WO1992004089A1 - Jeu comportant des pieces de jeu deplacees par force magnetique - Google Patents

Jeu comportant des pieces de jeu deplacees par force magnetique Download PDF

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WO1992004089A1
WO1992004089A1 PCT/SE1991/000587 SE9100587W WO9204089A1 WO 1992004089 A1 WO1992004089 A1 WO 1992004089A1 SE 9100587 W SE9100587 W SE 9100587W WO 9204089 A1 WO9204089 A1 WO 9204089A1
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Svante Berntson
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Swegame Ltd.
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Priority to EP91916196A priority Critical patent/EP0499633B1/fr
Priority to KR1019920701060A priority patent/KR920702243A/ko
Priority to DE69107051T priority patent/DE69107051D1/de
Publication of WO1992004089A1 publication Critical patent/WO1992004089A1/fr

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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
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/06—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football
    • A63F7/068—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football using magnetic power
    • 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
    • A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
    • A63F7/06—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football

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  • the present invention relates to a game in which play- ing or game pieces can be moved magnetically on a game board by means of a respective manoeuvring device positioned beneath the board, and in which each of the playing pieces is provided at the bottom thereof with a support plate intended for contact with the board, and magnetic material for magnetic coaction with an associated manoeuvring device.
  • the object of the present invention is to avoid these negative occurrences and to provide a game in which a playing piece which comes into the close proximity of an opponent's piece will remain standing on the board subsequent to having lost magnetic contact with its manoeuvring device and can be again captured by its manoeuvring device for quick continuance of the game being played.
  • the support plate is non-magnetic, in that the magnetic material of the playing piece is located essentially in the centre of said support plate, and in that two playing pieces of competing teams are configured in a manner which will enable said pieces to be brought into such close contact with one another that their support plates will partially over ⁇ lap one another, wherein that playing piece whose support plate is uppermost and which still has magnetic contact with its manoeuvring device locks the support plate of the second playing piece against the board through the medium of its support plate from above, so that said second playing piece subsequent to having lost magnetic contact with its manoeuvring device upon mutual contact between the two pieces will remain upright on the board and the magnetic material of said second playing piece is prevented from coming into closer proximity with the magnetic material of the first playing piece than that afforded by the overlap between the two support plates.
  • each support plate is relatively thin and will preferably have a thickness of at most about 0.5 mm.
  • An edge part of one of the support plates may optionally be bevelled or slightly curved, so as to enable the other support plate ato slide beneath said one support plate more easily.
  • a locking plate may be pro ⁇ vided slightly above the support and plate, parallel therewith, wherein the locking plate on one of the playing pieces is arranged so that it can be inserted in between the locking plate and the support plate of the other playing piece, thereby preventing toppling of a playing piece.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of an inventive game
  • Figure 2 illustrates schematically two playing pieces in the close proximity of one another
  • Figure 3 is a view from above of one of the pieces shown in Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a side view of a playing-piece support- plate
  • Figure 5 illustrates another embodiment of the playing pieces of a game according to the invention
  • Figure 6 illustrates a variant of the support plate shown in Figure 5;
  • Figure 7 illustrates part of a modified support plate.
  • an inventive game 1 includes a game board 2 on which a plurality of playing pieces 3 which, for instance, can form two teams in a ball game, such as football or ice hockey, can be moved magneti- cally by means of a number of manoeuvring devices 4 positioned beneath the board 2, said devices being intended for manipulation by two game participants.
  • Each playing piece is provided at its bottom with magnetic material intended for coaction with corres- ponding magnetic material provided in the ends of res ⁇ pective manoeuvring devices 4 which extend inwards and beneath the game board.
  • Disposed beneath the board 2 are a number of mutually adjacent non-magnetic foil strips 5, between which the manoeuvring devices 4 are placed, one and one.
  • the magnetic material in the playing pieces and manoeuvring devices of the two teams preferably has the form of magnets, and the magnetic poles of the two teams will advantageously be turned in different directions in order to prevent a playing piece from the "wrong" team being placed on a given manoeuvring device.
  • a playing piece 3a is shown in coaction with its manoeuvring device 4a, whereas a second playing piece 3b no longer coacts mag ⁇ netically with its particular manoeuvring device 4b.
  • the piece 3a includes a body 6a which is mounted, through the intermediary of a base or foot 7a, on a support plate 8a intended for contact with the game board 2.
  • Magnetic material 9a suitably in the form of a flat magnet, is provided in the bottom of the playing piece 3a for coaction with corresponding magnetic material 10a, suitably a flat magnet, in the manoeuv- ring device 4a. Similar magnetic material is provided in the playing piece 3b and manoeuvring device 4b.
  • the two manoeuvring devices 4a and 4b are separated by a thin, flexible and non-magnetic foil strip 5a, and the manoeuvring device 4b is, in turn, separated from the nearest underlying manoeuvring device (not shown) by a corresponding foil strip 5b.
  • the base 7 of respective playing pieces is mounted sub- stantially in the centre of the support plate 8 and may, advantageously, incorporate the magnetic material 9, although part of the magnetic material may be situ ⁇ ated in the support plate 8.
  • the construction of the game 1 is such that when the support plate 8 on that one of the two playing pieces which has its manoeuvring device uppermost rests on the game board 2, there is formed at the edge of the sup ⁇ port plate a small opening or gap 11 between the sup- port plate and the board.
  • the edge part of the support plate 8b of the playing piece 3b is able to slide in under the support plate 8a of the game piece 3a until the position shown in Figure 2 is reached, resulting in a partial overlap between the two support plates.
  • the playing piece 3b will thereby be held upright on the board 2 with the aid of the playing piece 3a and the magnetic material 9b of said playing piece 3b is unable to approach the magnetic material 9a of the playing piece 3a than the proximity permitted by the overlap between the two support plates. This pre ⁇ vents the two playing pieces from being bonded magneti- cally together.
  • the magnetic contact between game piece and manoeuvring device can be readily re-established by returning the manoeuvring device 4b to a position centrally beneath the playing piece 3b, such as to enable the playing piece 3b to be moved again on the game board.
  • the support plate 8 may advantageously be made from, for instance, a transparent plastic material and may have a diameter of, e.g. 20 mm and a thickness of about 0.25 mm. In order to enable the support plate of a playing piece to enter readily beneath the support plate of another game piece, the thickness should not, however, exceed about 0.5 mm when the support plates have totally straight edges.
  • the magnet may, for in ⁇ stance, have a diameter of about 6 mm and a thickness of 1.5 mm. Other values may, of course, be used, de ⁇ pending on the configuration and size of the game.
  • each playing piece is provided with a locking plate 13 arranged at a given distance above its support plate 8 and extends parallel therewith and which has substantially the same lateral extension as the support plate.
  • This arrange- ment enables the playing pieces to lock together effec ⁇ tively irrespective of which support plate is located beneath or above the other, since the locking plate 13 on one of the pieces will always be positioned between the locking plate and the support plate of the other piece, as illustrated in Figure 5.
  • the locking plate 13 may, advantageously, be used to move a game ball 14 over the board 2 by means of one edge of said plate, i.e. when the game concerned is a football game.
  • the ability of the locking plate to move the ball 14 across the board can be varied by varying the height of the locking plate 13 above the support plate.
  • the locking plate will have a relatively low position, e.g. a height of 2 mm in the case of a ball diameter of 10 mm, thereby enabling high but relatively short passes to be made.
  • the locking plate may have, for instance, a height of 4 mm, which results in a flatter ball trajectory.
  • At least one support plate may be bevelled or curved at its edges. Examples of such configurations are shown in Figures 6 and 7, in which the support plate 8 of Figure 6 has a circumferential bevel 15 and the support plate 8 of Figure 7 has a slightly upwardly curved edge part 16 and is therefore slightly cupped.
  • the degree of bevelling and the extent to which said edge part is raised are adapted to the opponent pieces in a manner to enable the desired overlap to be achie- ved, and consequently two playing pieces provided with a pronounced upwardly curved support plate should not be intended to meet one another.
  • the magnetic force generated in each position may be greatest between the goalkeepers and their respective manoeuvring devices and smallest between a forward and its manoeuvring device. This means that it is easier to "lose" a forward in each team, for instance in close conflict with a back or the goalkeeper of opponent's team.
  • This effect can also be achieved by extending the forward manoeuvring devices further beneath the game board than the devices for manoeuvring goalkeepers and backs, in the case of a game provided with several foil sheets beneath the board.
  • the arching of game board produced by the manouevring devices locally facilitates over ⁇ lapping between the support plates of respective play ⁇ ing pieces.
  • a locking plate 13 according to Figure 5 used in a football game can advantageously have a non-round form so as to facilitate manoeuvring of the ball, for ex ⁇ ample when dribbling.
  • the support plate 8 and the base or foot 7 and, when applicable, also the locking plate 13 may suitably be made in one piece, for example may be extruded in one piece from a plastics material, wherein the suitable mouth of a suitable recess for subsequent insertion of a magnet can open into the underside of the support plate.
  • the friction device 12 may be made in one piece with the aforesaid parts, although it may, for example, also have the form of a pointed impression in the support plate. It will be understood that the invention is not re ⁇ stricted to the aforedescribed embodiments and that many other variants are possible within the scope of the present invention.

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Abstract

Dans un jeu dans lequel des pièces de jeu (3) peuvent être déplacées par force magnétique sur un plateau de jeu (2) à l'aide de dispositifs de man÷uvre (4) montés sous le plateau, lesdites pièces de jeu sont munies d'une plaque de support (8) destinée à être en contact avec ledit plateau. La plaque de support n'est pas magnétique et le matériau magnétique (9) des pièces de jeu se trouve sensiblement au centre de la plaque de support. Les plaques de support (8a, 8b) de deux des pièces de jeu (3a, 3b) peuvent se chevaucher partielllement lorsqu'elles s'approchent de très près l'une de l'autre, afin que les pièces demeurent debout au cas où le contact serait rompu entre l'une des pièces et le dispositif de man÷uvre (4) qui lui correspond.
PCT/SE1991/000587 1990-09-06 1991-09-06 Jeu comportant des pieces de jeu deplacees par force magnetique WO1992004089A1 (fr)

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EP91916196A EP0499633B1 (fr) 1990-09-06 1991-09-06 Jeu comportant des pieces de jeu deplacees par force magnetique
KR1019920701060A KR920702243A (ko) 1990-09-06 1991-09-06 자기가동 게임피스를 가진 게임기
DE69107051T DE69107051D1 (de) 1990-09-06 1991-09-06 Spiel mit magnetisch bewegbaren spielelementen.

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SE9002848A SE467770B (sv) 1990-09-06 1990-09-06 Spel med paa magnetisk vaeg foerflyttbara spelpjaeser
SE9002848-1 1990-09-06

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AR (1) AR247824A1 (fr)
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DE (1) DE69107051D1 (fr)
ES (1) ES2069905T3 (fr)
IE (1) IE913080A1 (fr)
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US2263115A (en) * 1940-06-15 1941-11-18 Lawrence A Winter Game
FR2459060A1 (fr) * 1979-06-20 1981-01-09 Meyer Louis Figurine perfectionnee pour jeu de football de table
EP0284583A2 (fr) * 1987-03-25 1988-09-28 N H Produkter Handelsbolag Jeu avec figurines opérables magnétiquement

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2263115A (en) * 1940-06-15 1941-11-18 Lawrence A Winter Game
FR2459060A1 (fr) * 1979-06-20 1981-01-09 Meyer Louis Figurine perfectionnee pour jeu de football de table
EP0284583A2 (fr) * 1987-03-25 1988-09-28 N H Produkter Handelsbolag Jeu avec figurines opérables magnétiquement

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EP0499633B1 (fr) 1995-01-25
EP0499633A1 (fr) 1992-08-26
IE913080A1 (en) 1992-03-11
ES2069905T3 (es) 1995-05-16
SE467770B (sv) 1992-09-14
AU8512491A (en) 1992-03-30
MX173757B (es) 1994-03-25
DE69107051D1 (de) 1995-03-09
PT98894A (pt) 1993-11-30
KR920702243A (ko) 1992-09-03

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