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US 12,151,175 B2Granted
Adaptive tic tac toe board
AssigneeVuu Rehabilitation PLLC
InventorsThuan Minh Vuu, Emily Wissner Gartenberg
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Abstract
An improved tic tac toe game is herein disclosed. The game pieces include X-pieces or O-pieces that are coupled to hollow cylinder pieces, resulting in large pieces that are shaped and sized to easily grip and operate. In use, these game pieces are placed over pegs the project upwardly from a game board base to play tic tac toe.
Claims16
A tic tac toe game comprising:
- a game board comprising a base board and a plurality of pegs extending vertically upwardly from the base board;
- a plurality of first game pieces, each first game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an O-piece coupled thereto;
- and a plurality of second game pieces, each second game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an X-piece coupled thereto, wherein each cylinder piece defines a cavity therein, wherein each cylinder piece of the first and second game pieces provides a recessed lip adjacent an upper end thereof so that each respective O-piece or X-piece is snapably engageable to the recessed lip, whereby individuals are enabled to removably substitute the pluralities of game pieces and, whereby in use, the first game pieces and the second game pieces are placed over the plurality of pegs, with the plurality of pegs being received within the cavities of the cylinder pieces;
- further comprising blank tiles, wherein each blank tile comprises a tile protrusion projecting from a lower surface thereof, wherein each tile protrusion has a radial tile ridge dimensioned and shaped to facilitate the snapable engagement.
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A method of playing a game of tic tac toe, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a game board comprising a base board and a plurality of pegs extending vertically upwardly from the base board;
- providing a plurality of first game pieces, each first game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an O-piece coupled thereto;
- and providing a plurality of second game pieces, each second game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an X-piece coupled thereto;
- defining a cavity in each cylinder piece, wherein each cylinder piece of the first and second game pieces provides a recessed lip portion adjacent an upper end thereof so that each respective O-piece or X-piece is snapably engageable to the recessed lip;
- and placing the first game pieces and the second game pieces over the plurality of pegs, with the plurality of pegs being received within the cavities of the cylinder pieces;
- further comprising blank tiles, wherein each blank tile comprises a tile protrusion projecting from a lower surface thereof, wherein each tile protrusion has a radial tile ridge dimensioned and shaped to facilitate the snapable engagement.
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A tic tac toe game comprising:
- a game board comprising a base board and a plurality of pegs extending vertically upwardly from the base board;
- a plurality of first game pieces, each first game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an O-piece coupled thereto;
- and a plurality of second game pieces, each second game piece comprising a cylinder piece and an X-piece coupled thereto, wherein each cylinder piece of the first and second game pieces defines a cavity therein, wherein each cylinder piece provides a groove adjacent an upper end thereof so that each respective O-piece or X-piece is removably engageable to the groove, whereby individuals are enabled to removably substitute the pluralities of game pieces and, whereby in use, the first game pieces and the second game pieces are placed over the plurality of pegs, with the plurality of pegs being received within the cavities of the cylinder pieces;
- further comprising one or more blank tiles, wherein each blank tile comprises a tile protrusion projecting from a lower surface thereof, wherein each tile protrusion has a tile ridge dimensioned and shaped to operatively engage with the groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.