US2338774A

US2338774A - Game board

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Publication number: US2338774A
Application number: US482840A
Authority: US
Inventors: Harry W Lyon
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1943-04-13
Filing date: 1943-04-13
Publication date: 1944-01-11
Anticipated expiration: 1961-01-11

Description

Jan. 11, 1944. H. w. LYON 2,338,774

' GAME BOARD Filed April 13, 1943 1 -\nv e.n1on

Harry W.- Lyon g I y s A" 1 1 y ya.

Patented Jan. 11, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a game board employed in playing a novel, interesting and entertaining game, and the object of the invention is to provide such a game board of novel and simple construction which will enable games involving chance and skill and a wide variety of situ ations to be played.

The nature and objects of the invention Will appear more fully from the accompanying description and drawing and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a simple and preferred form of the game board embodying a simple and preferred form of playing indicia and other features;

Fig. 2 is a view in vertical cross section taken centrally and longitudinally of the game board;

Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and '7, illustrate various positions of indicators employed in the playing of a preferred form of game for which the game board is particularly adapted; and

Fig. 8 is a view in perspective of a form of indicator employed.

The game board, a preferred form of which is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, comprises a fiat baseboard I which may be made of any suitable material, such as a sheet of plastic material, wood or heavy cardboard, and of any suitable size. It is preferably of a general rectangular shape illustrated. It also comprises a pair of

circular disks

2 and 3, also made of any suitable material, such for example as that employed in the baseboard. One of these disks, as 2, is preferably smaller than the other. mounted at their centers on the baseboard in a manner to position the disk peripheries adjacent each other. For this purpose each disk may have secured to its lower surface at the center an antifriction washer 4 while a similar type washer 5 is secured to the baseboard. In each case a pivot pin 6 is illustrated headed at its upper end passing through the disk, through the center of the

washers

4 and 5 and embedded in the baseboard. Thus each disk is free to rotate on its pivot. A suitable handle is employed for rotating each disk and such a handle is shown in each case as a stud fitting over the head of the pivot pin 5 and firmly secured to the disk. With the thumb and finger grasping the handle each disk may therefore be rotated or spun freely on its pivot.

The upper surface of each disk is provided with areas bearing playing indicia and with an annular series of these areas adjoining its periphery. The indicia employed on these areas may vary in These disks are each pivotally accordance'with the game to be played. In the form illustrated these indicia are in the form of spots similar to those employed on dominoes, that is, with the spots arranged in numbers increasing respectively from 1 to 6.

The smaller disk 2 is shown provided with a single annular series of areas made up of the three circular areas 8, 9, and it, with the interposed areas II, l2, and Hi. In this case with the particular form of indicia illustrated the single spot is placed in the area 8 and the other spots in increasing number in the successive areas H, 9, l2, l0, and I3. The annular series on the larger disk 3 adjacent its periphery is shown as comprising the six circular areas l4, l5, IE, IT, I8, and IS with the interposed

areas

20, 2|, 22, 23, 24, and 25. In this case with the particular form of indicia illustrated a single spot is placed in the circular area l4 and the other spots in increasing number in the successive circular areas, while a single spot is placed in the interposed area 20 and increasing numbers in the successive interposed areas as illustrated. This larger disk 3 is also preferably provided with a further concentric series of areas shown as the

circular areas

26, 21, 28, 29, 30 and 3|, and the playing indicia are shown as the same series of spots running in sequence from one spot in the circular area 26 to six spots in the area 3|. Again, there may be employed a central concentric series of areas shown as the

segmental areas

32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 3'! (see Fig. 6), of an innermost circle surrounding the handle 1.

As a part of the game board there is provided a plurality of indicator devices preferably in the form of pegs such as illustrated at 38 in Fig. 8. Six of these are shown stored in suitable holes outside of the disks on the board in Fig. 1. Cooperating with these indicator devices are a plurality of means located in fixed relation to the indicia-bearing areas of one of the disks and with each of these means engageable with any one of the indicator devices employed and so arranged as to hold any indicator device in fixed position on the disk during rotation thereof. In the specific construction illustrated where the indicator devices are pegs, such as illustrated, this means consists simply of small holes passing through the disk 3 and each adapted to receive and hold the stem of one of the pegs. These holes 39 are illustrated at various positions, preferably one at the center of each indicia-bearing area, and. one at a point common to each pair of adjacent areas. Four of these holes are also illustrated in the very center of the device within the annular series of 32 to 37.

The boundaries of the indicia-bearing areas and the indicia employed may be printed, painted, or otherwise applied directly to the surface of the disks. The ends of the boundaries of the areas between the circular areas are defined by spaces or lines such as shown at All.

A pointer, such as ll, is provided for the disk 2 adjacent the periphery thereof and a pointer, such as 42, for the disk 3 adjacent the periphery thereof, and these pointers are supported from the baseboard preferably by a common support 43 mounted on the baseboard between the adjacent portions of the disk peripheries. The two pointers with the common support may be formed from sheet metal with the base of the support riveted or secured to the baseboard.

Considering the specific construction illustrated the game may be played by any number of players from two to six with each employing one of the pegs 38 with these pegs being differentiated by color or other suitable means each from the other. The game may be played in different forms but it essentially involves each player selecting a position by inserting his peg in one of the holes 39. After the players have thus selected their positions the disks are spun by means of the handle a ard when the rotation ceases the score is determined by the relation between the indicia on the areas indicated by the two pointers and the indicia on the area or areas indicated by the position of the player peg or indicator device. In Fig. 3 a peg 38 is indicated at the center of the area i? and in this case one of the factors determining the players score will be the number ll indicated by the four spots. In Fig. 4 the peg 3t occupies a position including the circular areas M and 23 so that one of the factors determining the players score will be the numbers l and 3 or their sum. Again in Fig. 5 the peg 38 is common to the circular area I! and the adjacent area 25 so that the number of spots on these areas are factors in determining the score, While in. Fig. '7 the peg 33 is in the area 24 with the number thereon being the factor. In Fig. 6 the peg 33 is common to the circular area 26 and the segmental area 32 with a similar result. In addition the peg may be placed in one of the holes 39 and may indicate that the numbers indicated by any pair of oppositely disposed segmental areas are to be taken as a factor.

It will thus be seen that a wide variety of games may be played by the use of this game board and that a wide variety of scoring arrangements may be employed and it is unnecessary here to elaborate any particular scoring system. For examp1e, suppose a players peg 38 is placed in the position illustrated in Fig, 4 and after the two disks are spun they stop at the position indicated in Fig. 1 this means that the player has selected by his peg the same combination of areas and indicia as indicated by the pointers when the spinning rotation has ceased and the player is therefore entitled to a plus score which may be the sum of the number of spots or a multiple thereof. If the disks when spun occupy a different position the areas indicated by the pointers when the spinning operation ceases may be employed to diminish the score.

The game board will be preferably supplied with a set of rules setting forth in detail the method of scoring to be employed, the amount required to win the game, and any such rules as may be desirable or necessary.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Let ters Patent, is:

l. A game board device comprising a flat baseboard, a pair of circular disks each pivotally mounted at its center on the baseboard to position the disk peripheries adjacent each other. the surface of each disk presenting areas bearing playing indicia with an annular series of said areas adjoining the periphery cfeach disk, a pointer for each disk adjacent the periphery thereof and having a support mounted on the baseboard, a plurality of individual indicator devices, and a plurality of means in fixed relation to the indicia-bearing areas of one of the disks each engageable with any one of the indicator devices to hold it in fixed position on the disk during rotation thereof.

2. A game board device comprising a fiat baseboard, a pair of circular disks each pivotally mounted at its center on the baseboard to position the disk peripheries adjacent each other, the surface of one disk adjoining its periphery presenting an annular series of areas bearing playing indicia, the surface of the second disk presenting a plurality of concentric series of areas bearing playing indicia with one of said series adjoining the periphery, a pointer for each disk adjacent the periphery thereof having a support mounted on the baseboard, a plurality of individual indicator devices, and a plurality of means in fixed relation to the indicia-bearing areas of the second disk each engageable with any one of the indicator devices to hold it in fixed position on the disk during rotation thereof.

HARRY W. LYON.