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US 5,197,742 AGranted
Chess set game
OwnerKurt J. Benditinventor
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A chess set game (2) includes a chess set (4), in which two sets of chess pieces (44) are housed within a container (8), and a chess board (6). The board can be divided into four separable quadrants (10-13) which are secured to one another. The chess pieces and the squares (38, 40) of the board have magnets (46, 42) so the chess pieces are attracted to and securely fastened to the centers of the squares. The chess board includes rank and file ID devices (50, 48) which permit the user to change file and rank indicia (54-60) according to which player has the white pieces. The container includes a rectangular bottom (70) and four sides (74-77) pivotally mounted to the outer edge (72) of the bottom. The four sides and the bottom have magnetized spaces (108, 118) against which the chess pieces are secured. Each of the sides has a top portion (82-85) extending therefrom so that when the sides are in their upright, closed positions, the top portions create a closed top (80) for the container.
A game board comprising:
An improved chess board of the type having eight files and eight ranks defining a grid of 64 spaces, the board having player sides opposite one another and lateral sides connecting the player sides, the files being identifiable along the player sides and the ranks being identified along the lateral sides, the improvement comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.