US 5,284,346 AGranted

Game apparatus

OwnerRegina M. Reinhardt, Henry E. Reinhardtinventors

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Abstract

An apparatus is arranged to include a game board, having a serpentine path formed of a plurality of spaces, each of the spaces arranged to indicate various directions relative to a token directed along the path relative to each individual player. Penalties and rewards are directed throughout the path, wherein an accumulation of a predetermined total number of points relative to a player permits award of that player as a winner of the game. Scoring apparatus is provided to maintain ease of scoring of the game in use.

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A game apparatus, comprising,

a game board, the game board having a serpentine path, including a plurality of spaces, and
the spaces including at least a first category of spaces, a second category of spaces, a third category of spaces, a fourth category of spaces, a fifth category of spaces, a sixth category of spaces, a seventh category of spaces, an eighth category of spaces, a ninth category of spaces, and a tenth category of spaces, wherein each of the category of spaces directs selective award and penalty, some of said category of spaces directs selective gaining of a point or losing of a point, with a plurality of tokens provided, with players of a plurality of players each having one of said tokens and employing chance means for directing the tokens along the serpentine path, and
a deck of cards arranged for positioning upon the game board, and the deck of cards having a plurality of card categories relative to the deck of cards, with the card category arranging award and penalty relative to landing upon the first category of spaces, and
a scoring member arranged for providing scoring for said players
the scoring member includes a rear wall spaced from a top wall, and a first end wall spaced from a second end wall, and a plurality of bores directed into the scoring member from the rear wall towards the top wall, the bores being arranged in rows and columns, each player having a corresponding column of bores, and the top wall having a transparent plate coplanar with the top wall and substantially coextensive therewith, and indicator means arranged for reception within the bores for providing for indication of relative scoring among the players, said indicator means includes a plurality of elongate fiber optic flexible cables, each cable corresponding to a column of bores, and a housing cavity mounted within the scoring member between the bores and the second end wall, and the housing having an elongate bulb therewithin, and each of the fiber optic cables having a cable first end directed into the housing in adjacency to the bulb, and each of the fiber optic cables having a cable second end arranged for reception with one of the bores.

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Abstract

A game apparatus, comprising,

a game board, the game board having a serpentine path, including a plurality of spaces, and
the spaces including at least a first category of spaces, a second category of spaces, a third category of spaces, a fourth category of spaces, a fifth category of spaces, a sixth category of spaces, a seventh category of spaces, an eighth category of spaces, a ninth category of spaces, and a tenth category of spaces, wherein each of the category of spaces directs selective award and penalty, some of said category of spaces directs selective gaining of a point or losing of a point, with a plurality of tokens provided, with players of a plurality of players each having one of said tokens and employing chance means for directing the tokens along the serpentine path, and
a deck of cards arranged for positioning upon the game board, and the deck of cards having a plurality of card categories relative to the deck of cards, with the card category arranging award and penalty relative to landing upon the first category of spaces, and
a scoring member arranged for providing scoring for said players
the scoring member includes a rear wall spaced from a top wall, and a first end wall spaced from a second end wall, and a plurality of bores directed into the scoring member from the rear wall towards the top wall, the bores being arranged in rows and columns, each player having a corresponding column of bores, and the top wall having a transparent plate coplanar with the top wall and substantially coextensive therewith, and indicator means arranged for reception within the bores for providing for indication of relative scoring among the players, said indicator means includes a plurality of elongate fiber optic flexible cables, each cable corresponding to a column of bores, and a housing cavity mounted within the scoring member between the bores and the second end wall, and the housing having an elongate bulb therewithin, and each of the fiber optic cables having a cable first end directed into the housing in adjacency to the bulb, and each of the fiber optic cables having a cable second end arranged for reception with one of the bores.

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