Portable game board
AssigneeDMI Sports, Inc.
InventorPaul Giegerich
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Abstract
A first portable game board is formed by a combination of a collapsible table and at least one panel connectable to the table and having at least one game board pattern disposed on a first side of the panel. A second portable game board is formed by a combination of a sleeve having a game board pattern disposed on at least one side of the sleeve and a panel insert. The second portable game board may be further combined with the collapsible table.
Claims16
A combination forming a portable game board, the combination comprising:
- a collapsible table having a frame formed from a plurality of pivotally connected frame members, the frame having a first end and a second end, and the frame being movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration;
- at least a first panel releasably connectable to the collapsible table proximate the first end, the first panel having a first game board pattern disposed on a first side thereof, the first panel is fabricated from a non-rigid material;
- a second panel releaseably connectable to the collapsible table proximate the first end, adjacent the first panel;
- a magnetized panel insert sized and shaped to fit between the first and second panels;
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- a plurality of game pieces, each of the game pieces including a material capable of being attracted by a magnet.
A combination forming a portable game board, the combination comprising:
- a collapsible table having a frame formed from a plurality of pivotally connected frame members, the frame having a first end and a second end, and the frame being movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration;
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- at least a first panel releasably connectable to the collapsible table proximate the first end, the first panel having a first game board pattern disposed on a first side thereof, each of the plurality of frame members is pivotally connected at a first end of the frame member to a first joint and at a second end of the frame member to a second joint and at a point intermediate the first and second ends to an other frame member at a third joint, wherein the frame further comprises a plurality of corner straps, each corner strap being vertically connected between the first joint and the second joint.
A combination forming a portable game board, the combination comprising:
- a panel insert;
- a sleeve including a first portion and a second portion, the first and second portions each having first and second sides and a plurality of edges, the first and second portions being fixedly connected in face to face engagement along all but one unconnected edge to form a pocket, a closure along the unconnected edge to selectively open and close the pocket, wherein the game board sleeve has at least one game board pattern disposed on at least one side of the first and second portions, the pocket is sized and shaped to releaseably receive the panel insert;
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- a collapsible table including a frame formed from a plurality of pivotally connected frame members, the frame being movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration a plurality of protruding pins, wherein the sleeve further includes a corresponding plurality of grommets, whereby engagement of the grommets with the pins releaseably connects the sleeve to the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.