Mounted game board
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsBrian Yu, Damon Saddler, Paul James
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Abstract
A game board assembly is disclosed herein. The game board assembly includes a foldable game board and a plurality of mounts. The foldable game board has a main portion and a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround the main portion. The game board has a planar configuration where the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another. The peripheral edge portions are selectively foldable to be non-planar with respect to the main portion. The mounts are each configured to engage the game board in the planar configuration. The mounts are configured to releaseably mount to a surface.
Claims17
A game board assembly, comprising:
- a foldable game board having a main portion and a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround the main portion, the game board having a planar configuration wherein the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are selectively foldable to be non-planar with respect to the main portion;
- and, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are predefined and join the main portion of the game board
- a plurality of mounts that are each configured, when the game board is in the planar configuration, to engage both (i) the game board and (ii) a mounting surface that is separate and distinct from both the plurality of mounts and the game board, the plurality of mounts each being configured to be releasably mounted to the mounting surface, wherein the plurality of mounts each include opposed first and second surfaces, the first and second surfaces being parallel to each other and having a gap therebetween to define a slot that is configured to releasably receive a portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions when the game board is in the planar configuration such that, when received in the slot, the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions is parallel to the first and second surfaces.
A game board assembly, comprising:
- a foldable game board having:
- a main portion having edge portions, and
- a plurality of peripheral edge portions that surround and join the main portion at the edge portions, the plurality of peripheral edge portions having side edges, wherein the plurality of peripheral edge portions are predefined,
- wherein the game board includes a planar configuration in which the main portion and the plurality of peripheral edge portions are positioned to be substantially co-planar with one another, and a non-planar configuration in which the plurality of peripheral edge portions are folded along the edge portions of the game board to be non-planar with respect to the main portion;
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- a plurality of mounts that are each configured, when the game board is in the planar configuration, to (i) engage at least two of the plurality of peripheral edge portions and (ii) releaseably mount the game board to a mounting surface that is separate and distinct from the game board, wherein the plurality of mounts and the game board cooperate together when the game board is in the planar configuration in order to create an outer periphery, wherein the plurality of mounts each include a slot that is configured to releasably receive a portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions and an inner surface located within the slot includes raised ridges configured to grip the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions when the portion of two adjacent peripheral edge portions is inserted into the slot,
- wherein the side edges of the plurality of peripheral edge portions define corner openings therebetween when the game board is in the planar configuration, the corner openings being located along the outer periphery of the game board, and
- wherein the side edges of the plurality of peripheral edge portions are no longer co-planar with respect to the main portion when the game board is in the non-planar configuration, and the outer periphery is reduced when the game board is in the non-planar configuration.
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