US 4,880,236 AGranted

Game device

OwnerSheng-Lee Hwanginventor

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Abstract

A game device comprises a transparent housing having a plurality of partition plates which are spaced apart to divide the interior of the housing into a plurality of compartments, each partition plate having a through-hole therein to intercommunicate two adjacent compartments, first game pieces each of which is freely movable and confined in each compartment, each game piece being capable of blocking the through-holes of the partition plates by which the first game piece is confined, and a plurality of second game pieces freely movable under gravity from one of the compartments to the other through the through-holes, wherein, during playing, the housing is held by hand and moved, tilted or shock so as to move selectively a desired number of the second game pieces from at least one of the compartments to adjacent through-holes and then fall down into one of the lower compartments, the movement of the housing being controlled to prevent the first game piece from blocking the through-holes while causing the second game pieces to fall down.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A game device comprising:

(a) a transparent housing having a substantially H-shaped configuration;
(b) a plurality of spaced partition plates dividing the interior of the housing into a plurality of compartments arranged in a configuration having two spaced rows and a transverse row interconnecting the spaced rows, each of the partition plates having a through-hole therein to provide communication between two adjacent compartments;
(c) a first game piece freely moveable and confined within each of the compartments, each first game piece being capable of blocking the through-hole of the partition plate;
(d) a plurality of second game pieces freely moveable under gravity from one compartment to another compartment through the through-hole;
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(e) wherein the game device is played by holding the housing and moving, tilting or shaking the housing so as to selectively move a desired number of the second game pieces from at least one compartment into a lower compartment through the through-hole, and controlling the movement of the housing to prevent the first game piece from blocking the through-hole while the second game piece falls therethrough.

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