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US 8,292,298 B2Granted
Folding game board
OwnerGary Struminventor
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Abstract
A folding game board is provided for use with game pieces. The system includes a flat game board which comprises four panels. Each panel comprises a playing surface and a compartment opposite the playing surface. Certain panels are hinged together to permit each of two pairs of compartments to fold and close independently to form two storage areas within which playing pieces may be stored. Other panels are hinged together to permit the two storage areas to be folded together, thereby stacking the four panels of the game board. The depth of the storage areas is based on the size necessary to accommodate playing pieces and accessories to be stored within the game board.
Claims27
A game board, comprising:
- a first quarter panel, a second quarter panel, a third quarter panel, and a fourth quarter panel, each of the quarter panels comprising
- a top surface,
- an underside of the top surface, and
- four side walls disposed along a perimeter of the underside of the top surface, the four side walls together comprising a bottom surface of the respective quarter panel, and the four side walls together with the underside of the top surface defining a compartment below the top surface of the respective quarter panel;
- a top joint that couples the top surface of the first quarter panel to the top surface of the second quarter panel;
- a first bottom joint that couples the bottom surface of the first quarter panel to the bottom surface of the third quarter panel;
- and
- a second bottom joint that couples the bottom surface of the second quarter panel to the bottom surface of the fourth quarter panel.
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A game board, comprising:
- four quarter panels, each of the quarter panels comprising
- a top surface,
- an underside of the top surface, and
- four side walls disposed along a perimeter of the underside of the top surface, the four side walls together comprising a bottom surface of the respective quarter panel, and the four side walls together with the underside of the top surface defining a compartment below the top surface of the respective quarter panel
- a top joint;
- and
- two bottom joints;
- wherein the four quarter panels are arranged such that each of two sides of each quarter panel is adjacent to one side of one other quarter panel,
- wherein the respective top surfaces of two quarter panels are coupled to one another by the top joint,
- wherein the bottom surface of one of such top-coupled quarter panels is coupled via one of the bottom joints with the bottom surface of one quarter panel which is not so top-coupled, and
- wherein the bottom surface of the other such top-coupled quarter panel is coupled via the other one of the bottom joints with the bottom surface of the other quarter panel which is not so top-coupled.
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A game board, comprising:
- a first quarter panel, a second quarter panel, a third quarter panel, and a fourth quarter panel, each of the quarter panels comprising
- a playing surface component comprising a first surface and a second surface, and
- four side wails disposed along a perimeter of the second surface, the four side walls together comprising a compartment surface of the respective quarter panel, the compartment surface disposed opposite to the playing surface component, and the four side walls together with the second surface defining a compartment below the playing surface component of the respective quarter panel;
- a first bottom joint that couples the compartment surface of the first quarter panel to the compartment surface of the third quarter panel, wherein the first and third quarter panels are foldable along the first bottom joint to dispose the compartment of the first quarter panel opposite the compartment of the third quarter panel, thereby creating a first storage area;
- a second bottom joint that couples the compartment surface of the second quarter panel to the compartment surface of the fourth quarter panel, wherein the second and fourth quarter panels are foldable along the second bottom joint to dispose the compartment of the second quarter panel opposite the compartment of the fourth quarter panel, thereby creating a second storage area;
- and
- a top joint that couples the first surface of the first quarter panel to the first surface of the second quarter panel, wherein the first and second quarter panels are foldable along the top joint to dispose the first surface of the first quarter panel opposite the first surface of the second quarter panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.