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US 5,178,396 AGranted
Enclosure system
OwnerMark D. Lyon, Charles W. Girschinventors
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Abstract
A folding game board system is provided for use with game pieces. The system includes a flat game board. The game board has a plurality of side wall panels and a plurality of end panels. Each of the side wall panels is hinged to an adjacent side wall panel and each of the end panels is hinged to at least one of the side wall panels whereby the game board folds into a container. The container forms an enclosure for holding and storing the game pieces.
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An enclosure system, the system comprising:
- a plurality of side wall panels and at least one end panel, at least one of said side wall panels and said end panel each having outer edges defining a perimeter of the system unfolded, each of the side wall panels hinged to at least one adjacent side wall panel, whereby at least one of the end panels is hinged to at least one of the side wall panels and whereby the system folds into a container forming an enclosure;
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- wherein said end panel folds upward with respect to the outer edges of the side wall panels such that the outer edge of the end panel faces toward an inside surface of the side wall panels in a closed enclosure relationship with the side wall panels such that items within the enclosure are retained within the enclosure.
A method of forming an enclosure in a container, the method comprising:
- providing a foldable board having a plurality of side wall panels and at least one end panel, at least one of said side wall panels and said end panel each having outer edges defining the perimeter sides of the foldable board, each of the side wall panels hinged to at least one adjacent side wall panels, at least one of the end panels hinged to at least one of the side wall panels;
- folding at least one of the end panels upward with respect to the outer edge of at least one of the side wall panels thereby causing at least one of the side wall panels to fold upward wherein at least one of the end panels and the upward folded side wall panels form an initial storage cavity;
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- folding the side wall panels around at least one of the end panels such that the outer edge of said end panel faces toward an inside surface of the side wall panels thereby forming the enclosure in the container.
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