Apparatus for playing a game

• US 4,961,581 A
• Filed: 10/11/1988
• Issued: 10/09/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rotation Limited
• Original Assignee: Rotation Limited
• Inventors: Barnes, David, Sharp, Alick M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Layno, Benjamin
• Application Number:
  US07/256,026
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 273/281, 273/280, 273/287, 273/143 D, 273/236, 273/265, 273/256
• US Class Current: 273/236
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00264 with rotatable or tiltable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2003/00293 with blocks rotatable about a horizontal axis
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/0004 using BRAILLE
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00 Board games; Raffle games racing games, traffic games, or obstacle games characterised by figures moved by action of the players A63F9/14

Abstract

A board game having a rectangular support for carrying arrays of images. Each image has a set of six manually variable rotatable drum indicators, each set, one for each player, being located are at each of the peripheral sides of the support. Each drum bears a number of peripheral images. Only one of which is visible at any one time. The number selected by throwing dice direct players to rotate the corresponding drums. An objective of the game is to display common numbers through a player'"'"'s set of arrays.

Claims

1. Apparatus for playing a game comprising a support carrying at least two arrays of images, each image array comprising a set of at least three manually variable indicators which can be moved in relation to said support, said three manually variable indicators of each set being located one at each of three different peripheral locations upon said support in predetermined positional relationship to each other whereby each positional relationship of a first of said arrays corresponds to a positional relationship of a second of said arrays, at least three images arranged on each indicator, means for selectively generating indicia corresponding to at least each of said three locations and in response to which selected ones of said three images at selected ones of said three locations of each array can be displayed, and each indicator including means constructed and arranged for manual operation by a player for varying each indicator of only one set in relation to said support in response to said location generating means to display selected ones of said three images at selected ones of said three locations.

2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said indicators are each a wheel.

3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said indicators are each a wheel having a periphery, and each wheel periphery carries one of said at least three images.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 3 including means for selectively concealing and exposing the images of each wheel periphery.

5. The apparatus as defined in claim 3 including means for selectively concealing and exposing the images of each wheel periphery, and said concealing and exposing means is a flap mounted for pivotal movement.

6. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said support includes a plurality of windows, and each indicator and the images thereof are visible through said windows.

7. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said support includes a plurality of windows, each indicator and the images thereof are visible through said windows, and each indicator projects at least partially through an associated window.

8. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said support includes a plurality of windows, each indicator and the images thereof are visible through said windows, said indicators are each a wheel, each wheel includes a periphery, and a portion of said periphery of each wheel projects through an associated window.

9. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said support includes a plurality of windows, each indicator and the images thereof are visible through said windows, said indicators are each a wheel, each wheel includes a periphery, each periphery carries one of said at least three images, and a portion of said periphery of each wheel projects through an associated window.

10. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said support has an upper side and a lower side, at least one of said image arrays is provided at an upper side of said support, and at least a remainder of said image arrays is provided at a lower side of said support.

11. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for indicating that an image when displayed must not be altered thereby effecting a "frozen" position thereof.

12. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for indicating that an image when displayed must not be altered thereby effecting a "frozen" position thereof, and said last-mentioned means is a manually movable element adapted to be manually moved from a non-use position to a location adjacent the image which is to be "frozen."

13. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for indicating that an image when displayed must not be altered thereby effecting a "frozen" position thereof, said last-mentioned means is a manually movable element adapted to be manually moved from a non-use position to a location adjacent the image which is to be "frozen," said support includes an opening adjacent each location, and said manually movable element is selectively insertable in and removable from a selected one of said openings.

14. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including master random indicia means for varying the play of the game.

15. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for optionally concealing the images of said arrarys.

16. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein each set of said three manually variable indicators is adjacent another set of three manually variable indicators and the indicators thereof are arranged in adjacent pairs, each said another set of three manually variable indicators having at least three images arranged thereon, and means selectively interconnecting each pair such that movement of one indicator of a pair and the images thereon alters the other indicator of the pair and the images thereon.

17. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for changing the images of each indicator.

18. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said indicators are each a wheel having a periphery, each wheel periphery carries said images, and means for changing the images of each wheel periphery.

19. The apparatus as defined in claim 1 including means for optionally concealing the images of said arrarys, and said concealing means is a flap mounted for pivotal movement between positions concealing and exposing said images.