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US 5,507,497 AGranted
Random category naming game
OwnerAnne M. Sivakinventor
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Abstract
A game for stimulating the memory of an individual. The inventive device includes a main board having a plurality of tiles positioned thereon. Each of the tiles includes a category name printed thereon. A die can be tossed onto the tiles, whereby a player is then required to a name a number of items within the category upon which the die comes to rest. Score is kept over a predetermined length of time with a winner being declared as a player having the highest number of points.
Claims8
A random category naming game comprising:
- a main board;
- a plurality of cover tiles cooperatively positioned over the main board so as to coextensively cover the main board in a first orientation, the cover tiles being randomly repositionable over the main board so as to coextensively cover the main board in a second orientation, the cover tiles each including category indicia printed thereon, wherein each of the cover tiles is provided with disparate category indicia relative to other cover tiles.
A method of playing a random category naming game comprising the steps of:
- providing a main board;
- providing a plurality of cover tiles, the cover tiles each including category indicia printed thereon, wherein each of the cover tiles is provided with disparate category indicia relative to other cover tiles;
- positioning the cover tiles onto the main board;
- providing a die;
- tossing the die onto the cover tiles residing on top of the main board, whereby the die will come to rest upon one of the cover tiles with a pip of the die resting in an upward facing direction;
- naming a number of items corresponding to the category indicia of the cover tile upon which the die has come to rest.
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