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US 4,275,887 AGranted
Portable multiple game assembly
AssigneeTakara Co., Ltd.
InventorMasanobu Tateyama
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Abstract
A multiple game assembly that can be carried in a player's pocket is provided. A plurality of game boards are contained within the housing assembly and an exterior indicator can select any specific game. When the housing assembly is open the preselected game board is automatically positioned in an operative mode. Each game sheet includes a magnetizable substrate that is capable of retaining magnetic game pieces.
Claims10
An approximately pocket size multiple toy game assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly having a base member and a pivotal lid of a dimensional configuration suitable for portability in the pocket of a player;
- a plurality of game sheets pivotally mounted within the housing assembly, each game sheet is a flexible laminate with a magnetizable substrate sandwiched by nonmagnetizable exterior layers of appropriate game indicia, the respective game sheets are stored in a stack mode when the housing assembly is closed and at least one surface of each game sheet forms a portion of a game board;
- means for selecting a particular game sheet including an exterior lever capable of being moved to a predetermined position adjacent appropriate indicia on the housing assembly;
- means responsive to the position of the lever for securing at least one game sheet to the lid whereby the opening of the housing assembly automatically provides a game board formed from a pair of game sheets;
- a plurality of game pieces containing magnets for adhesion to the magnetizable substrate;
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- a storage box assembly mounted on the base member adjacent one side of the stacked game sheets for holding the game pieces.
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An approximately pocket size multiple toy game assembly comprising:
- a housing assembly having a base member and a pivotal lid of a dimensional configuration suitable for portability in the pocket of a player, the lid having an aperture with internal indentations adjacent the aperture;
- a plurality of game sheets pivotally mounted within the housing assembly, each game sheet is a laminate with the magnetizable substrate sandwiched by nonmagnetizable exterior layers of appropriate game indicia, the respective game sheets are stored in a stack mode when the housing assembly is closed and at least one surface of each game sheet forms a portion of a game board;
- means for selecting a particular game sheet including an exterior lever extending through the aperture of the lid and mounted for movement to a predetermined position adjacent appropriate indicia on the exterior of the lid and a one piece slidably mounted retainer for encompassing the side edge of the game sheets including an integral spring keeper that is biased against the internal surface indentations of the lid;
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- a plurality of game pieces containing magnets for adhesion to the magnetizable substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.