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US 6,279,908 B1Granted
Diabetes mellitus game
OwnerGlenn E. Hunsbergerinventor
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Abstract
A diabetes mellitus game apparatus comprising a game board having a player path, player pieces, a chance determining means, and a plurality of sets of cards having a question, an answer, and a penalty, all relating to an aspect of diabetes mellitus, the penalty for an incorrect answer including requiring the player answering incorrectly to engage in a benign behavior simulating a symptom of diabetes at each successive turn in the game.
Claims8
A game apparatus for a diabetes mellitus game to be played by a plurality of players, comprising:
- (a) a game board having a start area, an end area, and a plurality of sequentially delimited spaces therebetween defining a playing path;
- (b) a plurality of playing pieces, one for each player, for traversing the playing path of said game board;
- (c) a chance determining means for indicating a number of said sequentially delimited spaces in said playing path to be traversed by that player's said playing piece in one turn;
- (d) means associated with said plurality of sequentially delimited spaces for identifying each respectively with a set,
- wherein each said set consists of a category of question and correct answer pairs,
- wherein further each of said plurality of said question and answer pairs relates to the same aspect of diabetes mellitus as said category;
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- wherein further a penalty is associated with at least one said question and answer pair for an incorrect answer given, said penalty consisting of an instruction to engage in a benign behavior simulating an aspect of diabetes mellitus.
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A game apparatus for a medical disease game to be played by a plurality of players, comprising:
- (a) a game board having a start area, an end area, and a plurality of sequentially delimited spaces therebetween defining a playing path;
- (b) a plurality of playing pieces, one for each player, for traversing the playing path of said game board;
- (c) a chance determining means for indicating a number of said sequentially delimited spaces in said playing path to be traversed by that player's said playing piece in one turn;
- (d) means associated with said plurality of sequentially delimited spaces for identifying each respectively with a set, wherein each said set consists of a category of question and correct answer pairs, at least one said pair associated with a penalty for an incorrect answer, each said set comprising a plurality of said question and answer pairs relating to the same aspect of the medical disease;
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- (e) wherein said penalty consists of an instruction to the player to move his playing piece a specified number of said sequentially delimited spaces and an instruction to the player to engage in a benign behavior simulating an aspect of said medical disease.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.