US 4,381,113 AGranted

Gameboard and carrying case

OwnerCharles R. Simonsinventor

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Abstract

A gameboard and carrying case wherein the gameboard is of pliable material, such as leather, so that it is adapted to be rolled into a roll and a carrying case for the gameboard which receives the gameboard when in a rolled condition and in which there are also received within the roll of the gameboard in the bore of that roll, the playing pieces which may be stored in a bag provided for that purpose, and which bag may be tubular comprising a gamepack for storing play pieces and which may be reinforced to maintain a predetermined shape.

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In combination, a carrying case, a gameboard, a pair of die tossing cups, play pieces and a game pack for storing the play pieces,

said gameboard comprising a sheet of pliable material of uniform thickness having a first and a second pair of opposed right-angularly arranged margin edges spaced from one another a first and a second predetermined distance respectively, and each edge being of said uniform thickness, said gameboard being rolled into a roll and defining a bore of generally circular cross section through its length, said length being of a length equal to said first predetermined distance;
said pair of die tossing cups comprising a first and second end cap, said first end cap and said second end cap each having an open end and including a closed circular end wall and a cylindrical axially extending side wall of circular cross section of a predetermined inner diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said gameboard when rolled and each of said end caps including said side walls and end walls being of a common predetermined outer diameter, and each of said end caps being positioned on the ends of said rolled gameboard with the end wall of each cap being in abutting engagement with one of the margins of said gameboard along said second pair of opposed edges and captivated within said end caps and within said axially extending side walls of said end caps, each of said end caps being of an axial length substantially less than one-half the distance between said second pair of opposed edges;
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said carrying case comprising a longitudinally-extending tubular container of circular cross-section of an inner diameter substantially equal to but slightly greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical side walls and end walls of the end caps, said case having a closed end and an open end, and said gameboard and end caps being in said container, said container snugly jacketing said gameboard and end caps, said container being of an axial length substantially equal to but slightly greater than the first predetermined length of said gameboard and the thickness of the end walls of said first and second end caps and said container having an outer uniform diameter said container being comprised of a formed sheet of pliable material of uniform thickness;
cap means for said open end of said tubular container, said cap means comprising a cup-shaped member of a diameter substantially equal to said outer diameter of said container and having an axially extending skirt sized to and snugly jacketing said container adjacent said open end and closing said open end of said container;
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said game pack comprising tubular container means being a rigid plastic sleeve of a generally uniform diameter and being of circular configuration throughout its axial length and, said game pack being sized, configured and nested within said bore and said game pack being of an overall axial length less than the axial length of said bore, and all of said play pieces being of non-interlocking configuration sized such that clearance exists between the nested game pieces and the tubular container thereby allowing said game pieces to move axially within said tubular container, the game pieces not being placed over a central mandrel and nested within said container means.

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Abstract

In combination, a carrying case, a gameboard, a pair of die tossing cups, play pieces and a game pack for storing the play pieces,

said gameboard comprising a sheet of pliable material of uniform thickness having a first and a second pair of opposed right-angularly arranged margin edges spaced from one another a first and a second predetermined distance respectively, and each edge being of said uniform thickness, said gameboard being rolled into a roll and defining a bore of generally circular cross section through its length, said length being of a length equal to said first predetermined distance;
said pair of die tossing cups comprising a first and second end cap, said first end cap and said second end cap each having an open end and including a closed circular end wall and a cylindrical axially extending side wall of circular cross section of a predetermined inner diameter substantially equal to the diameter of said gameboard when rolled and each of said end caps including said side walls and end walls being of a common predetermined outer diameter, and each of said end caps being positioned on the ends of said rolled gameboard with the end wall of each cap being in abutting engagement with one of the margins of said gameboard along said second pair of opposed edges and captivated within said end caps and within said axially extending side walls of said end caps, each of said end caps being of an axial length substantially less than one-half the distance between said second pair of opposed edges;
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said carrying case comprising a longitudinally-extending tubular container of circular cross-section of an inner diameter substantially equal to but slightly greater than the outer diameter of the cylindrical side walls and end walls of the end caps, said case having a closed end and an open end, and said gameboard and end caps being in said container, said container snugly jacketing said gameboard and end caps, said container being of an axial length substantially equal to but slightly greater than the first predetermined length of said gameboard and the thickness of the end walls of said first and second end caps and said container having an outer uniform diameter said container being comprised of a formed sheet of pliable material of uniform thickness;
cap means for said open end of said tubular container, said cap means comprising a cup-shaped member of a diameter substantially equal to said outer diameter of said container and having an axially extending skirt sized to and snugly jacketing said container adjacent said open end and closing said open end of said container;
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said game pack comprising tubular container means being a rigid plastic sleeve of a generally uniform diameter and being of circular configuration throughout its axial length and, said game pack being sized, configured and nested within said bore and said game pack being of an overall axial length less than the axial length of said bore, and all of said play pieces being of non-interlocking configuration sized such that clearance exists between the nested game pieces and the tubular container thereby allowing said game pieces to move axially within said tubular container, the game pieces not being placed over a central mandrel and nested within said container means.

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