US3051489A - Games - Google Patents

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Aug. 28, 1962 H. GOLDSCHMIDT 3,051,489

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INVENTOR HANS GOLDSCHMIDT ATTORNEYS I dl@ Patented Ang. 28, 1962 3,051,489 GAMES Hans Goldschmidt, Atherton, Calif., assigner to H. Goldschmidt & Associates, Inc., Menlo Park, Calif., a corporation ofi California Filed Nov. I8, 1959, Ser. No. 853,752 2 Claims. (Cl. 273-136) This invention relates to games.

Games fall into various categories and the particular category of game to which this invention relates utilizes a base playing board adapted to be supported by the base playing pieces which are adapted to be moved about thereon, a move selector which determines the move of the playing piece, and a counting area in which the score is maintained. Games of this general category are numerous and well known.

Generally speaking however each of these games requires a particular playing board and is supplied tot the player as a complete unit including the playing board, a plurality of playing pieces, a move selector such as dice, cards, or spinner, and a counter.

It is a general object of this invention to provide a game `amd game assembly which is provided with a plurality of playing 4boards upon each of which one gaine is adapted to he played. However all the games are adapted to be played using the same playing pieces, the same move selector and on the same base. It is understood of course that multiple pieces, `and a plurality of move selectors may be used in connection with the same base.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a game and game assembly in which a single type of move selector, to wit, a spinner, may be utilized not only as a conventional spinner but as a substitute for cards or dice.

These and other objects and advantages or this invention will appear from the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a game base;

FIGURE 2 is an end view of the game base illustrated in FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of the game base illustrated in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 illustrates one game board `adapted to be Yused in connection with the game base;

FIGURE 5 represents a second game board adapted to be used in playing checkers;

FIGURE 6 is a perspective View of a modified type of game base;

FIGURE 7 is an lend View of the game base illustrated in FIGURE 6;

FIGURE 8 is a plan view of the game base illustrated in FIGURES `6 and 7 with a game board mounted there- FIGURE 9 is a side elevational view of a playing piece;

FIGURE 10 is a side elevational View of a spinner, and

FIGURE 11 is a plan view of a game board entitled Horse Race.

Generally speaking my game consists of a game base 10, a playing board l1, a plurality of playing pieces I2, and a move selector I3.

It will be noted that the base It) consists generally of a flat member 16 which is provided with a plurality of holes I7 laid out in accordance with a predetermined pattern. As illustrated in the preferred embodiment the holes are laid out in a plurality of longitudinal and transverse lines, although it must be borne in mind that the holes may be formed in accordance with any other predetermined desired pattern. Along the side edges of the member 16 I have provided substantially identical side members 18 which vare provided with inwardly turned lips I9 which overlie the side edges of the member I6 and provide, in effect, opposed slots 21 which are adapted to provide guides for the side edges of the playing board 1I. I provided a rear wall 22 which limits the rearward movement of the playing board Il when it is positioned over the member lo. The rear wall 22 is provided with ribs 23 which are `adapted to cooperate with slots 24 in the playing board Il whereby when ribs 23 and the slots 24 are in registry, the playing board Il is in proper predetermined position on the base member 10.

The members I8 may also be provided with lower inwardly turned lips 26 which are adapted to support a plurality of the playing boards 1li when the same are not in use and thus, the area below the base I@ and between the members I6 and above the lips 26 may be defined as a storage area `for playing boards.

The play'mg board Il is provided with a playing area 27 which is, in most instances, a design which has a particular significance `because of the game being played. The playing area and the playing board are perforated at ZS and, it will be noted, that when the playing board Il is in proper position on top or" the base I@ the perforations 2S in the playing board Il overlie certain selected holes I7 in the base lil` so that the playing pieces 12 which are used in playing a particular game may be removably positioned therein as the game advances.

It will also be noted that the playing board 1I is provided with a move selector area 29 whose design will vary with the game being played. However as illustrated in FIGURE 4 the particular move selector I3 which is used in conjunction with the move selector area 29 is a spinner which is adapted to be removably positioned in the base lll with respect to the playing board II and the move selector area 29 thereon.

The particular move selector l which I have shown is a spinner mechanism which is adapted to be actuated by ya lick of the finger to cause the same to rotate and ultimately come to lrest at a random position over the imove selector area 29 thereby designating to the player the move which should be taken.

By properly designing the move selector area 29 it is possible to cause the spinner to substitute for the other conventional move selectors such as dice or cards.

The playing board Il is also provided with a counting area 3l. llhe counting area 3l is provided with a plurality of perforations 28 which are adapted to register with corresponding holes 17 in the base 10, whereby the pieces which act as counting pieces may be removably positioned within the counting area to determine the score of the parties playing the game.

In `certain particular games, the playing board 11 is provided with a played piece storage area 32 which is likewise provided with perforations 28 which overlie certain holes 'I7 in the base titi whereby the playing pieces which have been played, or those which are awaiting play, may be removably positioned in the storage area 32.

It must be borne in mind that the counting area 31 and the played piece storage area 32 are not required in the playing of -all games. My base is adapted also to be used in connection with games such as checkers or Chinese checkers where spinners are not required and where the moves are determined by sequence.

The base member It) may also be formed with a plurality of receptacles 33 which may be formed adjacent to the side Imembers I6 and which support the playing pieces and move selectors during the time ywhen the game is not in use. 'I'he receptacles 33 may be covered by a removable or slidable cover 34 of any particular design.

Operation of my device may briey be described as follows. Let it be `assumed that two players Wish to play ticktack-toe. The playingy board 11 upon which the game ticktack-toe is printed is positioned on top of the base with the lside edges of the playing board lying Within the slots 21 land with the rear edge of that particular playing board in engagement with the rear IWall 22. The ribs 23 on the rear wall 22 `and the `slots 214 will be in registry. When this playing board '11 is so positioned the perforations 28 therein are in registry with certain holes 17 in the base 10'. The move selector C13 is removably positioned oVer the move selector area 29 and certain of the playing pieces 12 are positioned in the piece storage area 32. The move `selector is spun to determine which of the players makes the first move. The Waiting player then moves one of the playing pieces `12 from the piece storage area 32 into the playing area 27 and positions it :into any perforation 28 which he may desire. 'The game thus advances until its outcome -is determined. The winning player may then position one of the playing pieces 12 in one of the perforations 28 in the counting area 31.

lt Will thus be apparent that `I have prepared a base, playing board, a plurality of playing pieces, a move selector `13 and a playing :area 27, all of which may be utilized to play a specific game.

Let it be assumed that the players elect to play another game and select another playing board 11a which they position on the base 1n in the same manner yas l have previously described.

The move selector 13a is positioned over the move selector area 29a. The playing pieces '12a are positioned in the played piece storage `area 32a. The first player spins the move selector 13a and it comes to rest at a random position on the move selector area 29a designating to the player the move which he must make. This is continued until the game is completed.

it is also apparent that the `game which may be played may be of a `different character. For example, the construction of FIGURE 11 `described above is used for playing a game entitled Horse Race in lwhich there is a playing field indicating the various positions and furlong posts7 of the race. The move selector may be `operated by players in sequence and the `area in which the selector comes to rest `determines the number of moves to advance the playing piece. The counting area which lis entitled number of races Won is simply a counting area.

'Tihus it will be `seen that the move selector may be positioned iat any predetermined point on the playing base and that the orifices in the playing field 4and the `counting area, also overlie particular and similar orifices in theV base.

I claim:

1. A `game board construction, comprising: a game base having a planar upper surface provided with perforations in accordance Awith a predetermined pattern; a plurality of interchangeable `game boards of a uniform size each adapted to substantially cover said planar `surface and having a pattern of perforations different from the others to provide for the playing of different types of games; means for holding a selected game board in overlying position on said planar surface, said perforations in the respective game boards being arranged in such a manner as to align with perforations in said game base; and a plurality of gaine pieces each having one end adapted to extend through any perforation in a selected game board and be received in a corresponding perforation in said Igame base, at least one of said game boards being provided with a playing area in one portion thereof, a spinner dial in another portion thereof and a spinner needle mounted on a spindle adapted to extend through a perforation in said game board centrally disposed with respect to said spinner dial and being received in an aligned perforation in said game base.

2. In a `game board construction, a game base having a generally rectangular planar upper surface perforated in accordance `With a predetermined pattern, frame means disposed along three sides of said surface and having portions overlying but spaced from said planar upper surface, the space above said planar surface being open at the fourth `side thereof, a plurality of interchangeable unitary game boards of uniform size each being slidable through the open fourth side between the planar surface and the overlying portions of the frame means and adapted to substantially cover said planar surface, `each game board having a different pattern of perforations therethrough with the perforations in each game board being arranged in such a manner as to align with corresponding perforations in said base, said frame means serving to prevent movement of said game board ion said planar surface transversely of the direction of said sliding movement and game pieces adapted to be inserted in any perforation in `a selected game board and be received in a corresponding perforation in said game base.

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