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US 10,391,385 B2Granted
Board game apparatus
OwnerLee Martin McAuleyinventor
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Abstract
A board game which comprises of a plurality of playing pieces and a board. The board has a plurality of playing piece receptacles, with each receptacle having a playing piece support and a depression. By pressing part of the playing piece into the depression, easy removal of a playing piece can be achieved. The receptacles are formed when playing pieces are inserted in recesses that border each playing piece support. The recesses are defined at each end by a protrusion. The playing pieces can include an aesthetic dot in order to differentiate between which played used the playing piece.
Claims14
A board game apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of playing pieces and
- a board having a plurality of playing piece receptacles, each receptacle having:
- a playing piece support parallel to the board for supporting a respective one of the playing pieces parallel to the board,
- a depression, and
- a fulcrum between the support and the depression, the arrangement being such that pressing part of the playing piece into the depression lifts another part for lifting of the piece from the receptacle, wherein:
- each receptacle is bordered on all sides by recesses perpendicular to the board, the recesses extending below the support of the receptacle which they border, and
- each recess is complementary in shape to the playing pieces, and perpendicular to the board, such that playing pieces fit perpendicularly into the recesses bordering each playing piece receptacle and a respective one of the playing pieces in the playing piece receptacle, whereby these playing pieces edge the receptacle and the playing piece therein.
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