US 4,043,559 AGranted

Educational game

OwnerManfred Eigen, Winkler, Ruthildinventors

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Abstract

An educational game arrangement in which a systematic set of games may be played on a plurality of interrelated templates or game boards. The games played on the boards are aimed at teaching statistical principles, for example, as applied to situations in chemistry, biology, physics and economy, for example. The boards are superimposed on each other within a holding arrangement, and may be easily selected for playing a particular game. The boards or templates are held in predetermined registered position with respect to each other in the holding unit, and a transparent covering plate is positioned over the stack of the game boards. The latter is provided with coordinate markings along their rims, and the selected game board is visible through the transparent cover. The cover has openings or recesses which are arranged to correspond to a coordinate grid formed by the coordinate markings on the templates or game boards. Marking elements in the form of balls, for example, are insertable in the recesses or openings in accordance with predetermined rules dependent on numbers resulting from a toss of dice.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A game for education and entertainment comprising, in combination, a base plate having retaining means along the rim of said base plate;

a plurality of templates on said base plate in superimposed position and retained on said base plate in predetermined position by said retaining means, said templates having coordinate markings along the rims thereof, said templates having different game markings, said templates being selectable for different games;
a transparent covering plate over said templates and said base plate and held in predetermined position by said retaining means, a selected template being on top of the remaining templates and being visible through said transparent cover plate, said cover plate having impression extending through at least part of the thickness of said cover plate, said impressions being arranged to correspond to a coordinate grid formed by said coordinate markings on said templates;
movable position indicating elements insertable into said impressions and having different markings;
random generator means for generating random numbers corresponding to the coordinate markings on said templates, said movable position indicating elements being insertable into predetermined impressions on said cover plate dependent on the number generated by said random number generator means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 05/630,793Filed 11 Nov 1975
Granted: 23 Aug 1977
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G09B 23/02
Models for scientific, medical, or mathematical purposes, e.g. full-sized devices for demonstration purposes: for mathematics
A63F 3/0457
Geographical or like games ; Educational games: concerning science or technology, e.g. geology, chemistry, statistics, computer flow charts,…
A63F 2003/00343
With a replaceable part of the playing surface: underneath a transparent surface
A63F 2003/00719
Connectable or stackable playing pieces or parts thereof: with connections amongst the playing pieces or parts thereof