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US 5,083,795 AGranted
Globe chance device for bingo-type game
OwnerJulane Seversoninventor
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Abstract
The invention is a game called "Globespin". A globe serves as the gameboard, and other playing pieces include a clothespin which has an adhesive decal attached as a pointer, a deck of cards, a die, and a plurality of tokens which are used as markers. The object of the game is to score a Bingo pattern in any direction on the playing cards, with the position of the markers being determined by spins of the globe.
Claims1
A game comprising:
- a globe used as the game board, said glove having a half-meridian;
- pointer means attachable to said half-meridian of said globe, said pointer means comprising a clothespin which has an adhesive decal affixed thereon, said decal having been cut and trimmed to a point;
- indicia and chance means for determining where to attach said pointer means, said indicia comprising a latitude location card and said chance means comprising a die;
- a plurality of indicia representing various geographical entities;
- a plurality of indicia representing letters of the alphabet;
- a plurality of markers;
- wherein the object of the game is to spin said globe, using said pointer means to locate various geographical entities, and to place said markers upon said indicia representing said geographical entities or the initial letter thereof, the winner being the player who first places markers upon each of the indicia in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
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