Amusement and educational game

• US 4,432,733 A
• Filed: 01/08/1982
• Issued: 02/21/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 01/08/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rivercross Learning Corporation
• Original Assignee: Rivercross Learning Corporation
• Inventors: Carlson, Albert W. D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Grieb, William H.
• Application Number:
  US06/338,033
• Time in Patent Office: 774 Days
• Field of Search: 273/139, 434/339, 434/340, 434/338, 434/341, 434/343, 434/344
• US Class Current: 434/339
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/183 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/06 of the multiple-choice answer-type, i.e. where a given question is provided with a series of answers and a choice has to be made from the answers

Abstract

An amusement game formed by a base having a well therein to receive a power source, such as a battery, and a platform on which a pre-printed circuit card of conductors is located with the card having an upwardly bent portion which extends over a corresponding portion on the base and which also carries a plurality of light emitting diodes. A cover overlies the printed circuit card with the cover having a cutout providing access to a plurality of pairs of terminals of the printed circuit each of which is designed to activate an LED with a activating card having conductive material thereon to cause a corresponding pair of terminals to be activated.

Claims

1. An electrically operated game comprising:

a base having a platform,

a template of flexible material having a pattern of electrical conductors laid down thereon, including a first and a second conductor each having a terminal for connection to a source of power,

a plurality of individual branch conductors connected in parallel with said first conductor, each said branch conductor including a light emitting diode and having an end adjacent said second conductor,

and a card having printed thereon at least one bit of conductive ink which is adapted to bridge and make electrical connection between said one of said ends of said branch conductors and said second conductor to energize the respective LED of the branch conductor, and

a mask for covering said template, said mask having a cutout defining a window in the area where said ends of said branch conductors are adjacent said second conductor, the edges of the mask surrounding said window providing a guide for a card.

2. A game as in claim 1 wherein said base has an upwardly extending rear portion, said template being of flexible material with the portion thereof having the light emitting diodes thereon being upwardly bent to lie on said rear portion.

3. A game as in claim 2 further comprising a bezel of light transmitting material for said rear portion of base and overlying said light emitting diodes.

4. A game as in claim 1 wherein the conductors are printed on the template with a conductive ink.

5. A game as in claim 4 wherein the conductor size and the ink composition have a predetermined resistance corresponding to the operating voltage of a light emitting diode and the operating voltage of the source of power.