# US 4,375,889 A · Traffic board game apparatus

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- Number: US 4,375,889 A
- Document ID: US4375889A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 05/814,450
- Filed: 1977-07-11
- Granted: 1983-03-08
- Earliest claimed: 1977-07-11
- Inventors: Nora A. Burkett
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4375889A

## CPC

- A63F 3/0494: {concerning the highway code}
- A63F 3/00006: {Board games played along a linear track, e.g. game of goose, snakes and ladders, along an endless track (A63F3/00028 - A63F3/00157, A63F3/04 take precedence)}
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## 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 vehicular and pedestrian traffic rules.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A traffic complaint rules game for pedestrians and vehicles 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 with moving traffic and parking regulations that include stop signs, traffic control devices, fire hydrants, parking meters, public buildings, businesses and a residential section, subdivided into a plurality of numbered spaces; with traffic control devices, signposts, fire hydrants, parking meters, and pedestrian squares;
an inset card-holding tray carried by said game board on a portion adjacent one of said streets, for gold and blue coded cards;
a plurality of playing traffic violation cards disposed in said tray, each of said playing traffic violation cards being provided with indicia representing a traffic violation with illustrations 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 representing the vehicle as vehicle plates, adapted to move along said numbered spaces on each of said streets;
a spinner speedometer mechanism having an octagon shape and adapted to indicate a metric vs. miles conversion, said spinner further indicating the number of spaces that a player may move said playing pieces;
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; and
a plurality of decision cards including a motor vehicle card, a pedestrian card, a bicycle card, a good driver card, and a courtesy gas card.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The traffic complaint rules game as defined in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of mobile directional arrows on said streets and vehicle plate ends.