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US 10,709,964 B2Granted
Block building game
AssigneeProto. Toys, Inc.
InventorTanner James Yarro
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Abstract
Apparatus and method of playing a building game against an opponent. The apparatus may include a podium for building a structure with stackable materials such as building blocks. The apparatus may also include an actuator that allows a first player to “blow up” a second players structure if the first player builds his or hers first. The Build or Boom™ game may simply utilize air chambers and a tube but is also capable of utilizing electrical and mechanical means to perform the same functions.
Claims16
A game system comprising:
- a platform connected to a tube, the platform comprising:
- a first planar member, polygonal in shape, the first planar member with a circumferential lip;
- and a second member, with a same polygonal shape as the first member, in connection with the first member the second member comprising a stop configured to catch the circumferential lip, wherein the first member and second member are movable with respect to each other, wherein the at least a portion of the first planar member may reversibly reside within the second member;
- a void between the first planar member and the second member, wherein the second member circumferentially surrounds the void and the first planar member resides at least partially within the void;
- a first configuration wherein the platform is in a first position;
- and a second configuration wherein the platform is in an unstable second position;
- an actuator connected to the tube and spaced apart from the platform;
- an air-chamber within the actuator that when actuated forces air from the actuator to the platform, wherein the air causes the first member and second member to move with respect to each other.
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A system comprising:
- a podium connected to a conduit, the podium comprising:
- a first member comprising a planar top surface and a first protrusion extending opposite the top surface, and a lip extending transverse from a side wall, the first protrusion comprising:
- a flange toward a distal end of the first protrusion, the flange extending circumferentially and laterally from the first protrusion;
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- a second member in connection with the first member, the second member comprising a stop configured to catch the lip;
- wherein the first member is movable with respect to the second member;
- a first configuration wherein the podium is in a first position;
- a second configuration wherein the podium is in an unstable second position;
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- a void between the first planar member and the second member, the second member circumferentially surrounds the void, and the first planar member resides at least partially within the void;
- an actuator connected to the conduit and spaced apart from the podium;
- a button connected to the actuator capable of sending an electrical signal through the conduit, wherein the electrical signal causes the first member to move with respect to the second member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.