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US 7,017,906 B1Granted
Mirror checkers/chess
OwnerGregory Benjamininventor
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Abstract
A board game such as checkers or chess in which one option would place mirrors so a player can only see his playing pieces in a mirror, while viewing his opponent's playing pieces directly. Another option would place mirrors so the player can only see his playing pieces directly while viewing his opponent's playing pieces in a mirror.
Claims16
A game comprising:
- a board,
- said board having a playing surface,
- said playing surface being divided into a plurality of squares,
- a plurality of playing pieces,
- means for identifying one player's playing pieces from another player's playing pieces,
- means for assigning different values to each player's playing pieces,
- means for restricting each player's view of the game board throughout the game, and
- wherein said means for restricting each player's view of the game board is a mirror and wherein there are two mirrors, each mirror mounted on a stand above the game surface on each side of the game board.
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A game comprising:
- a board,
- said board having a playing surface,
- said playing surface being divided into a plurality of squares,
- a plurality of playing pieces,
- means for identifying one player's playing pieces from another player's playing pieces,
- means for assigning different values to each player's playing pieces,
- means for restricting each player's view of the game board, and
- wherein said means for restricting each player's view of the game board is a mirror, and
- wherein there are two mirrors, one on each side of said game board, and
- wherein each of said two mirrors are attached to stands above the game board surface, and
- said stands have means for allowing each of said two mirrors to be adjusted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.