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US 4,054,289 AGranted
Board game apparatus
OwnerNora Ann Burkettinventor
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Abstract
A game in which the flow of traffic is simulated and in which a game board is imprinted with multiple streets running across the game board from one section to another and also at right angles thereto. The game includes cooperable pieces in the form of cards and game pieces in a unique form and appearance that enable, through playing of the game, the acquisition by the respective players of knowledge of automobile traffic rules.
Claims1
A traffic game comprising:
- a game board having a plurality of intersecting streets imprinted thereon to symbolize a geographical section of a city, the streets dividing said board into a plurality of blocks;
- the streets of said game board being coated with a protective, plastic coating, each street being subdivided into a plurality of numbered spaces;
- a card-holding tray carried by said game board on a portion adjacent one of said streets;
- a plurality of playing cards disposed in said tray, each of said playing cards being provided with indicia representing a traffic violation and the fine associated with said violation;
- a plurality of mileage markers indicative of a prescribed travel by a player along said streets of said game;
- a plurality of playing pieces adapted to move along said numbered spaces on each of said streets;
- a spinner mechanism adapted to indicate the number of such spaces that a player may move said playing pieces;
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- a plurality of color-coded, player directive symbols strategically located on the spaces of said streets, each of said color-coded symbols providing instructions to the player who lands in the space associated with such symbols, a selected number of said symbols instructing said player to utilize one of said playing cards.
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