Game apparatus
OwnerStanley T. Dupuyinventor
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Abstract
A game apparatus is disclosed as including a vertical game board A having two playing faces 10 and 12 which includes a plurality of windows 12 and 14. A pair of color coded game playing pieces 30 and 32 is held completely captive in individual compartments B between the playing faces which are movable by manipulation of a hand device in and out of the window position to produce a game winning color pattern on the faces. Playing piece 30 includes magnetic material and device C includes a magnet by which pieces 30 and 32 are moved into the window position. All pieces may be simultaneously returned to a start position by tilting the game board.
Claims11
Game apparatus for playing a game comprising:
- a game board having first and second game playing faces on opposite sides thereof;
- each of said game playing faces having a plurality of windows opposing one another from opposite sides of said game board;
- a plurality of game playing pieces;
- said plurality of playing pieces including first and second color coded playing pieces of different colors either of which may be moved into said window;
- compartment means defined between said first and second faces for maintaining a pair of said playing pieces captive and retaining said pieces during playing in a concealed or an exposed window position between opposing windows, said pair consisting of one each of said first and second playing pieces;
- means for individually moving and positioning said color coded pieces in said window position wherein said piece is visible;
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- means containing each said pair of playing pieces for movement in each said compartment between said concealed and exposed positions so that all of said playing pieces in all of said compartments may be simultaneously returned from said exposed position to said concealed position upon tilting of said game board toward a side rotated position.
Game apparatus for playing a game comprising:
- a game board which includes a first game playing face on one side and a second game playing face on an opposite side of said game board;
- each of said first and second game playing faces having a plurality of windows arranged in a designed array according to which the game is played;
- a plurality of game playing pieces;
- individualized compartment means formed between said first and second faces of said game board for maintaining a pair of said playing pieces in captive form and retaining said pieces during playing in either a concealed or an exposed window position before one of said windows;
- said pair of playing pieces being both concealed on a common side of said compartment means in said first position;
- stop means carried by and separating adjacent compartment means for limiting the position of each said playing piece in each said compartment means between first and second limit positions therein;
- said playing pieces being exposed before one of said windows in said second position and being normally concealed when in said first position;
- said playing pieces including a first playing piece having a first color code and a second playing piece having a second color code different from said first color code, said pair consisting of one each of said playing pieces carried in each said compartment means;
- means for manually moving said first and second pieces between said first and second positions from outside said compartment means and playing faces to fill a preselected window so as to establish a desired pattern of color coded windows in said design array to accomplish a winning pattern on said playing faces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.