Magnetic 3d terrain gaming tiles for use in miniatures gaming
OwnerMichael Limoli, Stephen Lombardozziinventors
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Abstract
A magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile comprising: a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface; a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess; a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess; and a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets; wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket.
Claims2
A magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile comprising:
- a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess;
- a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess;
- and
- a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets;
- wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket.
A method for releasably securing a plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles to one another, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles, wherein each of the plurality of magnetic 3D terrain gaming tiles comprises:
- a slab having a top surface and a bottom surface;
- a plurality of edge walls extending away from the bottom surface of the slab so as to define a bottom recess;
- a plurality of pockets disposed in the bottom recess;
- and
- a plurality of spherical magnets disposed in the plurality of pockets;
- wherein one spherical magnet is disposed in each of the plurality of pockets, with the spherical magnet being rotatably captured within the pocket;
- and
- positioning a first magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile adjacent to a second magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile so that a spherical magnet of the first magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile aligns one of its North-South poles with a North-South pole of a counterpart spherical magnet of the second magnetic 3D terrain gaming tile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.