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US 4,944,512 AGranted
Game apparatus
OwnerBonnie M. Mauck, Ronnie L. Mauckinventors
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Abstract
A game apparatus (10) wherein a plunger (22) is used to try to capture tethered playing pieces (18) positioned at a particular location (17) on a game board member (16) in response to the outcome of the roll of a pair of dice (30) to win other players poker chips (40).
Claims4
A game apparatus consisting of:
- a generally flat rectangular game board having a starting location designated on the top surface of the game board;
- a plurality of tethered units each comprising a spherical game piece attached to one end of an elongated elastic tether;
- and,
- a capture unit comprising an inverted receptacle member dimensioned to cover a portion of the top surface of the game board, and having a handle element;
- whereby, the spherical configuration of the game piece will prevent the game piece from becoming caught between the periphery of said inverted receptacle member and the game board.
2 more elements
The apparatus as in claim 3 wherein the receptacle member comprises a resilient plunger element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.