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US 7,243,920 B2Granted
Slotted game board and gaming table
OwnerLouis F. Brauninventor
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Abstract
A gaming table for supporting cards and gaming pieces such as dominos. The gaming table has game boards that include first and second major surfaces and first and second sets of slots. The first set of slots is sized and configured for supporting gaming pieces like dominos and is disposed within the first major surface of the game board. The second set of slots is sized and configured for supporting playing cards. The second set of slots is disposed on the first major surface of the game board but within the first set of slots to form a set of compound slots.
Claims18
A gaming table that comprises:
- a) a table top that has a top surface and has a plurality of recesses disposed in the top surface;
- and
- b) a plurality of game boards that are each sized and configured to be removably placed in the recesses that are disposed in the top surface of the table, the game boards each having first and second major surfaces, wherein a plurality of linear card slots and/or linear gaming piece slots are disposed in at least one of the first or second major surfaces of the game boards, the game boards being configured to have a thickness that allows at least one of the first or second major surfaces of the boards to reside flush with the top surface of the table when the game boards are disposed within the recess.
A gaming table that comprises:
- a) a table top that has a top surface and a bottom surface;
- b) a plurality of game boards that are integrally disposed in the table top, the game boards having a first surface into which a plurality of slots are disposed for supporting gaming pieces, the first surface of the gaming board being substantially flush with the top surface of the table top wherein the plurality of game boards comprise a first set of slots sized and configured for supporting gaming pieces, the first set of slots being disposed within the first major surface of each game board, and a second set of slots sized and configured for supporting playing cards, the second set of slots also being disposed on the first major surface of the game board but within the first set of slots to form a plurality of compound slots;
- and optionally
- c) a plurality of legs that extend from the bottom surface and support the table top in spaced relation from a floor onto which the legs may rest.
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