Game apparatus
OwnerHenty V. Moneyinventor
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Abstract
A game apparatus which is suitable for card games simulates racing and is easily adapted to gambling. One of the card games which may be played on the apparatus is Cartes-Chevaux. The apparatus includes a playing region and a plurality of playing pieces which are movable on an upper playing surface of the playing region. A mobile element located below the playing region controls movement of the playing piece. The mobile elements are automatically movable along or adjacent to guide rails by a controller.
Claims10
A game apparatus which comprises a playing region, having an upper playing surface and a lower interacting surface, and a plurality of playing pieces, each playing piece being supportable on the playing surface for movement therealong, the movement of each playing piece being controlled by a respective mobile element located below the playing region adjacent to the interacting surface, each mobile element being associated with a control means which, on activation thereof, causes its respective mobile element to move a predetermined distance along the interacting surface to cause a respective playing piece to move correspondingly along the playing surface, the mobile elements being constrained below the playing region for movement in the direction along the full length of the playing region, the mobile elements being movable along or adjacent to guide rails which define channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.