Game piece
AssigneeDesignomite, LLC
InventorStephen C. Hoeting
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Abstract
A game piece for transferring an object across the surface of a board game or the like. The game piece generally comprises a carrier body having an upper end, a lower end, an entry opening proximate the lower end, and a socket in communication with the entry opening. The entry opening is sized to allow the transfer object to pass therethrough so that the transfer object is thereafter retained within the socket. Additionally, the socket is adapted to receive a second game piece having a similarly configured socket and entry opening. When the entry opening of the second game piece is pushed over the transfer object, the object is transferred from the socket of the original game piece to the socket of the second game piece.
Claims21
A method of capturing a transfer object, comprising:
- positioning a first game piece above the transfer object, the first game piece having a carrier body with an upper opening, a lower opening, and a socket defined between the upper and lower openings;
- moving the lower opening of the first game piece toward the transfer object until the transfer object passes through the lower opening and is captured by the first game piece;
- positioning a second game piece over the transfer object captured by the first game piece, the second game piece having a carrier body substantially the same as the carrier body of the first game piece;
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- moving the carrier body of the second game piece toward the carrier body of the first game piece until the transfer object captured by the first game piece passes through the lower opening of the second game piece and is captured by the second game piece.
A method of moving a transfer object across a surface, comprising:
- positioning a first game piece on a game board surface;
- capturing the transfer object on the game board surface with the first game piece;
- positioning a second game piece over the transfer object captured by the first game piece, the second game piece having substantially the same configuration as the first game piece;
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- transferring the transfer object to the second game piece by:
- moving the second game piece toward the first game piece and into contact with the transfer object while the transfer object is captured by the first game piece, the second game piece including a flexible portion that deflects upon contact with the transfer object;
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- further moving the second game piece toward the first game piece so that the flexible portion moves past the transfer object and returns to an initial undeflected position, the transfer object being captured by the second game piece after the flexible portion returns to its initial undeflected position.
A method of capturing a transfer object, comprising:
- positioning a first game piece above the transfer object, the first game piece having a carrier body with an upper end defining an exit opening, a lower end defining an entry opening smaller in diameter than the exit opening, and a socket defined between the exit opening and entry opening, the socket being flexible at the entry opening;
- forcing the entry opening of the first game piece over the transfer object so that the transfer object passes through the entry opening and thereafter resides within the socket;
- positioning a second game piece over the transfer object residing in the first game piece, the second game piece having a carrier body substantially the same as the carrier body of the first game piece;
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- moving the second game piece toward the first game piece until the socket of the second game piece is received within the socket of the first game piece and the transfer object passes through the entry opening of the second game piece, the transfer object thereafter residing within the socket of the second game piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.