US 5,407,206 AGranted

Cribbage game apparatus

OwnerGene D. Coheninventor

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Abstract

An improved cribbage game apparatus includes a cribbage score board having a single scoring path for each player in order to obviate the need to repeat the counting or scoring lap and thus reducing confusion as to the laps completed. The board is larger than standard and the opponents' pegging or scoring paths are widely separated for further ease of use. The board folds for ease of storage, and includes separate storage space therein for each of the scoring pegs and at least one deck of cards when folded. The pegs are symmetrical to provide for ease of manipulation, and are differentiated by color and/or shape for each player for further ease of use. The board and pegs may be formed with differently shaped holes and peg ends for each player, thus precluding placement of one player's peg in another player's board path. The above cribbage game apparatus provides for ease of manipulation and scoring by the elderly and/or impaired, enabling them to continue to enjoy the game and providing mental stimulation for such players playing the game of cribbage.

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Dependent claims

A cribbage game apparatus comprising:

a cribbage board consisting of a plurality of spaced apart scoring paths each having one hundred and twenty peg holes, with each of said scoring paths including a separating lane therebetween, said scoring paths divided into first through fourth segments of thirty peg holes each, said first through fourth segments of being parallel to one another;
said each of said scoring paths including means providing for differentiation from one another, and further including arcuate interconnecting pathways between each of said segments;
each of said interconnecting pathways also including said means providing for differentiation from one another and being devoid of peg holes, and;
a plurality of scoring pegs, with said pegs comprising a plurality of groups each corresponding to one of said scoring paths, with each of said groups of pegs including means providing for differentiation from one another corresponding to said means providing for differentiation of said each of said scoring paths, whereby;
said cribbage board provides for the scoring of a standard game of cribbage by the completion of a single passage of at least one of said scoring paths by corresponding said scoring pegs, with said separating lane between said each of said scoring paths, said means providing for differentiation between said scoring paths, said interconnecting pathways between said segments, and said groups of said pegs all providing for ease of determination of each of said playing paths, corresponding said pegs, and scoring situation by each of the players.

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