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US 7,862,043 B2Granted
Game assembly employing spring loaded fabric hinge
AssigneeHasbro, Inc.
InventorJoel Kramer
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Abstract
A game assembly for housing a foldable game board which is quickly and conveniently secured to an open configuration for game play through the use of a spring loaded flexible hinge. The game assembly includes a first base portion, a second base portion capable of cooperating with the first base portion between an open and a closed configuration, and at least one hinge assembly mounted at a first end to the first base portion and at a second end to the second base portion. The hinge assembly includes a flexible strap and biasing element capable of tensioning the flexible strap to maintain the first and second base portions with respect to each other in an open configuration.
Claims16
A game assembly, comprising:
- a first base portion;
- a second base portion capable of cooperating with the first base portion between an open and a closed configuration;
- a game surface at the first and second base portions for game play when the base portions are in the open configuration and storing within the base portions when in the closed configuration, wherein the game surface comprises a first game board coupled to the first base portion and a second game board coupled to the second base portion;
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- a plurality of hinge assemblies,
- each said hinge assembly mounted at a first end to the first base portion and at a second end to the second base portion,
- each said hinge assembly comprising a flexible strap and biasing element capable of tensioning the flexible strap to maintain the first and second base portions with respect to each other in an open configuration wherein said biasing element includes at least one spring secured to one or more of a first and second end of the flexible strap,
- each said hinge assembly further comprising a first hinge bracket secured to the first base portion and a second hinge bracket secured to the second base portion, with the flexible strap secured at the first end to the first bracket and at the second end to the second bracket allowing the base portions to pivot between and maintain open and closed configurations.
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A game assembly, comprising:
- a first hinge bracket coupled to a first base portion;
- a second hinge bracket coupled to a second base portion;
- a first flexible strap secured to the first and second hinge brackets;
- a third hinge bracket coupled to a first base portion;
- a fourth hinge bracket coupled to a second base portion;
- a second flexible strap secured to the third and fourth hinge brackets;
- a first biasing element having a spring for tensioning the first flexible strap to maintain together the first base portion and the second base portion;
- a second biasing element having a spring for tensioning the second flexible strap to maintain together the first base portion and the second base portion;
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- a game surface at the first base portion and at the second base portion.
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A game assembly, comprising:
- a first base portion;
- a second base portion arranged to cooperate with the first base portion between an open and a closed configuration;
- a game surface at the first and second base portions for game play when the base portions are in the open configuration and storing within the base portions when in the closed configuration, wherein the game surface comprises a first game board coupled to the first base portion and a second game board coupled to the second base portion;
- a first hinge assembly mounted at a first end to the first base portion and at a second end to the second base portion;
- a first biasing element;
- a first flexible strap coupled between the first base portion and the second base portion at the first hinge assembly with the first biasing element arranged to tension the first flexible strap;
- a second hinge assembly mounted at a first end to the first base portion and at a second end to the second base portion;
- a second biasing element;
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- a second flexible strap coupled between the first base portion and the second base portion at the second hinge assembly with the second biasing element arranged to tension the second flexible strap, said first flexible strap and said second flexible strap arranged to secure the first and second base portions with respect to each other.
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