has projecting units adjacent to frame`s transverse sides, and spaced apart symmetrically to define central spaces and, with frame`s longitudinal sides, lateral spaces, where spaces face each other - Google Patents

Abstract

The board has projecting units (14-17) adjacent to opposite transverse sides (10, 11) of a frame (3). The units are spaced apart and symmetrical relative to longitudinal and transverse axes of symmetry (6, 7) such that they mutually define open central spaces (18, 19) longitudinally facing each other and they define with frame`s opposite longitudinal sides (8, 9) open lateral spaces (20-23) longitudinally facing one another.

Description

Game board usable especially with pawns

  The present invention relates to the field of board games in which players move circular pawns on a game board having a peripheral frame of limitation of the playing area.

  The game board according to the invention comprises a plate and a peripheral frame surrounding this plate and having a projecting rim whose inner side delimits on the plate a substantially rectangular area having a longitudinal axis of symmetry and a transverse axis of symmetry, said frame comprising opposite longitudinal sides and opposite transverse sides.

  According to the invention, the game board further comprises pairs of projecting means on the plate, respectively adjacent to said transverse sides, the projecting means of said pairs of projecting means being spaced transversely and symmetrically with respect to said longitudinal axis and said transverse axis.

  The arrangement of said projecting elements is such that, on the plate, they delimit between them central spaces open longitudinally opposite each other and they delimit, with said longitudinal sides, lateral spaces open longitudinally respectively opposite each other. other.

  According to the invention, the front end edges of said projecting means preferably have rounded convex sides.

  According to the invention, said projecting means are preferably attached and fixed on said plate and / or against said transverse sides.

  According to the invention, said projecting means may comprise studs attached to said plate.

  According to the invention, the pads are preferably engaged in plate holes.

  According to the invention, said projecting means may comprise elements extending longitudinally from said transverse sides.

  According to the invention, said elements preferably have rear portions engaged in recesses formed in the sides of said transverse sides.

  According to the invention, said elements may advantageously comprise at least front parts whose opposite flanks extend longitudinally and whose front end edges are rounded.

  According to the invention, on the side of said lateral spaces, the flanks of said elements preferably comprise longitudinally extending front parts and substantially rounded concave rear parts which substantially tangentially join the flanks of the transverse sides of the frame.

  According to a variant of the invention, said substantially rounded concave portions may be formed on reported corners.

  According to the invention, said elements can be reported on said plate.

  According to the invention, said elements may constitute integral parts of the corresponding transverse sides of the frame.

  According to the invention, said elements may constitute the opposite branches of U-shaped parts attached to said plate, the transverse branches of which are contiguous to the flanks of the corresponding transverse sides of the frame.

  According to the invention, the transverse branches of said parts can be engaged in recesses of the transverse sides of the frame.

  According to the invention, the plate preferably comprises, in each of said central spaces, means for stopping or slowing down at least one pin slid on the plate and engaging in these spaces.

  According to the invention, said stop means may comprise a reception recess at least partly of the pin, formed in the rear part of said central space.

  According to the invention, said recess is preferably formed in the rear flank of said central space, this recess being of open wedge-shaped section towards the front.

  According to the invention, at least one face of said recess can advantageously be covered with a damping layer.

  According to the invention, said projecting means and the transverse sides of the frame may advantageously comprise complementary means of transverse positioning.

  The game board according to the invention may advantageously be usable with circular pins adapted to slide on said plate.

  According to the invention, on the side of said lateral spaces, the flanks of said projecting means, the adjacent portions of the sides of said projecting means and said transverse sides and the adjacent portions of the sides of the longitudinal sides and the transverse sides preferably have adapted shapes. to substantially prevent jamming or blocking of said pins.

  According to the invention, on the side of said lateral spaces, the flanks of said projecting means preferably have at least longitudinally extending front portions, said front portions and the flanks of said transverse sides tangential substantially tangentially concave sidewalls. substantially rounded whose radius is at least equal to the radius of the or pions whose diameter is larger.

  According to the invention, the flanks of the sides of said peripheral frame preferably meet substantially tangentially, with substantially rounded concave flanks whose radius is at least equal to the radius of the or pions whose diameter is larger.

  According to the invention, said plate preferably carries traced transverse lines which pass to the ends before or in the vicinity of the front ends of said pairs of projecting means.

  According to the invention, the traced transverse lines preferably extend approximately to the longitudinal sides of the frame.

  According to the invention, said plate preferably carries longitudinal lines drawn which extend approximately from one transverse line to another to constitute with them a rectangle drawn and at equal distances from the sides of the longitudinal sides of the frame.

  According to the invention, the distance between the longitudinal lines drawn and the flanks of the longitudinal sides of the frame is equal to the distance between the transverse lines drawn and the sides of the transverse sides of the frame.

  The present invention will be better understood from the study of a game board described by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated by the drawing in which: FIG. 1 represents a top view of a game board according to FIG. invention; - Figure 2 shows a partial longitudinal sectional view along II-II of the tray of Figure 1; - Figure 3 shows a partial top view of an alternative embodiment of said tray; FIG. 4 represents a partial top view of another variant embodiment of said plate. FIG. 5 represents a partial top view of another variant embodiment of said plate. FIG. 6 represents a partial top view of FIG. another alternative embodiment of said plate - Figure 7 shows a median longitudinal section of Figure 6; - Figure 8 shows a partial top view of another alternative embodiment of said plate - and Figure 9 shows a partial top view of another embodiment of said tray.

  The game board 1 shown in Figures 1 and 2 comprises a rectangular horizontal plate 2 surrounded by a rigid frame 3 of L-shaped section in the corner of which the peripheral edge of the plate 2 is inserted so that the one of its branches surrounds the field of the plate 2 and its other branch constitutes a peripheral flange 4 projecting on the upper face of the plate 2.

  This flange 4 has a peripheral inner flank 5 perpendicular to the plate 2, which determines a rectangular area having a longitudinal axis 6 of symmetry and a transverse axis 7 of symmetry.

  The frame 3 comprises two longitudinal opposite sides 8 and 9 and two opposite transverse sides 10 and 11, the adjacent ends of which meet by miter cuts. The end portions of these sides are such that the peripheral inner flank 5 of the frame 3 has concave corners 5a and rounded in quarter circles which join tangentially, made half on the longitudinal sides and half on the transverse sides. For example, the sides can be glued together and fixed on the periphery of the plate 2 by screws or nails engaged from below, with possibly adding glue.

  The game board 1 further comprises pairs 12 and 13 of reported rigid longitudinal elements, respectively 14-15 and 16-17, projecting on the upper face of the plate 2 and adjacent to the transverse sides 10 and 11.

  The elements 14-15 and 16-17 extend longitudinally from the transverse sides 10 and 11, are spaced transversely and symmetrical about the longitudinal axis 6 and the transverse axis 7.

  The elements 14-15 and 16-17, which bear on the upper face of the plate 2, have a thickness substantially equal to the thickness of the flange 4 of the frame 3 and have flanks perpendicular to the upper face of the plate 2.

  Thus, the elements 14 and 15 delimit between them, on the upper face of the plate 2, a central space 18 up to the transverse side 10 and the elements 16 and 17 delimit between them a central space 19 up to the transverse side 11, these central spaces 18 and 19 being longitudinally open opposite one another.

  In addition, on the one hand the elements 14 and 15 delimit with the sides 5 of the longitudinal sides 8 and 9, on the upper face of the plate 2, respectively lateral spaces 20 and 21 up to the transverse side 10 and on the other hand, the elements 16 and 17 delimit, with the sidewalls 5, longitudinal sides 8 and 9 respectively lateral spaces 22 and 23 extending to the transverse side 11, the lateral spaces 20 and 22 on the one hand and the lateral spaces 21 and 23 on the other hand being longitudinally open opposite each other.

  The inner flanks facing each other 24-25 and 26-27 of elements 14-15 and 16-17 extend longitudinally. Their outer flanks situated opposite the longitudinal sides 8 and 9, therefore on the side of the lateral spaces 20-21, 22-26, have front portions 28a-29a and 30a-31a which extend longitudinally and rear portions 28b-29a and 30a-31a which extend longitudinally. 29b and 30b-31b concave, rounded in quarter circles and tangentially joining on the one hand these front portions 28a-29a and 30a-31a and on the other hand the sides 5 of the transverse sides 8 and 9.

  The front end edges of the elements 14-15 and 16-17 constitute flanks 32-33 and 34-35 which are rounded in semicircles and tangentially join their aforementioned longitudinal flanks.

  The elements 14-15 and 16-17 have rectangular rear parts which are engaged in rectangular recesses 36-37 and 38-39 formed in the flanges 4 of the transverse sides 10 and 11.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the elements 14-15 and 16-17 can be fixed to the plate 2 by means of pairs of vertical pins 40 and 41 spaced longitudinally and engaged in holes formed in the plate 2 and in these elements, with possibly addition of glue. Any other means could be used, such as screws or nails.

  The game board 1, which has just been described and which has a symmetrical structure with respect to the center 42 of the plate 2, can be used to play on the uncovered portion of the upper face of the plate 2 with pins. In particular, the players can advantageously use two different groups of circular pieces 43, of the same diameter, and a smaller diameter piece 44, with the objective for the players to bring the small circular piece 44 into the central spaces 18 and 19. using the large pieces 43, dragging them. A proper game rule will of course be necessary.

  So that the pieces are not locked during play, the corners 5a of the peripheral inner flank 5 of the flange 4 of the frame 3 and the rear flanks 28b-29b and 30b-31b of the elements 14-15 and 16-17 have curvatures or radii, preferably equal, whose value is at least equal to the radius of the pawns 43 of larger diameters, preferably at least equal to one and a half times this radius.

  The structure of the game board 1 advantageously makes it possible to form several playing areas.

  For example, large pieces 43 may be allowed to be moved over the total area including not only the central area extending between the two transverse lines 45 and 46 passing in front of the ends of elements 14-15 and 16-17 and drawn on the plate 2, but also the areas located behind these lines 45 and 46, that is to say on the side spaces 20-21 and 22-23 formed on either side of the central spaces 18 and 19 and extending this central zone, possibly using the corresponding flank 5 of the frame 3 and the aforementioned outer flanks of the elements 14-15 and 16-17 to bounce them. The periphery of the total area thus defined is such that the pieces can not be blocked or jammed.

  Moreover, the small piece 44 may be allowed to be moved over the aforementioned total area, without it being able to be blocked or jammed, or over an area limited to the aforementioned central area by using the corresponding side 5 of the frame 3 to to make it bounce, or on a reduced area extending between the two transverse lines 45 and 46 and two longitudinal lines 47 and 48 located near and at equal distances from the sides 5 of the longitudinal sides 8 and 9 and drawn on the plate 2 Other variations of playing areas could be drawn on the plate 2.

  The plate 2, the frame 3 and the elements 14-15 and 16-17 are preferably made of wood and can be sized to form trays 1 of any size.

  By way of example, the following dimensions could be adopted.

  The length of its short side may be between 50 cm and 70 cm, the length of its long side may be between 65 cm and 85 cm and its thickness may be between 10 mm and 20 mm.

  The thickness of the flange 4 of the frame 3 and the elements 14-15 and 16-17 may be between 10 mm and 20 mm.

  The overlap of the flange 4 of the frame 3 on the plate could be between 10 mm and 20 mm.

  The length of the elements 14-15 and 16-17, from the transverse sides 10 and 11, may be between 6 and 10 cm and the width between their parallel longitudinal flanks may be between 8 mm and 20 mm.

  The pieces 43 and 44 are preferably made of wood but could also be in another material. The large pieces 43 and the small piece 44 could be in different materials, especially to weigh down the small piece 44.

  The large pins may have a diameter of between 28 mm and 45 mm and the small piece may have a diameter of between 15 mm and 25 mm.

  The distance between the pairs of elements 14-15 and 16-17 can be between 80 mm and 130 mm.

  The rounded concave flanks could have a radius at least equal to one and a half times the radius of the large selected pieces.

  The frame 3 and the upper face of the plate 2 are preferably covered with a varnish.

  Referring to Figures 3 to 9, there will now be described embodiments of the means for delimiting the spaces 18, 20 and 21, the spaces 19, 22 and 23 can be delimited in the same manner.

  According to Figure 3, the transverse side 10 has a central portion 49 projecting on the plate 2, the front face 50 extends transversely. The elements 14 and 15 extend longitudinally from this end face 50 and their outer flanks have front portions 28a and 29a, while the flanks 28b and 29b are formed for parts at the ends of the projecting portion 49 and for parts on the sides of the elements 14 and 15.

  According to FIG. 4, the elements 14 and 15 have longitudinal flanks 28a and 29a which extend up to the sidewall 5 of the transverse side 10. The flanks 28b and 29b are formed on corners 51 and 52 that are brought into contact with the sidewall. 5 of the transverse side 10 and the flanks 28a and 29a of the elements 14 and 15. These inset corners 51 and 52 have cut ends slightly thicker with respect to the flank 5 of the transverse side 10 and the flanks 28a and 29a of the elements 14 and 15. , without allowing a jamming of the pawns.

  According to Figure 5, the inserts corners 51 and 52 of Figure 4 are engaged in corresponding recesses 53-54 and 55-56 formed in the sidewall 5 of the transverse side 10 and the flanks 28a and 29a of the elements 14 and 15 In Referring to the variant shown in Figures 6 and 7, it can be seen that the elements 14 and 15, with front ends 32 and 33 rounded, constitute the opposite longitudinal branches of a U-shaped piece 57, reported flat on the plate 2 and whose transverse branch 58 is contiguous to the rectilinear side of the transverse side 10 of the frame 3.

  As in the example of Figure 1, the outer flanks of the elements 14 and 15, located on the lateral side side 20 and 21, have front portions 28a and 29a which extend longitudinally and anti-jamming rear portions. 28b and 29b concave, rounded in quarter circles and approximately tangentially joining on the one hand these front portions 28a and 29a and on the other side the flank 5 of the transverse side 8 The longitudinal inner flanks 24 and 25 of the elements 14 and 15 join the transverse front flank 58a of the transverse branch 58 by concave roundings for example of reduced diameters. As before, nails 40 and 41 could be put in place to fix the piece 57 on the plate 2.

  As shown in Figure 7, the branch 58 of the part 57 has, in the region of the central space 18, a lower face 61 distant from the upper face of the plate 2 so as to form a recess 62. This lower face 61 is inclined rearwardly so that the recess 62 is wedge-shaped open towards the front. The lower face 61 is placed so that the small pin 44, sliding on the plate 2, engages in the recess 62 and preferably stops by wedging effect between the lower face 61 of the transverse branch 58 and the upper face of the plate 2. The recess 62 thus constitutes a means for stopping the pin 44 or slowing down its rebound effect, so that it preferably does not emerge from the central space 18 after having entered it at a speed such that it could come out by rebounding on the rear flank 58a in the absence of the recess 62. In a variant, the lower face 62 of the transverse branch 58 could be covered with a damping layer, for example in felt.

  Particularly advantageously, in particular the contour of the piece 57, for example raw wood or agglomerated, could be achieved on a CNC milling machine.

  Of course, the opposite branches 16 and 17 could be integral parts of a piece identical to the piece 57.

  Referring to the variant shown in Figure 8, it can be seen that the transverse side 10 of the frame 3 has, in its side 5, a central recess 63. The rear portion of the transverse branch 58 of the U-shaped insert reported an extra thickness engaged longitudinally in the recess 63, whose rear flank 64 bears against the bottom of this recess. The concave rounded flanks 28a and 29a tangentially join the flank 5 of the transverse side 10 of the frame 3.

  The recess 63 and the extra thickness of the transverse branch 58 constitute complementary means of transverse positioning of the U-shaped part 57 before the nails 40 and 41 are placed in position, preferably from below. Referring to the variant shown in FIG. 9, it can be seen that the elements 14 and 15 are integral parts of the transverse side 10 of the frame 3. In this case, particularly advantageously, the elements 14 and 15 may result from continuous milling of a board, for example raw wood or agglomerated, realizing the flanks of the transverse side 10 and elements 14 and 15, on a CNC milling machine.

  Of course, the opposite branches 16 and 17 could be integral parts of the transverse side 11.

  The present invention is not limited to the example described above.

  The frame 3 and the elements 14-15 and 16-17 could have different shapes and could be reported on the plate 2 by any other means. Their flanks could be joined by different shapes. The concave rounded flanks associated with elements 14-15 and 16-17 could be formed by adjacent segments. The elements 14-15 and 16-17 could be engaged in grooves in the plate 2. The elements 14-15 and 16-17 could be in several pieces. The elements 14-15 and 16-17 could be replaced by multiplicities of reported pads engaged in holes of the plate 2 or by a combination of pads and branches. Moreover, certain parts of the game board 1 could be made of another material than wood, for example a plastic implemented by the known methods of injection or shaping.

  Many other variants are possible without going outside the box

  defined by the appended claims.

Claims (26)

  1. A game board comprising a plate (2) and a peripheral frame (3) surrounding this plate and having a protruding rim (4) whose inner side (5) delimits on the plate a substantially rectangular area having a longitudinal axis of symmetry (6) and a transverse axis of symmetry (7), said frame comprising opposed longitudinal sides (8, 9) and opposite transverse sides (10, 11), characterized in that it further comprises pairs ( 12, 13) of means (14-15, 16-17) projecting from the plate, respectively adjacent to said transverse sides (10, 11), the projecting means (14-15, 16-17) of said pairs of means projection being spaced transversely and symmetrically with respect to said longitudinal axis (6) and said transverse axis (7), so that on the plate (2) they delimit between them central spaces (18, 19) open longitudinally opposite from each other and they delimit with said sides longit udinaux (8, 9) lateral spaces (20-21, 22-23) open longitudinally respectively opposite each other.   2. Game board according to claim 1, characterized in that the front end edges of said projecting means (14-15, 16-17) have rounded convex sides (32-33 and 34-35).   3. Play plate according to one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that said projecting means (14-15, 16-17) are attached and fixed on said plate (2) and / or against said transverse sides (10, He).   4. Play plate according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said projecting means (14-15, 16-17) comprise studs attached to said plate.   5. A game board according to claim 4, characterized in that the pads are engaged in holes of the plate.   6. Play plate according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said projecting means comprise elements (14-15, 16-17) extending longitudinally from said transverse sides.   7. Play plate according to claim 6, characterized in that said elements (14-15, 16-17) have rear portions engaged in recesses (36-37 and 38-39) formed in the sides of said transverse sides. (10, 11).   8. Play plate according to one of claims 6 and 7, characterized in that said elements (14-15, 16-17) comprise at least front parts whose opposite sides extend longitudinally and whose front edges. end are rounded.   9. Play plate according to any one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that, on the side of said lateral spaces (20-21, 2223), the sides of said elements comprise front portions (28a) which extend longitudinally and concave rear portions (28b) substantially rounded substantially tangentially joining the flanks (5) of the transverse sides of the frame.   10. A game board according to claim 9, characterized in that said substantially rounded concave portions are formed on reported corners (52).   11. Play plate according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that said elements are attached to said plate.   12. Play plate according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that said elements (14-15, 16-17) constitute integral parts of the corresponding transverse sides (10, 11) of the frame.   13. Play plate according to any one of claims 6 to 9, characterized in that said elements (14-15) constitute the opposite branches of U-shaped parts (57) attached to said plate, whose transverse branches are contiguous on the flanks of the corresponding transverse sides of the frame.   14. Play plate according to claim 13, characterized in that the transverse branches (58) of said parts (57) are engaged in recesses (63) of the transverse sides of the frame.   15. Game board according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises, in each of said central spaces, means for stopping or slowing down (62) of at least one sliding pin on the plate and engaging in these spaces.   16. Play plate according to claim 15, characterized in that said stop means comprises a recess (62) for receiving at least part of the pin, formed in the rear portion of said central space.   17. Play plate according to claim 16, characterized in that said recess (62) is formed in the rear flank of said central space (58a), this recess being of open wedge-shaped section towards the front.   18. Play plate according to one of claims 16 and 17 characterized in that at least one face (61) of said recess is covered with a damping layer.   19. Play plate according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said projecting means (14-15, 16-17) and the transverse sides of the frame comprise complementary transverse positioning means (36, 53, 63).   20. Play plate according to any one of the preceding claims, usable with circular pins (43, 44) adapted to slide on said plate, characterized in that, on the side of said lateral spaces (20-21, 22-23 ), the flanks of said projecting means, the adjacent portions of the flanks of said projecting means and said transverse sides and the adjacent portions of the sides of the longitudinal sides and the transverse sides have shapes adapted to substantially prevent jamming or blocking of said pieces.   21. A game board according to claim 20, characterized in that, on the side of said lateral spaces (20-21, 22-23), the flanks of said projecting means (14-15, 16-17) have at least longitudinally extending front parts, those front parts and sides of said transverse sides (10, 11) substantially tangentially joining by substantially rounded concave sidewalls (28b-29b and 30b-31b) of which the radius is at least equal the radius of the or pions (43) whose diameter is larger.   22. Play plate according to one of claims 20 and 21, characterized in that the flanks (5) of the sides of said peripheral frame (3) meet substantially tangentially, by substantially rounded concave flanks (5a) of which the radius is at least equal to the radius of the or pions (43) whose diameter is larger.   23. Play plate according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that said plate carries traced transverse lines (45, 46) which pass to the ends before or in the vicinity of the front ends of said pairs of projecting means.   24. Play plate according to claim 23, characterized in that the drawn transverse lines extend approximately to the longitudinal sides (8, 9) of the frame.   25. Play plate according to one of claims 23 and 24, characterized in that said plate carries longitudinal lines drawn (47, 48) which extend approximately from one transverse line to the other to form with them a rectangle drawn at equal distances from the sides of the longitudinal sides of the frame.   26. A game board according to claim 25, characterized in that the distance between the longitudinal lines drawn and the sides of the longitudinal sides of the frame is equal to the distance between the transverse lines drawn and the sides of the transverse sides of the frame. ------------